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For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWhey to Go\r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production.\r\n[1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "1.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:23:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-11 21:46:29" }, { "id": "185", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTION\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWhey to Go\r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production.\r\n[1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "2. Which choice provides the most relevant detail?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:31:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 18:52:02" }, { "id": "186", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTION\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWhey to Go\r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production.\r\n[1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "3.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:35:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 12:21:05" }, { "id": "187", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTION\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWhey to Go\r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production.\r\n[1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "4.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:38:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 18:59:21" }, { "id": "188", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTION\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWhey to Go\r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production.\r\n[1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "5. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:41:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:00:28" }, { "id": "189", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTION\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWhey to Go\r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production.\r\n[1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "6. The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the writer do this?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:44:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:02:26" }, { "id": "190", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTION\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWhey to Go\r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production.\r\n[1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "7.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:46:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:04:08" }, { "id": "191", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTION\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWhey to Go\r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production.\r\n[1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "8.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:48:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:16:12" }, { "id": "192", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTION Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. Questions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nWhey to Go \r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production. [1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "9.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:52:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:17:54" }, { "id": "193", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTION Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. Questions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nWhey to Go \r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production. [1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "10.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:55:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:18:59" }, { "id": "194", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTION Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. Questions 1-11 are based on the following passage. Whey to Go Greek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production. [1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "11.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 10:57:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:20:04" }, { "id": "195", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nDark Snow\r\nMost of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees.\r\nTypically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then\r\n {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "12. Which choice most accurately and effectively represents the information in the graph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/72d489369e7e8e2d52c5344d8272e87f9ba7862f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:05:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:22:02" }, { "id": "196", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nDark Snow\r\nMost of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees.\r\nTypically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then\r\n {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "13. Which choice most effectively combines the two sentences at the underlined portion?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4aacf114b625fa8b4e50285245569d3393e13a66.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:07:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:23:14" }, { "id": "197", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nDark Snow\r\nMost of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees.\r\nTypically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then\r\n {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "14.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/894a6c1bd1685c0421a9539dbdb188a61b5c173b.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:10:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:24:51" }, { "id": "198", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nDark Snow \r\nMost of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees. Typically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "15.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8ed3eec98835979485ef833ad6440a32f9a24bc2.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:30:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:27:56" }, { "id": "199", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nDark Snow \r\nMost of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees. Typically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "16.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/88dbb37175b486c84314fb4eccb06ccea6b988f8.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:33:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:29:05" }, { "id": "200", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nDark Snow\r\n Most of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees. Typically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "17.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/41973d7a8c0d50aa5c0fd633251ff01b14f9fa47.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:35:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:29:55" }, { "id": "201", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nDark Snow \r\nMost of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees. Typically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "18.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8d7511c5369a24265cb8281c97773932689af8ba.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:37:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:30:41" }, { "id": "202", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nDark Snow \r\nMost of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees. Typically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "19.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/52e792cc28985c6e6c0bfffc03c0a25f4ebb9081.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:40:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:31:42" }, { "id": "203", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nDark Snow\r\nMost of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees. Typically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "20.Which choice best completes the description of a self-reinforcing cycle?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/27e2936f11ad7c3c9791528f3be705558b32b843.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:43:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:33:07" }, { "id": "204", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nDark Snow \r\nMost of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees. Typically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "21.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/12a67a698a4a9245d26cc29bb9663ad9c8163748.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:46:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:34:13" }, { "id": "205", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nDark Snow \r\nMost of Greenland\u0092s interior is covered by a thick layer of ice and compressed snow known as the Greenland Ice Sheet. The size of the ice sheet fluctuates seasonally: in summer, average daily high temperatures in Greenland can rise to slightly above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, partially melting the ice; in the winter, the sheet thickens as additional snow falls, and average daily low temperatures can drop {12} to as low as 20 degrees. Typically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late {13} summer. This follows several weeks of higher temperatures. {14} For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record. Most scientists looking for the causes of the Great Melt of 2012 have focused exclusively on rising temperatures. The summer of 2012 was the warmest in 170 years, records show. But Jason {15} Box, an associate professor of geology at Ohio State believes that another factor added to the early {16} thaw; the \u0093dark snow\u0094 problem. According to Box, a leading Greenland expert, tundra fires in 2012 from as far away as North America produced great amounts of soot, some {17} of it drifted over Greenland in giant plumes of smoke and then {18} fell as particles onto the ice sheet. Scientists have long known that soot particles facilitate melting by darkening snow and ice, limiting {19} its ability to reflect the Sun\u0092s rays. As Box explains, \u0093Soot is an extremely powerful light absorber. It settles over the ice and captures the Sun\u0092s heat.\u0094 The result is a self-reinforcing cycle. As the ice melts, the land and water under the ice become exposed, and since land and water are darker than snow, the surface absorbs even more heat, which {20} is related to the rising temperatures. [1] Box\u0092s research is important because the fires of 2012 may not be a one-time phenomenon. [2] According to scientists, rising Arctic temperatures are making northern latitudes greener and thus more fire prone. [3] The pattern Box observed in 2012 may repeat {21} itself again, with harmful effects on the Arctic ecosystem. [4] Box is currently organizing an expedition to gather this crucial information. [5] The next step for Box and his team is to travel to Greenland to perform direct sampling of the ice in order to determine just how much the soot is contributing to the melting of the ice sheet. [6] Members of the public will be able to track his team\u0092s progress\u0097and even help fund the expedition\u0097through a website box has created. { 22}", "textTwo": "22. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 4 should be placed", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/99a0d0a16faccb84b07486b4302c53a41b005bd7.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:48:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:35:55" }, { "id": "206", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into coworking spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the coworking space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "23.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:56:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:36:42" }, { "id": "207", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into co-working spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the co-working space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "24.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 11:58:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:39:10" }, { "id": "208", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into co-working spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the co-working space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "25.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 12:01:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:40:52" }, { "id": "209", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into co-working spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the co-working space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "26.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 12:03:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:42:06" }, { "id": "210", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into co-working spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the co-working space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "27.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 12:05:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:42:50" }, { "id": "211", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into co-working spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the co-working space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "28. The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 12:07:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:44:00" }, { "id": "212", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into co-working spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the co-working space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "29. At this point, the writer wants to add specific information that supports the main topic of the paragraph.\r\n\r\nWhich choice most effectively completes the sentence with relevant and accurate information based on the graph above?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/5a25e835b2ab990fa3bc49186ccc869ffb0d9e63.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 12:15:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:45:08" }, { "id": "213", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into co-working spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the co-working space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "30.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 12:20:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:45:55" }, { "id": "214", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into co-working spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the co-working space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "31. The writer wants to add the following sentence to the paragraph.\r\nAfter filling out a simple registration form and taking a quick tour of the facility, I took a seat at a table and got right to work on my laptop.\r\nThe best placement for the sentence is immediately", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 12:22:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:47:44" }, { "id": "215", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into co-working spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the co-working space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "32.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 12:24:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:48:14" }, { "id": "216", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCo-working: A Creative Solution\r\nWhen I left my office job as a website developer at a small company for a position that allowed me to work full-time from home, I thought I had it made: I gleefully traded in my suits and dress shoes for sweatpants and slippers, my frantic early-morning bagged lunch packing for a leisurely midday trip to my refrigerator. The novelty of this comfortable work-from-home life, however, {23} soon got worn off quickly. Within a month, I found myself feeling isolated despite having frequent email and instant messaging contact with my colleagues. Having become frustrated trying to solve difficult problems, {24} no colleagues were nearby to share ideas. It was during this time that I read an article {25} into co-working spaces. The article, published by Forbes magazine, explained that co-working spaces are designated locations that, for a fee, individuals can use to conduct their work. The spaces are usually stocked with standard office {26} equipment, such as photocopiers, printers, and fax machines. {27} In these locations, however, the spaces often include small meeting areas and larger rooms for hosting presentations. {28} The cost of launching a new co-working business in the United States is estimated to be approximately $58,000. What most caught my interest, though, was a quotation from someone who described co-working spaces as \u0093melting pots of creativity.\u0094 The article refers to a 2012 survey in which {29} 64 percent of respondents noted that co-working spaces prevented them from completing task in a given time. The article goes on to suggest that the most valuable resources provided by co-working spaces are actually the people {30} whom use them. [1] Thus, even though I already had all the equipment I needed in my home office, I decided to try using a co-working space in my city. [2] Because I was specifically interested in co-working\u0092s reported benefits related to creativity, I chose a facility that offered a bright, open work area where I wouldn\u0092t be isolated. [3] Throughout the morning, more people appeared. [4] Periods of quiet, during which everyone worked independently, were broken up occasionally with lively conversation. {31} I liked the experience so much that I now go to the co-working space a few times a week. Over time, I\u0092ve gotten to know several of my co-working {32} colleagues: another website developer, a graphic designer, a freelance writer, and several mobile app coders. Even those of us who work in disparate fields are able to {33} share advice and help each other brainstorm. In fact, it\u0092s the diversity of their talents and experiences that makes my co-working colleagues so valuable.", "textTwo": "33.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-06 12:26:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:49:01" }, { "id": "217", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "34.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:20:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:52:08" }, { "id": "218", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "35.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:22:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:52:58" }, { "id": "219", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "36.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:25:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:54:05" }, { "id": "220", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "37. Which choice most effectively sets up the information that follows?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:26:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:55:02" }, { "id": "221", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "38.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:29:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:55:32" }, { "id": "222", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "39.Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:31:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:56:43" }, { "id": "223", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "40.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:33:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:57:15" }, { "id": "224", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "41.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:35:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 19:58:00" }, { "id": "225", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "42. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nThe ancient Greek philosopher Plato, for example, wrote many of his works in the form of dialogues.\r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:36:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 20:00:46" }, { "id": "226", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "43.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:39:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 20:01:27" }, { "id": "227", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Consolations of Philosophy\r\nLong viewed by many as the stereotypical useless major, philosophy is now being seen by many students and prospective employers as in fact a very useful and practical major, offering students a host of transferable skills with relevance to the modern workplace. {34}In broad terms, philosophy is the study of meaning and the values underlying thought and behavior. But {35} more pragmatically, the discipline encourages students to analyze complex material, question conventional beliefs, and express thoughts in a concise manner. Because philosophy {36} teaching students not what to think but how to think, the age-old discipline offers consistently useful tools for academic and professional achievement. {37} A 1994 survey concluded that only 18 percent of American colleges required at least one philosophy course. {38} Therefore, between 1992 and 1996, more than 400 independent philosophy departments were eliminated from institutions. More recently, colleges have recognized the practicality and increasing popularity of studying philosophy and have markedly increased the number of philosophy programs offered. By 2008 there were 817 programs, up from 765 a decade before. In addition, the number of four-year graduates in philosophy has grown 46 percent in a decade. Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical {39} writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores. On the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), for example, students intending to study philosophy in graduate school {40} has scored higher than students in all but four other majors. These days, many {41} student\u0092s majoring in philosophy have no intention of becoming philosophers; instead, they plan to apply those skills to other disciplines. Law and business specifically benefit from the complicated theoretical issues raised in the study of philosophy, but philosophy can be just as useful in engineering or any field requiring complex analytic skills. {42} That these skills are transferable across professions {43} which makes them especially beneficial to twenty-first-century students. Because today\u0092s students can expect to hold multiple jobs\u0097some of which may not even exist yet\u0097during {44} our lifetime, studying philosophy allows them to be flexible and adaptable. High demand, advanced exam scores, and varied professional skills all argue for maintaining and enhancing philosophy courses and majors within academic institutions.", "textTwo": "44.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:40:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 20:02:17" }, { "id": "229", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThis passage is from Charlotte Bront\u00eb, The Professor, originally published in 1857. \r\nNo man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind Line and tide before he allows himself to cry out, \u0093I am [5] baffled!\u0094 and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X\u0097\u0097 I felt my occupation irksome. The thing itself\u0097the work of copying and translating business-letters\u0097 was a dry and tedious task enough, but had that been [10] all, I should long have borne with the nuisance; I am not of an impatient nature, and influenced by the double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman, I should have endured in [15] silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties; I should not have whispered, even inwardly, that I longed for liberty; I should have spent in every sigh by which my heart might have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness, smoke, monotony, and [20] joyless tumult of Bigben Close, and its panting desire for freer and fresher scenes; I should have set up the image of Duty, the fetish of Perseverance, in my small bedroom at Mrs. King\u0092s lodgings, and they two should have been my household gods, from which [25] my darling, my cherished-in-secret, Imagination, the tender and the mighty, should never, either by softness or strength, have severed me. But this was not all; the antipathy which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking deeper root and [30] spreading denser shade daily, excluded me from every glimpse of the sunshine of life; and I began to feel like a plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well. Antipathy is the only word which can express the [35] feeling Edward Crimsworth had for me\u0097a feeling, in a great measure, involuntary, and which was liable to be excited by every, the most trifling movement, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language [40] irritated him; my punctuality, industry, and accuracy, fixed his dislike, and gave it the high flavor and poignant relish of envy; he feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman. Had I been in anything inferior to him, he would not [45] have hated me so thoroughly, but I knew all that he knew, and, what was worse, he suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in which he was no sharer. If he could have once placed me in a ridiculous or mortifying position, he would have [50] forgiven me much, but I was guarded by three faculties\u0097Caution, Tact, Observation; and prowling and prying as was Edward\u0092s malignity, it could never baffle the lynx-eyes of these, my natural sentinels. Day by day did his malice watch my tact, hoping it 55 would sleep, and prepared to steal snake-like on its slumber; but tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. I had received my first quarter\u0092s wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had [60] paid me grudged every penny of that hard?earned pittance (I had long ceased to regard Mr. Crimsworth as my brother\u0097he was a hard, grinding master; he wished to be an inexorable tyrant: that was all). Thoughts, not varied but strong, [65] occupied my mind; two voices spoke within me; again and again they uttered the same monotonous phrases. One said: \u0093William, your life is intolerable.\u0094 The other: \u0093What can you do to alter it?\u0094 I walked fast, for it was a cold, frosty night in January; as I [70] approached my lodgings, I turned from a general view of my affairs to the particular speculation as to whether my fire would be out; looking towards the window of my sitting-room, I saw no cheering red gleam.", "textTwo": "1. Which choice best summarizes the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 22:34:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:20:46" }, { "id": "230", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThis passage is from Charlotte Bront\u00eb, The Professor, originally published in 1857. \r\nNo man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind Line and tide before he allows himself to cry out, \u0093I am [5] baffled!\u0094 and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X\u0097\u0097 I felt my occupation irksome. The thing itself\u0097the work of copying and translating business-letters\u0097 was a dry and tedious task enough, but had that been [10] all, I should long have borne with the nuisance; I am not of an impatient nature, and influenced by the double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman, I should have endured in [15] silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties; I should not have whispered, even inwardly, that I longed for liberty; I should have spent in every sigh by which my heart might have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness, smoke, monotony, and [20] joyless tumult of Bigben Close, and its panting desire for freer and fresher scenes; I should have set up the image of Duty, the fetish of Perseverance, in my small bedroom at Mrs. King\u0092s lodgings, and they two should have been my household gods, from which [25] my darling, my cherished-in-secret, Imagination, the tender and the mighty, should never, either by softness or strength, have severed me. But this was not all; the antipathy which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking deeper root and [30] spreading denser shade daily, excluded me from every glimpse of the sunshine of life; and I began to feel like a plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well. Antipathy is the only word which can express the [35] feeling Edward Crimsworth had for me\u0097a feeling, in a great measure, involuntary, and which was liable to be excited by every, the most trifling movement, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language [40] irritated him; my punctuality, industry, and accuracy, fixed his dislike, and gave it the high flavor and poignant relish of envy; he feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman. Had I been in anything inferior to him, he would not [45] have hated me so thoroughly, but I knew all that he knew, and, what was worse, he suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in which he was no sharer. If he could have once placed me in a ridiculous or mortifying position, he would have [50] forgiven me much, but I was guarded by three faculties\u0097Caution, Tact, Observation; and prowling and prying as was Edward\u0092s malignity, it could never baffle the lynx-eyes of these, my natural sentinels. Day by day did his malice watch my tact, hoping it 55 would sleep, and prepared to steal snake-like on its slumber; but tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. I had received my first quarter\u0092s wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had [60] paid me grudged every penny of that hard?earned pittance (I had long ceased to regard Mr. Crimsworth as my brother\u0097he was a hard, grinding master; he wished to be an inexorable tyrant: that was all). Thoughts, not varied but strong, [65] occupied my mind; two voices spoke within me; again and again they uttered the same monotonous phrases. One said: \u0093William, your life is intolerable.\u0094 The other: \u0093What can you do to alter it?\u0094 I walked fast, for it was a cold, frosty night in January; as I [70] approached my lodgings, I turned from a general view of my affairs to the particular speculation as to whether my fire would be out; looking towards the window of my sitting-room, I saw no cheering red gleam.", "textTwo": "2. The main purpose of the opening sentence of the passage is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 22:36:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:20:37" }, { "id": "231", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThis passage is from Charlotte Bront\u00eb, The Professor, originally published in 1857. \r\nNo man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind Line and tide before he allows himself to cry out, \u0093I am [5] baffled!\u0094 and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X\u0097\u0097 I felt my occupation irksome. The thing itself\u0097the work of copying and translating business-letters\u0097 was a dry and tedious task enough, but had that been [10] all, I should long have borne with the nuisance; I am not of an impatient nature, and influenced by the double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman, I should have endured in [15] silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties; I should not have whispered, even inwardly, that I longed for liberty; I should have spent in every sigh by which my heart might have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness, smoke, monotony, and [20] joyless tumult of Bigben Close, and its panting desire for freer and fresher scenes; I should have set up the image of Duty, the fetish of Perseverance, in my small bedroom at Mrs. King\u0092s lodgings, and they two should have been my household gods, from which [25] my darling, my cherished-in-secret, Imagination, the tender and the mighty, should never, either by softness or strength, have severed me. But this was not all; the antipathy which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking deeper root and [30] spreading denser shade daily, excluded me from every glimpse of the sunshine of life; and I began to feel like a plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well. Antipathy is the only word which can express the [35] feeling Edward Crimsworth had for me\u0097a feeling, in a great measure, involuntary, and which was liable to be excited by every, the most trifling movement, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language [40] irritated him; my punctuality, industry, and accuracy, fixed his dislike, and gave it the high flavor and poignant relish of envy; he feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman. Had I been in anything inferior to him, he would not [45] have hated me so thoroughly, but I knew all that he knew, and, what was worse, he suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in which he was no sharer. If he could have once placed me in a ridiculous or mortifying position, he would have [50] forgiven me much, but I was guarded by three faculties\u0097Caution, Tact, Observation; and prowling and prying as was Edward\u0092s malignity, it could never baffle the lynx-eyes of these, my natural sentinels. Day by day did his malice watch my tact, hoping it 55 would sleep, and prepared to steal snake-like on its slumber; but tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. I had received my first quarter\u0092s wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had [60] paid me grudged every penny of that hard?earned pittance (I had long ceased to regard Mr. Crimsworth as my brother\u0097he was a hard, grinding master; he wished to be an inexorable tyrant: that was all). Thoughts, not varied but strong, [65] occupied my mind; two voices spoke within me; again and again they uttered the same monotonous phrases. One said: \u0093William, your life is intolerable.\u0094 The other: \u0093What can you do to alter it?\u0094 I walked fast, for it was a cold, frosty night in January; as I [70] approached my lodgings, I turned from a general view of my affairs to the particular speculation as to whether my fire would be out; looking towards the window of my sitting-room, I saw no cheering red gleam.", "textTwo": "3. During the course of the first paragraph, the narrator\u0092s focus shifts from", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:11:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:19:48" }, { "id": "232", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n Questions 1-10 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nThis passage is from Charlotte Bront\u00eb, The Professor, originally published in 1857. \r\nNo man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind Line and tide before he allows himself to cry out, \u0093I am [5] baffled!\u0094 and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X\u0097\u0097 I felt my occupation irksome. The thing itself\u0097the work of copying and translating business-letters\u0097 was a dry and tedious task enough, but had that been [10] all, I should long have borne with the nuisance; I am not of an impatient nature, and influenced by the double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman, I should have endured in [15] silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties; I should not have whispered, even inwardly, that I longed for liberty; I should have spent in every sigh by which my heart might have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness, smoke, monotony, and [20] joyless tumult of Bigben Close, and its panting desire for freer and fresher scenes; I should have set up the image of Duty, the fetish of Perseverance, in my small bedroom at Mrs. King\u0092s lodgings, and they two should have been my household gods, from which [25] my darling, my cherished-in-secret, Imagination, the tender and the mighty, should never, either by softness or strength, have severed me. But this was not all; the antipathy which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking deeper root and [30] spreading denser shade daily, excluded me from every glimpse of the sunshine of life; and I began to feel like a plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well. Antipathy is the only word which can express the [35] feeling Edward Crimsworth had for me\u0097a feeling, in a great measure, involuntary, and which was liable to be excited by every, the most trifling movement, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language [40] irritated him; my punctuality, industry, and accuracy, fixed his dislike, and gave it the high flavor and poignant relish of envy; he feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman. Had I been in anything inferior to him, he would not [45] have hated me so thoroughly, but I knew all that he knew, and, what was worse, he suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in which he was no sharer. If he could have once placed me in a ridiculous or mortifying position, he would have [50] forgiven me much, but I was guarded by three faculties\u0097Caution, Tact, Observation; and prowling and prying as was Edward\u0092s malignity, it could never baffle the lynx-eyes of these, my natural sentinels. Day by day did his malice watch my tact, hoping it 55 would sleep, and prepared to steal snake-like on its slumber; but tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. I had received my first quarter\u0092s wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had [60] paid me grudged every penny of that hard?earned pittance (I had long ceased to regard Mr. Crimsworth as my brother\u0097he was a hard, grinding master; he wished to be an inexorable tyrant: that was all). Thoughts, not varied but strong, [65] occupied my mind; two voices spoke within me; again and again they uttered the same monotonous phrases. One said: \u0093William, your life is intolerable.\u0094 The other: \u0093What can you do to alter it?\u0094 I walked fast, for it was a cold, frosty night in January; as I [70] approached my lodgings, I turned from a general view of my affairs to the particular speculation as to whether my fire would be out; looking towards the window of my sitting-room, I saw no cheering red gleam.", "textTwo": "4. The references to \u0093shade\u0094 and \u0093darkness\u0094 at the end of the first paragraph mainly have which effect?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:13:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:20:25" }, { "id": "233", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nThis passage is from Charlotte Bront\u00eb, The Professor, originally published in 1857. \r\nNo man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind Line and tide before he allows himself to cry out, \u0093I am [5] baffled!\u0094 and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X\u0097\u0097 I felt my occupation irksome. The thing itself\u0097the work of copying and translating business-letters\u0097 was a dry and tedious task enough, but had that been [10] all, I should long have borne with the nuisance; I am not of an impatient nature, and influenced by the double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman, I should have endured in [15] silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties; I should not have whispered, even inwardly, that I longed for liberty; I should have spent in every sigh by which my heart might have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness, smoke, monotony, and [20] joyless tumult of Bigben Close, and its panting desire for freer and fresher scenes; I should have set up the image of Duty, the fetish of Perseverance, in my small bedroom at Mrs. King\u0092s lodgings, and they two should have been my household gods, from which [25] my darling, my cherished-in-secret, Imagination, the tender and the mighty, should never, either by softness or strength, have severed me. But this was not all; the antipathy which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking deeper root and [30] spreading denser shade daily, excluded me from every glimpse of the sunshine of life; and I began to feel like a plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well. Antipathy is the only word which can express the [35] feeling Edward Crimsworth had for me\u0097a feeling, in a great measure, involuntary, and which was liable to be excited by every, the most trifling movement, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language [40] irritated him; my punctuality, industry, and accuracy, fixed his dislike, and gave it the high flavor and poignant relish of envy; he feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman. Had I been in anything inferior to him, he would not [45] have hated me so thoroughly, but I knew all that he knew, and, what was worse, he suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in which he was no sharer. If he could have once placed me in a ridiculous or mortifying position, he would have [50] forgiven me much, but I was guarded by three faculties\u0097Caution, Tact, Observation; and prowling and prying as was Edward\u0092s malignity, it could never baffle the lynx-eyes of these, my natural sentinels. Day by day did his malice watch my tact, hoping it 55 would sleep, and prepared to steal snake-like on its slumber; but tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. I had received my first quarter\u0092s wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had [60] paid me grudged every penny of that hard?earned pittance (I had long ceased to regard Mr. Crimsworth as my brother\u0097he was a hard, grinding master; he wished to be an inexorable tyrant: that was all). Thoughts, not varied but strong, [65] occupied my mind; two voices spoke within me; again and again they uttered the same monotonous phrases. One said: \u0093William, your life is intolerable.\u0094 The other: \u0093What can you do to alter it?\u0094 I walked fast, for it was a cold, frosty night in January; as I [70] approached my lodgings, I turned from a general view of my affairs to the particular speculation as to whether my fire would be out; looking towards the window of my sitting-room, I saw no cheering red gleam.", "textTwo": "5. The passage indicates that Edward Crimsworth\u0092s behavior was mainly caused by his", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:15:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:21:19" }, { "id": "234", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nThis passage is from Charlotte Bront\u00eb, The Professor, originally published in 1857. \r\nNo man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind Line and tide before he allows himself to cry out, \u0093I am [5] baffled!\u0094 and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X\u0097\u0097 I felt my occupation irksome. The thing itself\u0097the work of copying and translating business-letters\u0097 was a dry and tedious task enough, but had that been [10] all, I should long have borne with the nuisance; I am not of an impatient nature, and influenced by the double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman, I should have endured in [15] silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties; I should not have whispered, even inwardly, that I longed for liberty; I should have spent in every sigh by which my heart might have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness, smoke, monotony, and [20] joyless tumult of Bigben Close, and its panting desire for freer and fresher scenes; I should have set up the image of Duty, the fetish of Perseverance, in my small bedroom at Mrs. King\u0092s lodgings, and they two should have been my household gods, from which [25] my darling, my cherished-in-secret, Imagination, the tender and the mighty, should never, either by softness or strength, have severed me. But this was not all; the antipathy which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking deeper root and [30] spreading denser shade daily, excluded me from every glimpse of the sunshine of life; and I began to feel like a plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well. Antipathy is the only word which can express the [35] feeling Edward Crimsworth had for me\u0097a feeling, in a great measure, involuntary, and which was liable to be excited by every, the most trifling movement, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language [40] irritated him; my punctuality, industry, and accuracy, fixed his dislike, and gave it the high flavor and poignant relish of envy; he feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman. Had I been in anything inferior to him, he would not [45] have hated me so thoroughly, but I knew all that he knew, and, what was worse, he suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in which he was no sharer. If he could have once placed me in a ridiculous or mortifying position, he would have [50] forgiven me much, but I was guarded by three faculties\u0097Caution, Tact, Observation; and prowling and prying as was Edward\u0092s malignity, it could never baffle the lynx-eyes of these, my natural sentinels. Day by day did his malice watch my tact, hoping it 55 would sleep, and prepared to steal snake-like on its slumber; but tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. I had received my first quarter\u0092s wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had [60] paid me grudged every penny of that hard?earned pittance (I had long ceased to regard Mr. Crimsworth as my brother\u0097he was a hard, grinding master; he wished to be an inexorable tyrant: that was all). Thoughts, not varied but strong, [65] occupied my mind; two voices spoke within me; again and again they uttered the same monotonous phrases. One said: \u0093William, your life is intolerable.\u0094 The other: \u0093What can you do to alter it?\u0094 I walked fast, for it was a cold, frosty night in January; as I [70] approached my lodgings, I turned from a general view of my affairs to the particular speculation as to whether my fire would be out; looking towards the window of my sitting-room, I saw no cheering red gleam.", "textTwo": "6. The passage indicates that when the narrator began working for Edward Crimsworth, he viewed Crimsworth as a", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:17:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:22:00" }, { "id": "235", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). Questions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is from Charlotte Bront\u00eb, The Professor, originally published in 1857. No man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind Line and tide before he allows himself to cry out, \u0093I am [5] baffled!\u0094 and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X\u0097\u0097 I felt my occupation irksome. The thing itself\u0097the work of copying and translating business-letters\u0097 was a dry and tedious task enough, but had that been [10] all, I should long have borne with the nuisance; I am not of an impatient nature, and influenced by the double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman, I should have endured in [15] silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties; I should not have whispered, even inwardly, that I longed for liberty; I should have spent in every sigh by which my heart might have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness, smoke, monotony, and [20] joyless tumult of Bigben Close, and its panting desire for freer and fresher scenes; I should have set up the image of Duty, the fetish of Perseverance, in my small bedroom at Mrs. King\u0092s lodgings, and they two should have been my household gods, from which [25] my darling, my cherished-in-secret, Imagination, the tender and the mighty, should never, either by softness or strength, have severed me. But this was not all; the antipathy which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking deeper root and [30] spreading denser shade daily, excluded me from every glimpse of the sunshine of life; and I began to feel like a plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well. Antipathy is the only word which can express the [35] feeling Edward Crimsworth had for me\u0097a feeling, in a great measure, involuntary, and which was liable to be excited by every, the most trifling movement, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language [40] irritated him; my punctuality, industry, and accuracy, fixed his dislike, and gave it the high flavor and poignant relish of envy; he feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman. Had I been in anything inferior to him, he would not [45] have hated me so thoroughly, but I knew all that he knew, and, what was worse, he suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in which he was no sharer. If he could have once placed me in a ridiculous or mortifying position, he would have [50] forgiven me much, but I was guarded by three faculties\u0097Caution, Tact, Observation; and prowling and prying as was Edward\u0092s malignity, it could never baffle the lynx-eyes of these, my natural sentinels. Day by day did his malice watch my tact, hoping it 55 would sleep, and prepared to steal snake-like on its slumber; but tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. I had received my first quarter\u0092s wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had [60] paid me grudged every penny of that hard?earned pittance (I had long ceased to regard Mr. Crimsworth as my brother\u0097he was a hard, grinding master; he wished to be an inexorable tyrant: that was all). Thoughts, not varied but strong, [65] occupied my mind; two voices spoke within me; again and again they uttered the same monotonous phrases. One said: \u0093William, your life is intolerable.\u0094 The other: \u0093What can you do to alter it?\u0094 I walked fast, for it was a cold, frosty night in January; as I [70] approached my lodgings, I turned from a general view of my affairs to the particular speculation as to whether my fire would be out; looking towards the window of my sitting-room, I saw no cheering red gleam.", "textTwo": "7. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:19:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:41:57" }, { "id": "236", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nThis passage is from Charlotte Bront\u00eb, The Professor, originally published in 1857. \r\nNo man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind Line and tide before he allows himself to cry out, \u0093I am [5] baffled!\u0094 and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X\u0097\u0097 I felt my occupation irksome. The thing itself\u0097the work of copying and translating business-letters\u0097 was a dry and tedious task enough, but had that been [10] all, I should long have borne with the nuisance; I am not of an impatient nature, and influenced by the double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman, I should have endured in [15] silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties; I should not have whispered, even inwardly, that I longed for liberty; I should have spent in every sigh by which my heart might have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness, smoke, monotony, and [20] joyless tumult of Bigben Close, and its panting desire for freer and fresher scenes; I should have set up the image of Duty, the fetish of Perseverance, in my small bedroom at Mrs. King\u0092s lodgings, and they two should have been my household gods, from which [25] my darling, my cherished-in-secret, Imagination, the tender and the mighty, should never, either by softness or strength, have severed me. But this was not all; the antipathy which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking deeper root and [30] spreading denser shade daily, excluded me from every glimpse of the sunshine of life; and I began to feel like a plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well. Antipathy is the only word which can express the [35] feeling Edward Crimsworth had for me\u0097a feeling, in a great measure, involuntary, and which was liable to be excited by every, the most trifling movement, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language [40] irritated him; my punctuality, industry, and accuracy, fixed his dislike, and gave it the high flavor and poignant relish of envy; he feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman. Had I been in anything inferior to him, he would not [45] have hated me so thoroughly, but I knew all that he knew, and, what was worse, he suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in which he was no sharer. If he could have once placed me in a ridiculous or mortifying position, he would have [50] forgiven me much, but I was guarded by three faculties\u0097Caution, Tact, Observation; and prowling and prying as was Edward\u0092s malignity, it could never baffle the lynx-eyes of these, my natural sentinels. Day by day did his malice watch my tact, hoping it 55 would sleep, and prepared to steal snake-like on its slumber; but tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. I had received my first quarter\u0092s wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had [60] paid me grudged every penny of that hard?earned pittance (I had long ceased to regard Mr. Crimsworth as my brother\u0097he was a hard, grinding master; he wished to be an inexorable tyrant: that was all). Thoughts, not varied but strong, [65] occupied my mind; two voices spoke within me; again and again they uttered the same monotonous phrases. One said: \u0093William, your life is intolerable.\u0094 The other: \u0093What can you do to alter it?\u0094 I walked fast, for it was a cold, frosty night in January; as I [70] approached my lodgings, I turned from a general view of my affairs to the particular speculation as to whether my fire would be out; looking towards the window of my sitting-room, I saw no cheering red gleam.", "textTwo": "8. At the end of the second paragraph, the comparisons of abstract qualities to a lynx and a snake mainly have the effect of", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:21:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:42:27" }, { "id": "237", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nThis passage is from Charlotte Bront\u00eb, The Professor, originally published in 1857. \r\nNo man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind Line and tide before he allows himself to cry out, \u0093I am [5] baffled!\u0094 and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X\u0097\u0097 I felt my occupation irksome. The thing itself\u0097the work of copying and translating business-letters\u0097 was a dry and tedious task enough, but had that been [10] all, I should long have borne with the nuisance; I am not of an impatient nature, and influenced by the double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman, I should have endured in [15] silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties; I should not have whispered, even inwardly, that I longed for liberty; I should have spent in every sigh by which my heart might have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness, smoke, monotony, and [20] joyless tumult of Bigben Close, and its panting desire for freer and fresher scenes; I should have set up the image of Duty, the fetish of Perseverance, in my small bedroom at Mrs. King\u0092s lodgings, and they two should have been my household gods, from which [25] my darling, my cherished-in-secret, Imagination, the tender and the mighty, should never, either by softness or strength, have severed me. But this was not all; the antipathy which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking deeper root and [30] spreading denser shade daily, excluded me from every glimpse of the sunshine of life; and I began to feel like a plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well. Antipathy is the only word which can express the [35] feeling Edward Crimsworth had for me\u0097a feeling, in a great measure, involuntary, and which was liable to be excited by every, the most trifling movement, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language [40] irritated him; my punctuality, industry, and accuracy, fixed his dislike, and gave it the high flavor and poignant relish of envy; he feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman. Had I been in anything inferior to him, he would not [45] have hated me so thoroughly, but I knew all that he knew, and, what was worse, he suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in which he was no sharer. If he could have once placed me in a ridiculous or mortifying position, he would have [50] forgiven me much, but I was guarded by three faculties\u0097Caution, Tact, Observation; and prowling and prying as was Edward\u0092s malignity, it could never baffle the lynx-eyes of these, my natural sentinels. Day by day did his malice watch my tact, hoping it 55 would sleep, and prepared to steal snake-like on its slumber; but tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. I had received my first quarter\u0092s wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had [60] paid me grudged every penny of that hard?earned pittance (I had long ceased to regard Mr. Crimsworth as my brother\u0097he was a hard, grinding master; he wished to be an inexorable tyrant: that was all). Thoughts, not varied but strong, [65] occupied my mind; two voices spoke within me; again and again they uttered the same monotonous phrases. One said: \u0093William, your life is intolerable.\u0094 The other: \u0093What can you do to alter it?\u0094 I walked fast, for it was a cold, frosty night in January; as I [70] approached my lodgings, I turned from a general view of my affairs to the particular speculation as to whether my fire would be out; looking towards the window of my sitting-room, I saw no cheering red gleam.", "textTwo": "9. The passage indicates that, after a long day of work, the narrator sometimes found his living quarters to be", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:23:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:43:56" }, { "id": "238", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nThis passage is from Charlotte Bront\u00eb, The Professor, originally published in 1857. \r\nNo man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every man, worthy of the name, will row long against wind Line and tide before he allows himself to cry out, \u0093I am [5] baffled!\u0094 and submits to be floated passively back to land. From the first week of my residence in X\u0097\u0097 I felt my occupation irksome. The thing itself\u0097the work of copying and translating business-letters\u0097 was a dry and tedious task enough, but had that been [10] all, I should long have borne with the nuisance; I am not of an impatient nature, and influenced by the double desire of getting my living and justifying to myself and others the resolution I had taken to become a tradesman, I should have endured in [15] silence the rust and cramp of my best faculties; I should not have whispered, even inwardly, that I longed for liberty; I should have spent in every sigh by which my heart might have ventured to intimate its distress under the closeness, smoke, monotony, and [20] joyless tumult of Bigben Close, and its panting desire for freer and fresher scenes; I should have set up the image of Duty, the fetish of Perseverance, in my small bedroom at Mrs. King\u0092s lodgings, and they two should have been my household gods, from which [25] my darling, my cherished-in-secret, Imagination, the tender and the mighty, should never, either by softness or strength, have severed me. But this was not all; the antipathy which had sprung up between myself and my employer striking deeper root and [30] spreading denser shade daily, excluded me from every glimpse of the sunshine of life; and I began to feel like a plant growing in humid darkness out of the slimy walls of a well. Antipathy is the only word which can express the [35] feeling Edward Crimsworth had for me\u0097a feeling, in a great measure, involuntary, and which was liable to be excited by every, the most trifling movement, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language [40] irritated him; my punctuality, industry, and accuracy, fixed his dislike, and gave it the high flavor and poignant relish of envy; he feared that I too should one day make a successful tradesman. Had I been in anything inferior to him, he would not [45] have hated me so thoroughly, but I knew all that he knew, and, what was worse, he suspected that I kept the padlock of silence on mental wealth in which he was no sharer. If he could have once placed me in a ridiculous or mortifying position, he would have [50] forgiven me much, but I was guarded by three faculties\u0097Caution, Tact, Observation; and prowling and prying as was Edward\u0092s malignity, it could never baffle the lynx-eyes of these, my natural sentinels. Day by day did his malice watch my tact, hoping it 55 would sleep, and prepared to steal snake-like on its slumber; but tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. I had received my first quarter\u0092s wages, and was returning to my lodgings, possessed heart and soul with the pleasant feeling that the master who had [60] paid me grudged every penny of that hard?earned pittance (I had long ceased to regard Mr. Crimsworth as my brother\u0097he was a hard, grinding master; he wished to be an inexorable tyrant: that was all). Thoughts, not varied but strong, [65] occupied my mind; two voices spoke within me; again and again they uttered the same monotonous phrases. One said: \u0093William, your life is intolerable.\u0094 The other: \u0093What can you do to alter it?\u0094 I walked fast, for it was a cold, frosty night in January; as I [70] approached my lodgings, I turned from a general view of my affairs to the particular speculation as to whether my fire would be out; looking towards the window of my sitting-room, I saw no cheering red gleam.", "textTwo": "10. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:26:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:44:51" }, { "id": "239", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing.\r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "11. The main purpose of the passage is to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/78d6f73d9a1863797a309ec73703192452a2d39c.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:29:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:46:39" }, { "id": "240", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing.\r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "12. In the passage, the author anticipates which of the following objections to criticizing the ethics of free markets?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/6f4d6420824ce49dad64b0f7b2a5b917a4b769d0.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:36:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:47:07" }, { "id": "241", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing.\r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "13. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a7dfe18c526e1bcb419db3685a6771459c1a426b.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:38:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:55:54" }, { "id": "242", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing.\r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "14. As used in line 6, \u0093embraced\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7dbfd3877356e50650b047d388d41d20d8494141.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:40:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:56:32" }, { "id": "243", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing.\r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "15. The main purpose of the fifth paragraph (lines 45-56) is to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/81ea6ee2ae1d58cdb9a2967a96794b98c8c20d8b.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:43:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:57:30" }, { "id": "244", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing.\r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "16. As used in line 58, \u0093clashes\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b82ccd4b54af0e9780a1f2e82ff9efb32c4d1968.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:45:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:57:59" }, { "id": "245", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing.\r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "17. Which choice best supports the author\u0092s claim that there is common ground shared by the different approaches to ethics described in the passage?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/568772a26be3e24354e018c07639ead3b64f876f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:47:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:58:30" }, { "id": "246", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing. \r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "18. The main idea of the final paragraph is that", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/51894166a899814a64b94f5ecafb918ae150eb56.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:50:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 18:59:20" }, { "id": "247", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing. \r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "19. Data in the graph about per-pound coffee profits in Tanzania most strongly support which of the following statements?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d8fe7eb8ac1bbfe62ecff81d9d192c656dd55aca.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:53:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:00:39" }, { "id": "248", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing. \r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "20. Data in the graph indicate that the greatest difference between per-pound profits from fair trade coffee and those from regular coffee occurred during which period?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/2a3afb16449ef0e0b46d1af5828c7b4eb76cf1a6.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:55:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:01:24" }, { "id": "249", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Iain King, \u0093Can Economics Be Ethical?\u0094 \u00a92013 by Prospect Publishing. \r\n\r\nRecent debates about the economy have rediscovered the question, \u0093is that right?\u0094, where \u0093right\u0094 means more than just profits or efficiency. Some argue that because the free markets allow [5] for personal choice, they are already ethical. Others have accepted the ethical critique and embraced corporate social responsibility. But before we can label any market outcome as \u0093immoral,\u0094 or sneer at economists who try to put a price on being ethical, [10] we need to be clear on what we are talking about. There are different views on where ethics should apply when someone makes an economic decision. Consider Adam Smith, widely regarded as the founder of modern economics. He was a moral [15] philosophers who believed sympathy for others was the basis for ethics (we would call it empathy nowadays). But one of his key insights in The Wealth of Nations was that acting on this empathy could be counter-productive\u0097he observed people becoming [20] better off when they put their own empathy aside, and interacted in a self-interested way. Smith justifies selfish behavior by the outcome. Whenever planners use cost-benefit analysis to justify a new railway line, or someone retrains to boost his or her earning [25] power, or a shopper buys one to get one free, they are using the same approach: empathizing with someone, and seeking an outcome that makes that person as well off as possible\u0097although the person they are empathizing with may be themselves in the [30] future. Instead of judging consequences, Aristotle said ethics was about having the right character\u0097displaying virtues like courage and honesty. It is a view put into practice whenever [35] business leaders are chosen for their good character. But it is a hard philosophy to teach\u0097just how much loyalty should you show to a manufacturer that keeps losing money? Show too little and you\u0092re a \u0093greed is good\u0094 corporate raider; too much and you\u0092re wasting [40] moneys on unproductive capital. Aristotle thought there was a golden mean between the two extremes, and finding it was a matter of fine judgment. But if ethics is about character, it\u0092s not clear what those characteristics should be. [45] There is yet another approach: instead of rooting ethics in character or the consequences of actions, we can focus on our actions themselves. From this perspective some things are right, some wrong\u0097we should buy fair trade goods, we shouldn\u0092t tell lies in [50] advertisements. Ethics becomes a list of commandments, a catalog of \u0093dos\u0094 and \u0093don\u0092ts.\u0094 When a finance official refuses to devalue a currency because they have promised not to, they are defining ethics this way. According to this approach [55] devaluation can still be bad, even if it would make everybody better off. Many moral dilemmas arise when these three versions pull in different directions but clashes are not inevitable. Take fair trade coffee (coffee that is [60] sold with a certification that indicates the farmers and workers who produced it were paid a fair wage), for example: buying it might have good consequences, be virtuous, and also be the right way to act in a flawed market. Common ground like this [65] suggests that, even without agreement on where ethics applies, ethical economics is still possible. Whenever we feel queasy about \u0093perfect\u0094 competitive markets, the problem is often rooted in a phony conception of people. The model of man on [70] which classical economics is based\u0097an entirely rational and selfish being\u0097is a parody, as John Stuart Mill, the philosopher who pioneered the model, accepted. Most people\u0097even economists\u0097 now accept that this \u0093economic man\u0094 is a fiction. [75] We behave like a herd; we fear losses more than we hope for gains; rarely can our brains process all the relevant facts. These human quirks mean we can never make purely \u0093rational\u0094 decisions. A new wave of behavioral [80] economists, aided by neuroscientists, is trying to understand our psychology, both alone and in groups, so they can anticipate our decisions in the marketplace more accurately. But psychology can also help us understand why we react in disgust at [85] economic injustices, or accept a moral law as universal. Which means that the relatively new science of human behavior might also define ethics for us. Ethical economics would then emerge from one of the least likely places: economists themselves.", "textTwo": "21. Data in the graph provide most direct support for which idea in the passage?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/cacec9d4936ee4071dd440259bd0ade848eed599.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:57:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:01:59" }, { "id": "250", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company.\r\nPassage 1\r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply. \r\nPassage 2\r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "22. The author of Passage 1 indicates which of the following about the use of screen-based technologies?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:10:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:16:43" }, { "id": "251", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company. \r\nPassage 1 \r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply. \r\nPassage 2\r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "23. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:13:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:18:32" }, { "id": "252", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company. \r\nPassage 1 \r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "24. The author of Passage 1 indicates that becoming adept at using the Internet can", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:15:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:19:15" }, { "id": "253", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company. \r\nPassage 1 \r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "25. As used in line 40, \u0093plastic\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:17:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:21:23" }, { "id": "254", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company. \r\nPassage 1 \r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "26. The author of Passage 2 refers to the novel War and Peace primarily to suggest that Woody Allen", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:31:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:22:05" }, { "id": "255", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company. \r\nPassage 1 \r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "27. According to the author of Passage 2, what do novelists and scientists have in common?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:32:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:22:57" }, { "id": "256", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company. \r\nPassage 1 \r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply.\r\nPassage 2 \r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "28. The analogy in the final sentence of Passage 2 has primarily which effect?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:34:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:23:46" }, { "id": "257", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company. \r\nPassage 1 \r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "29. The main purpose of each passage is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:36:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:24:26" }, { "id": "258", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company. \r\nPassage 1 \r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "30. Which choice best describes the relationship between the two passages?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:39:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:25:20" }, { "id": "259", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company. \r\nPassage 1 \r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "31. On which of the following points would the authors of both passages most likely agree?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:41:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:25:59" }, { "id": "260", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, \u0093Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains.\u0094 \u00a92010 by Cond\u00e9 Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker, \u0093Mind over Mass Media.\u0094 \u00a92010 by The New York Times Company. \r\nPassage 1 \r\nThe mental consequences of our online info-crunching are not universally bad. Certain cognitive skills are strengthened by our use {Line} of computers and the Net. These tend to involve [5] more primitive mental functions, such as hand-eye coordination, reflex response, and the processing of visual cues. One much-cited study of video gaming revealed that after just 10 days of playing action games on computers, a group of young people had [10] significantly boosted the speed with which they could shift their visual focus between various images and tasks. It\u0092s likely that Web browsing also strengthens brain functions related to fast-paced problem [15] solving, particularly when it requires spotting patterns in a welter of data. A British study of the way women search for medical information online indicated that an experienced Internet user can, at least in some cases, assess the trustworthiness and [20] probable value of a Web page in a matter of seconds. The more we practice surfing and scanning, the more adept our brain becomes at those tasks. But it would be a serious mistake to look narrowly at such benefits and conclude that the Web is making [25] us smarter. In a Science article published in early 2009, prominent developmental psychologist Patricia Greenfield reviewed more than 40 studies of the effects of various types of media on intelligence and learning ability. She concluded that \u0093every medium [30] develops some cognitive skills at the expense of others.\u0094 Our growing use of the Net and other screen-based technologies, she wrote, has led to the \u0093widespread and sophisticated development of visual-spatial skills.\u0094 But those gains go hand in hand [35] with a weakening of our capacity for the kind of \u0093deep processing\u0094 that underpins \u0093mindful knowledge acquisition, inductive analysis, critical thinking, imagination, and reflection.\u0094 We know that the human brain is highly [40] plastics; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of [45] neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even when we\u0092re not at a computer. We\u0092re exercising the neural circuits devoted to skimming and multitasking while ignoring those used for [50] reading and thinking deeply. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nCritics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how \u0093experience can change the brain.\u0094 But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every [55] time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it\u0092s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain is a blob of clay pounded into shape by experience. [60] Experience does not revamp the basic information-processing capacities of the brain. Speed-reading programs have long claimed to do just that, but the verdict was rendered by Woody Allen after he read Leo Tolstoy\u0092s famously long novel [65] War and Peace in one sitting: \u0093It was about Russia.\u0094 Genuine multitasking, too, has been exposed as a myth, not just by laboratory studies but by the familiar sight of an SUV undulating between lanes as the driver cuts deals on his cell phone. [70] Moreover, the effects of experience are highly specific to the experiences themselves. If you train people to do one thing (recognize shapes, solve math puzzles, find hidden words), they get better at doing that thing, but almost nothing else. Music doesn\u0092t [75] make you better at math, conjugating Latin doesn\u0092t make you more logical, brain-training games don\u0092t make you smarter. Accomplished people don\u0092t bulk up their brains with intellectual calisthenics; they immerse themselves in their fields. Novelists read [80] lots of novels, scientists read lots of science. The effects of consuming electronic media are likely to be far more limited than the panic implies. Media critics write as if the brain takes on the qualities of whatever it consumes, the informational [85] equivalents of \u0093you are what you eat.\u0094 As with ancient peoples who believed that eating fierce animals made them fierce, they assume that watching quick cuts in rock videos turns your mental life into quick cuts or that reading bullet points and online postings turns [90] your thoughts into bullet points and online postings.", "textTwo": "32. Which choice provides the best evidence that the author of Passage 2 would agree to some extent with the claim attributed to Michael Merzenich in\r\nlines 41-43, Passage 1?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:43:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:26:43" }, { "id": "261", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elizabeth Cady Stanton\u0092s address to the 1869 Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nI urge a sixteenth amendment, because \u0093manhood suffrage,\u0094 or a man\u0092s government, is civil, religious, and social disorganization. The male element is a {Line} destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving [5] war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. See what a record of blood and cruelty the pages of history reveal! Through what slavery, slaughter, and sacrifice, through what [10] inquisitions and imprisonments, pains and persecutions, black codes and gloomy creeds, the soul of humanity has struggled for the centuries, while mercy has veiled her face and all hearts have been dead alike to love and hope! [15] The male element has held high carnival thus far; it has fairly run riot from the beginning, overpowering the feminine element everywhere, crushing out all the diviner qualities in human nature, until we know but little of true manhood and [20] womanhood, of the latter comparatively nothing, for it has scarce been recognized as a power until within the last century. Society is but the reflection of man himself, untampered by woman\u0092s thought; the hard iron rule we feel alike in the church, the state, and the [25] home. No one need wonders at the disorganization, at the fragmentary condition of everything, when we remember that man, who represents but half a complete being, with but half an idea on every subject, has undertaken the absolute control of all [30] sublunary matters. People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded, because they say \u0093the right of suffrage will make the women masculine.\u0094 That is just the difficulty in which we are 35 involved today. Though disfranchised, we have few women in the best sense; we have simply so many reflections, varieties, and dilutions of the masculine gender. The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in [40] dependences, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition. To keep a foothold in society, woman must be as near like man as possible, reflect his ideas, opinions, virtues, motives, prejudices, and vices. She [45] must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul.... [M]an has been molding woman to his ideas by direct and positive influences, while she, if not a\r\n[50] negations, has used indirect means to control him, and in most cases developed the very characteristics both in him and herself that needed repression. And now man himself stands appalled at the results of his own excesses, and mourns in bitterness that [55] falsehoods, selfishness, and violence are the law of life.\r\nThe need of this hour is not territory, gold mines, railroads, or specie payments but a new evangel of womanhood, to exalt purity, virtue, morality, true religion, to lift man up into the higher realms of [60] thought and action. We ask woman\u0092s enfranchisement, as the first step toward the recognition of that essential element in government that can only secure the health, strength, and prosperity of the nation. Whatever is done to lift\r\n[65] women to her true position will help to usher in a new day of peace and perfection for the race.\r\nIn speaking of the masculine element, I do not wish to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal, for many of the most beautiful [70] spirits the world has known have been clothed with manhood; but I refer to those characteristics, though often marked in woman, that distinguish what is called the stronger sex. For example, the love of acquisition and conquest, the very pioneers of [75] civilizations, when expended on the earth, the sea, the elements, the riches and forces of nature, are powers of destruction when used to subjugate one man to another or to sacrifice nations to ambition. Here that great conservator of woman\u0092s love, if [80] permitted to assert itself, as it naturally would in freedom against oppression, violence, and war, would hold all these destructive forces in check, for woman knows the cost of life better than man does, and not with her consent would one drop of blood [85] ever be shed, one life sacrificed in vain.", "textTwo": "33. The central problem that Stanton describes in the passage is that women have been", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:12:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:31:53" }, { "id": "262", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elizabeth Cady Stanton\u0092s address to the 1869 Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nI urge a sixteenth amendment, because \u0093manhood suffrage,\u0094 or a man\u0092s government, is civil, religious, and social disorganization. The male element is a {Line} destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving [5] war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. See what a record of blood and cruelty the pages of history reveal! Through what slavery, slaughter, and sacrifice, through what [10] inquisitions and imprisonments, pains and persecutions, black codes and gloomy creeds, the soul of humanity has struggled for the centuries, while mercy has veiled her face and all hearts have been dead alike to love and hope! [15] The male element has held high carnival thus far; it has fairly run riot from the beginning, overpowering the feminine element everywhere, crushing out all the diviner qualities in human nature, until we know but little of true manhood and [20] womanhood, of the latter comparatively nothing, for it has scarce been recognized as a power until within the last century. Society is but the reflection of man himself, untampered by woman\u0092s thought; the hard iron rule we feel alike in the church, the state, and the [25] home. No one need wonders at the disorganization, at the fragmentary condition of everything, when we remember that man, who represents but half a complete being, with but half an idea on every subject, has undertaken the absolute control of all [30] sublunary matters. People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded, because they say \u0093the right of suffrage will make the women masculine.\u0094 That is just the difficulty in which we are 35 involved today. Though disfranchised, we have few women in the best sense; we have simply so many reflections, varieties, and dilutions of the masculine gender. The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in [40] dependences, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition. To keep a foothold in society, woman must be as near like man as possible, reflect his ideas, opinions, virtues, motives, prejudices, and vices. She [45] must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul.... [M]an has been molding woman to his ideas by direct and positive influences, while she, if not a\r\n[50] negations, has used indirect means to control him, and in most cases developed the very characteristics both in him and herself that needed repression. And now man himself stands appalled at the results of his own excesses, and mourns in bitterness that [55] falsehoods, selfishness, and violence are the law of life.\r\nThe need of this hour is not territory, gold mines, railroads, or specie payments but a new evangel of womanhood, to exalt purity, virtue, morality, true religion, to lift man up into the higher realms of [60] thought and action. We ask woman\u0092s enfranchisement, as the first step toward the recognition of that essential element in government that can only secure the health, strength, and prosperity of the nation. Whatever is done to lift\r\n[65] women to her true position will help to usher in a new day of peace and perfection for the race.\r\nIn speaking of the masculine element, I do not wish to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal, for many of the most beautiful [70] spirits the world has known have been clothed with manhood; but I refer to those characteristics, though often marked in woman, that distinguish what is called the stronger sex. For example, the love of acquisition and conquest, the very pioneers of [75] civilizations, when expended on the earth, the sea, the elements, the riches and forces of nature, are powers of destruction when used to subjugate one man to another or to sacrifice nations to ambition. Here that great conservator of woman\u0092s love, if [80] permitted to assert itself, as it naturally would in freedom against oppression, violence, and war, would hold all these destructive forces in check, for woman knows the cost of life better than man does, and not with her consent would one drop of blood [85] ever be shed, one life sacrificed in vain.", "textTwo": "34. Stanton uses the phrase \u0093high carnival\u0094 (line 15) mainly to emphasize what she sees as the", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:15:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:32:33" }, { "id": "263", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elizabeth Cady Stanton\u0092s address to the 1869 Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nI urge a sixteenth amendment, because \u0093manhood suffrage,\u0094 or a man\u0092s government, is civil, religious, and social disorganization. The male element is a {Line} destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving [5] war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. See what a record of blood and cruelty the pages of history reveal! Through what slavery, slaughter, and sacrifice, through what [10] inquisitions and imprisonments, pains and persecutions, black codes and gloomy creeds, the soul of humanity has struggled for the centuries, while mercy has veiled her face and all hearts have been dead alike to love and hope! [15] The male element has held high carnival thus far; it has fairly run riot from the beginning, overpowering the feminine element everywhere, crushing out all the diviner qualities in human nature, until we know but little of true manhood and [20] womanhood, of the latter comparatively nothing, for it has scarce been recognized as a power until within the last century. Society is but the reflection of man himself, untampered by woman\u0092s thought; the hard iron rule we feel alike in the church, the state, and the [25] home. No one need wonders at the disorganization, at the fragmentary condition of everything, when we remember that man, who represents but half a complete being, with but half an idea on every subject, has undertaken the absolute control of all [30] sublunary matters. People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded, because they say \u0093the right of suffrage will make the women masculine.\u0094 That is just the difficulty in which we are 35 involved today. Though disfranchised, we have few women in the best sense; we have simply so many reflections, varieties, and dilutions of the masculine gender. The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in [40] dependences, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition. To keep a foothold in society, woman must be as near like man as possible, reflect his ideas, opinions, virtues, motives, prejudices, and vices. She [45] must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul.... [M]an has been molding woman to his ideas by direct and positive influences, while she, if not a\r\n[50] negations, has used indirect means to control him, and in most cases developed the very characteristics both in him and herself that needed repression. And now man himself stands appalled at the results of his own excesses, and mourns in bitterness that [55] falsehoods, selfishness, and violence are the law of life.\r\nThe need of this hour is not territory, gold mines, railroads, or specie payments but a new evangel of womanhood, to exalt purity, virtue, morality, true religion, to lift man up into the higher realms of [60] thought and action. We ask woman\u0092s enfranchisement, as the first step toward the recognition of that essential element in government that can only secure the health, strength, and prosperity of the nation. Whatever is done to lift\r\n[65] women to her true position will help to usher in a new day of peace and perfection for the race.\r\nIn speaking of the masculine element, I do not wish to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal, for many of the most beautiful [70] spirits the world has known have been clothed with manhood; but I refer to those characteristics, though often marked in woman, that distinguish what is called the stronger sex. For example, the love of acquisition and conquest, the very pioneers of [75] civilizations, when expended on the earth, the sea, the elements, the riches and forces of nature, are powers of destruction when used to subjugate one man to another or to sacrifice nations to ambition. Here that great conservator of woman\u0092s love, if [80] permitted to assert itself, as it naturally would in freedom against oppression, violence, and war, would hold all these destructive forces in check, for woman knows the cost of life better than man does, and not with her consent would one drop of blood [85] ever be shed, one life sacrificed in vain.", "textTwo": "35 Stanton claims that which of the following was a relatively recent historical development?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:17:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:33:09" }, { "id": "264", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elizabeth Cady Stanton\u0092s address to the 1869 Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nI urge a sixteenth amendment, because \u0093manhood suffrage,\u0094 or a man\u0092s government, is civil, religious, and social disorganization. The male element is a {Line} destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving [5] war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. See what a record of blood and cruelty the pages of history reveal! Through what slavery, slaughter, and sacrifice, through what [10] inquisitions and imprisonments, pains and persecutions, black codes and gloomy creeds, the soul of humanity has struggled for the centuries, while mercy has veiled her face and all hearts have been dead alike to love and hope! [15] The male element has held high carnival thus far; it has fairly run riot from the beginning, overpowering the feminine element everywhere, crushing out all the diviner qualities in human nature, until we know but little of true manhood and [20] womanhood, of the latter comparatively nothing, for it has scarce been recognized as a power until within the last century. Society is but the reflection of man himself, untampered by woman\u0092s thought; the hard iron rule we feel alike in the church, the state, and the [25] home. No one need wonders at the disorganization, at the fragmentary condition of everything, when we remember that man, who represents but half a complete being, with but half an idea on every subject, has undertaken the absolute control of all [30] sublunary matters. People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded, because they say \u0093the right of suffrage will make the women masculine.\u0094 That is just the difficulty in which we are 35 involved today. Though disfranchised, we have few women in the best sense; we have simply so many reflections, varieties, and dilutions of the masculine gender. The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in [40] dependences, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition. To keep a foothold in society, woman must be as near like man as possible, reflect his ideas, opinions, virtues, motives, prejudices, and vices. She [45] must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul.... [M]an has been molding woman to his ideas by direct and positive influences, while she, if not a\r\n[50] negations, has used indirect means to control him, and in most cases developed the very characteristics both in him and herself that needed repression. And now man himself stands appalled at the results of his own excesses, and mourns in bitterness that [55] falsehoods, selfishness, and violence are the law of life.\r\nThe need of this hour is not territory, gold mines, railroads, or specie payments but a new evangel of womanhood, to exalt purity, virtue, morality, true religion, to lift man up into the higher realms of [60] thought and action. We ask woman\u0092s enfranchisement, as the first step toward the recognition of that essential element in government that can only secure the health, strength, and prosperity of the nation. Whatever is done to lift\r\n[65] women to her true position will help to usher in a new day of peace and perfection for the race.\r\nIn speaking of the masculine element, I do not wish to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal, for many of the most beautiful [70] spirits the world has known have been clothed with manhood; but I refer to those characteristics, though often marked in woman, that distinguish what is called the stronger sex. For example, the love of acquisition and conquest, the very pioneers of [75] civilizations, when expended on the earth, the sea, the elements, the riches and forces of nature, are powers of destruction when used to subjugate one man to another or to sacrifice nations to ambition. Here that great conservator of woman\u0092s love, if [80] permitted to assert itself, as it naturally would in freedom against oppression, violence, and war, would hold all these destructive forces in check, for woman knows the cost of life better than man does, and not with her consent would one drop of blood [85] ever be shed, one life sacrificed in vain.", "textTwo": "36. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:19:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:33:39" }, { "id": "265", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elizabeth Cady Stanton\u0092s address to the 1869 Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nI urge a sixteenth amendment, because \u0093manhood suffrage,\u0094 or a man\u0092s government, is civil, religious, and social disorganization. The male element is a {Line} destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving [5] war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. See what a record of blood and cruelty the pages of history reveal! Through what slavery, slaughter, and sacrifice, through what [10] inquisitions and imprisonments, pains and persecutions, black codes and gloomy creeds, the soul of humanity has struggled for the centuries, while mercy has veiled her face and all hearts have been dead alike to love and hope! [15] The male element has held high carnival thus far; it has fairly run riot from the beginning, overpowering the feminine element everywhere, crushing out all the diviner qualities in human nature, until we know but little of true manhood and [20] womanhood, of the latter comparatively nothing, for it has scarce been recognized as a power until within the last century. Society is but the reflection of man himself, untampered by woman\u0092s thought; the hard iron rule we feel alike in the church, the state, and the [25] home. No one need wonders at the disorganization, at the fragmentary condition of everything, when we remember that man, who represents but half a complete being, with but half an idea on every subject, has undertaken the absolute control of all [30] sublunary matters. People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded, because they say \u0093the right of suffrage will make the women masculine.\u0094 That is just the difficulty in which we are 35 involved today. Though disfranchised, we have few women in the best sense; we have simply so many reflections, varieties, and dilutions of the masculine gender. The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in [40] dependences, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition. To keep a foothold in society, woman must be as near like man as possible, reflect his ideas, opinions, virtues, motives, prejudices, and vices. She [45] must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul.... [M]an has been molding woman to his ideas by direct and positive influences, while she, if not a\r\n[50] negations, has used indirect means to control him, and in most cases developed the very characteristics both in him and herself that needed repression. And now man himself stands appalled at the results of his own excesses, and mourns in bitterness that [55] falsehoods, selfishness, and violence are the law of life.\r\nThe need of this hour is not territory, gold mines, railroads, or specie payments but a new evangel of womanhood, to exalt purity, virtue, morality, true religion, to lift man up into the higher realms of [60] thought and action. We ask woman\u0092s enfranchisement, as the first step toward the recognition of that essential element in government that can only secure the health, strength, and prosperity of the nation. Whatever is done to lift\r\n[65] women to her true position will help to usher in a new day of peace and perfection for the race.\r\nIn speaking of the masculine element, I do not wish to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal, for many of the most beautiful [70] spirits the world has known have been clothed with manhood; but I refer to those characteristics, though often marked in woman, that distinguish what is called the stronger sex. For example, the love of acquisition and conquest, the very pioneers of [75] civilizations, when expended on the earth, the sea, the elements, the riches and forces of nature, are powers of destruction when used to subjugate one man to another or to sacrifice nations to ambition. Here that great conservator of woman\u0092s love, if [80] permitted to assert itself, as it naturally would in freedom against oppression, violence, and war, would hold all these destructive forces in check, for woman knows the cost of life better than man does, and not with her consent would one drop of blood [85] ever be shed, one life sacrificed in vain.", "textTwo": "37. As used in line 24, \u0093rule\u0094 most nearly refers to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:21:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:34:30" }, { "id": "266", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elizabeth Cady Stanton\u0092s address to the 1869 Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nI urge a sixteenth amendment, because \u0093manhood suffrage,\u0094 or a man\u0092s government, is civil, religious, and social disorganization. The male element is a {Line} destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving [5] war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. See what a record of blood and cruelty the pages of history reveal! Through what slavery, slaughter, and sacrifice, through what [10] inquisitions and imprisonments, pains and persecutions, black codes and gloomy creeds, the soul of humanity has struggled for the centuries, while mercy has veiled her face and all hearts have been dead alike to love and hope! [15] The male element has held high carnival thus far; it has fairly run riot from the beginning, overpowering the feminine element everywhere, crushing out all the diviner qualities in human nature, until we know but little of true manhood and [20] womanhood, of the latter comparatively nothing, for it has scarce been recognized as a power until within the last century. Society is but the reflection of man himself, untampered by woman\u0092s thought; the hard iron rule we feel alike in the church, the state, and the [25] home. No one need wonders at the disorganization, at the fragmentary condition of everything, when we remember that man, who represents but half a complete being, with but half an idea on every subject, has undertaken the absolute control of all [30] sublunary matters. People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded, because they say \u0093the right of suffrage will make the women masculine.\u0094 That is just the difficulty in which we are 35 involved today. Though disfranchised, we have few women in the best sense; we have simply so many reflections, varieties, and dilutions of the masculine gender. The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in [40] dependences, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition. To keep a foothold in society, woman must be as near like man as possible, reflect his ideas, opinions, virtues, motives, prejudices, and vices. She [45] must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul.... [M]an has been molding woman to his ideas by direct and positive influences, while she, if not a\r\n[50] negations, has used indirect means to control him, and in most cases developed the very characteristics both in him and herself that needed repression. And now man himself stands appalled at the results of his own excesses, and mourns in bitterness that [55] falsehoods, selfishness, and violence are the law of life.\r\nThe need of this hour is not territory, gold mines, railroads, or specie payments but a new evangel of womanhood, to exalt purity, virtue, morality, true religion, to lift man up into the higher realms of [60] thought and action. We ask woman\u0092s enfranchisement, as the first step toward the recognition of that essential element in government that can only secure the health, strength, and prosperity of the nation. Whatever is done to lift\r\n[65] women to her true position will help to usher in a new day of peace and perfection for the race.\r\nIn speaking of the masculine element, I do not wish to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal, for many of the most beautiful [70] spirits the world has known have been clothed with manhood; but I refer to those characteristics, though often marked in woman, that distinguish what is called the stronger sex. For example, the love of acquisition and conquest, the very pioneers of [75] civilizations, when expended on the earth, the sea, the elements, the riches and forces of nature, are powers of destruction when used to subjugate one man to another or to sacrifice nations to ambition. Here that great conservator of woman\u0092s love, if [80] permitted to assert itself, as it naturally would in freedom against oppression, violence, and war, would hold all these destructive forces in check, for woman knows the cost of life better than man does, and not with her consent would one drop of blood [85] ever be shed, one life sacrificed in vain.", "textTwo": "38. It can reasonably be inferred that \u0093the strong-minded\u0094 (line 32) was a term generally intended to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:23:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:35:01" }, { "id": "267", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elizabeth Cady Stanton\u0092s address to the 1869 Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nI urge a sixteenth amendment, because \u0093manhood suffrage,\u0094 or a man\u0092s government, is civil, religious, and social disorganization. The male element is a {Line} destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving [5] war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. See what a record of blood and cruelty the pages of history reveal! Through what slavery, slaughter, and sacrifice, through what [10] inquisitions and imprisonments, pains and persecutions, black codes and gloomy creeds, the soul of humanity has struggled for the centuries, while mercy has veiled her face and all hearts have been dead alike to love and hope! [15] The male element has held high carnival thus far; it has fairly run riot from the beginning, overpowering the feminine element everywhere, crushing out all the diviner qualities in human nature, until we know but little of true manhood and [20] womanhood, of the latter comparatively nothing, for it has scarce been recognized as a power until within the last century. Society is but the reflection of man himself, untampered by woman\u0092s thought; the hard iron rule we feel alike in the church, the state, and the [25] home. No one need wonders at the disorganization, at the fragmentary condition of everything, when we remember that man, who represents but half a complete being, with but half an idea on every subject, has undertaken the absolute control of all [30] sublunary matters. People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded, because they say \u0093the right of suffrage will make the women masculine.\u0094 That is just the difficulty in which we are 35 involved today. Though disfranchised, we have few women in the best sense; we have simply so many reflections, varieties, and dilutions of the masculine gender. The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in [40] dependences, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition. To keep a foothold in society, woman must be as near like man as possible, reflect his ideas, opinions, virtues, motives, prejudices, and vices. She [45] must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul.... [M]an has been molding woman to his ideas by direct and positive influences, while she, if not a\r\n[50] negations, has used indirect means to control him, and in most cases developed the very characteristics both in him and herself that needed repression. And now man himself stands appalled at the results of his own excesses, and mourns in bitterness that [55] falsehoods, selfishness, and violence are the law of life.\r\nThe need of this hour is not territory, gold mines, railroads, or specie payments but a new evangel of womanhood, to exalt purity, virtue, morality, true religion, to lift man up into the higher realms of [60] thought and action. We ask woman\u0092s enfranchisement, as the first step toward the recognition of that essential element in government that can only secure the health, strength, and prosperity of the nation. Whatever is done to lift\r\n[65] women to her true position will help to usher in a new day of peace and perfection for the race.\r\nIn speaking of the masculine element, I do not wish to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal, for many of the most beautiful [70] spirits the world has known have been clothed with manhood; but I refer to those characteristics, though often marked in woman, that distinguish what is called the stronger sex. For example, the love of acquisition and conquest, the very pioneers of [75] civilizations, when expended on the earth, the sea, the elements, the riches and forces of nature, are powers of destruction when used to subjugate one man to another or to sacrifice nations to ambition. Here that great conservator of woman\u0092s love, if [80] permitted to assert itself, as it naturally would in freedom against oppression, violence, and war, would hold all these destructive forces in check, for woman knows the cost of life better than man does, and not with her consent would one drop of blood [85] ever be shed, one life sacrificed in vain.", "textTwo": "39. As used in line 36, \u0093best\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:25:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:38:30" }, { "id": "268", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elizabeth Cady Stanton\u0092s address to the 1869 Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nI urge a sixteenth amendment, because \u0093manhood suffrage,\u0094 or a man\u0092s government, is civil, religious, and social disorganization. The male element is a {Line} destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving [5] war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. See what a record of blood and cruelty the pages of history reveal! Through what slavery, slaughter, and sacrifice, through what [10] inquisitions and imprisonments, pains and persecutions, black codes and gloomy creeds, the soul of humanity has struggled for the centuries, while mercy has veiled her face and all hearts have been dead alike to love and hope! [15] The male element has held high carnival thus far; it has fairly run riot from the beginning, overpowering the feminine element everywhere, crushing out all the diviner qualities in human nature, until we know but little of true manhood and [20] womanhood, of the latter comparatively nothing, for it has scarce been recognized as a power until within the last century. Society is but the reflection of man himself, untampered by woman\u0092s thought; the hard iron rule we feel alike in the church, the state, and the [25] home. No one need wonders at the disorganization, at the fragmentary condition of everything, when we remember that man, who represents but half a complete being, with but half an idea on every subject, has undertaken the absolute control of all [30] sublunary matters. People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded, because they say \u0093the right of suffrage will make the women masculine.\u0094 That is just the difficulty in which we are 35 involved today. Though disfranchised, we have few women in the best sense; we have simply so many reflections, varieties, and dilutions of the masculine gender. The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in [40] dependences, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition. To keep a foothold in society, woman must be as near like man as possible, reflect his ideas, opinions, virtues, motives, prejudices, and vices. She [45] must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul.... [M]an has been molding woman to his ideas by direct and positive influences, while she, if not a\r\n[50] negations, has used indirect means to control him, and in most cases developed the very characteristics both in him and herself that needed repression. And now man himself stands appalled at the results of his own excesses, and mourns in bitterness that [55] falsehoods, selfishness, and violence are the law of life.\r\nThe need of this hour is not territory, gold mines, railroads, or specie payments but a new evangel of womanhood, to exalt purity, virtue, morality, true religion, to lift man up into the higher realms of [60] thought and action. We ask woman\u0092s enfranchisement, as the first step toward the recognition of that essential element in government that can only secure the health, strength, and prosperity of the nation. Whatever is done to lift\r\n[65] women to her true position will help to usher in a new day of peace and perfection for the race.\r\nIn speaking of the masculine element, I do not wish to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal, for many of the most beautiful [70] spirits the world has known have been clothed with manhood; but I refer to those characteristics, though often marked in woman, that distinguish what is called the stronger sex. For example, the love of acquisition and conquest, the very pioneers of [75] civilizations, when expended on the earth, the sea, the elements, the riches and forces of nature, are powers of destruction when used to subjugate one man to another or to sacrifice nations to ambition. Here that great conservator of woman\u0092s love, if [80] permitted to assert itself, as it naturally would in freedom against oppression, violence, and war, would hold all these destructive forces in check, for woman knows the cost of life better than man does, and not with her consent would one drop of blood [85] ever be shed, one life sacrificed in vain.", "textTwo": "40. Stanton contends that the situation she describes in the passage has become so dire that even men have begun to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:27:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:39:11" }, { "id": "269", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elizabeth Cady Stanton\u0092s address to the 1869 Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nI urge a sixteenth amendment, because \u0093manhood suffrage,\u0094 or a man\u0092s government, is civil, religious, and social disorganization. The male element is a {Line} destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving [5] war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. See what a record of blood and cruelty the pages of history reveal! Through what slavery, slaughter, and sacrifice, through what [10] inquisitions and imprisonments, pains and persecutions, black codes and gloomy creeds, the soul of humanity has struggled for the centuries, while mercy has veiled her face and all hearts have been dead alike to love and hope! [15] The male element has held high carnival thus far; it has fairly run riot from the beginning, overpowering the feminine element everywhere, crushing out all the diviner qualities in human nature, until we know but little of true manhood and [20] womanhood, of the latter comparatively nothing, for it has scarce been recognized as a power until within the last century. Society is but the reflection of man himself, untampered by woman\u0092s thought; the hard iron rule we feel alike in the church, the state, and the [25] home. No one need wonders at the disorganization, at the fragmentary condition of everything, when we remember that man, who represents but half a complete being, with but half an idea on every subject, has undertaken the absolute control of all [30] sublunary matters. People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded, because they say \u0093the right of suffrage will make the women masculine.\u0094 That is just the difficulty in which we are 35 involved today. Though disfranchised, we have few women in the best sense; we have simply so many reflections, varieties, and dilutions of the masculine gender. The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in [40] dependences, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition. To keep a foothold in society, woman must be as near like man as possible, reflect his ideas, opinions, virtues, motives, prejudices, and vices. She [45] must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul.... [M]an has been molding woman to his ideas by direct and positive influences, while she, if not a\r\n[50] negations, has used indirect means to control him, and in most cases developed the very characteristics both in him and herself that needed repression. And now man himself stands appalled at the results of his own excesses, and mourns in bitterness that [55] falsehoods, selfishness, and violence are the law of life.\r\nThe need of this hour is not territory, gold mines, railroads, or specie payments but a new evangel of womanhood, to exalt purity, virtue, morality, true religion, to lift man up into the higher realms of [60] thought and action. We ask woman\u0092s enfranchisement, as the first step toward the recognition of that essential element in government that can only secure the health, strength, and prosperity of the nation. Whatever is done to lift\r\n[65] women to her true position will help to usher in a new day of peace and perfection for the race.\r\nIn speaking of the masculine element, I do not wish to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal, for many of the most beautiful [70] spirits the world has known have been clothed with manhood; but I refer to those characteristics, though often marked in woman, that distinguish what is called the stronger sex. For example, the love of acquisition and conquest, the very pioneers of [75] civilizations, when expended on the earth, the sea, the elements, the riches and forces of nature, are powers of destruction when used to subjugate one man to another or to sacrifice nations to ambition. Here that great conservator of woman\u0092s love, if [80] permitted to assert itself, as it naturally would in freedom against oppression, violence, and war, would hold all these destructive forces in check, for woman knows the cost of life better than man does, and not with her consent would one drop of blood [85] ever be shed, one life sacrificed in vain.", "textTwo": "41. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:28:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:39:43" }, { "id": "270", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elizabeth Cady Stanton\u0092s address to the 1869 Woman Suffrage Convention in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nI urge a sixteenth amendment, because \u0093manhood suffrage,\u0094 or a man\u0092s government, is civil, religious, and social disorganization. The male element is a {Line} destructive force, stern, selfish, aggrandizing, loving [5] war, violence, conquest, acquisition, breeding in the material and moral world alike discord, disorder, disease, and death. See what a record of blood and cruelty the pages of history reveal! Through what slavery, slaughter, and sacrifice, through what [10] inquisitions and imprisonments, pains and persecutions, black codes and gloomy creeds, the soul of humanity has struggled for the centuries, while mercy has veiled her face and all hearts have been dead alike to love and hope! [15] The male element has held high carnival thus far; it has fairly run riot from the beginning, overpowering the feminine element everywhere, crushing out all the diviner qualities in human nature, until we know but little of true manhood and [20] womanhood, of the latter comparatively nothing, for it has scarce been recognized as a power until within the last century. Society is but the reflection of man himself, untampered by woman\u0092s thought; the hard iron rule we feel alike in the church, the state, and the [25] home. No one need wonders at the disorganization, at the fragmentary condition of everything, when we remember that man, who represents but half a complete being, with but half an idea on every subject, has undertaken the absolute control of all [30] sublunary matters. People object to the demands of those whom they choose to call the strong-minded, because they say \u0093the right of suffrage will make the women masculine.\u0094 That is just the difficulty in which we are 35 involved today. Though disfranchised, we have few women in the best sense; we have simply so many reflections, varieties, and dilutions of the masculine gender. The strong, natural characteristics of womanhood are repressed and ignored in [40] dependences, for so long as man feeds woman she will try to please the giver and adapt herself to his condition. To keep a foothold in society, woman must be as near like man as possible, reflect his ideas, opinions, virtues, motives, prejudices, and vices. She [45] must respect his statutes, though they strip her of every inalienable right, and conflict with that higher law written by the finger of God on her own soul.... [M]an has been molding woman to his ideas by direct and positive influences, while she, if not a\r\n[50] negations, has used indirect means to control him, and in most cases developed the very characteristics both in him and herself that needed repression. And now man himself stands appalled at the results of his own excesses, and mourns in bitterness that [55] falsehoods, selfishness, and violence are the law of life.\r\nThe need of this hour is not territory, gold mines, railroads, or specie payments but a new evangel of womanhood, to exalt purity, virtue, morality, true religion, to lift man up into the higher realms of [60] thought and action. We ask woman\u0092s enfranchisement, as the first step toward the recognition of that essential element in government that can only secure the health, strength, and prosperity of the nation. Whatever is done to lift\r\n[65] women to her true position will help to usher in a new day of peace and perfection for the race.\r\nIn speaking of the masculine element, I do not wish to be understood to say that all men are hard, selfish, and brutal, for many of the most beautiful [70] spirits the world has known have been clothed with manhood; but I refer to those characteristics, though often marked in woman, that distinguish what is called the stronger sex. For example, the love of acquisition and conquest, the very pioneers of [75] civilizations, when expended on the earth, the sea, the elements, the riches and forces of nature, are powers of destruction when used to subjugate one man to another or to sacrifice nations to ambition. Here that great conservator of woman\u0092s love, if [80] permitted to assert itself, as it naturally would in freedom against oppression, violence, and war, would hold all these destructive forces in check, for woman knows the cost of life better than man does, and not with her consent would one drop of blood [85] ever be shed, one life sacrificed in vain.", "textTwo": "42. The sixth paragraph (lines 67-78) is primarily concerned with establishing a contrast between", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:30:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:40:13" }, { "id": "271", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Geoffrey Giller, \u0093Long a Mystery, how 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed.\u0094 \u00a92014 by Scientific American.\r\n\r\nSome of the largest ocean waves in the world are nearly impossible to see. Unlike other large waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the {Line} ocean surface. Instead, they move underwater, [5] undetectable without the use of satellite imagery or sophisticated monitoring equipment. Despite their hidden nature, internal waves are fundamental parts of ocean water dynamics, transferring heat to the ocean depths and bringing up cold water from below. [10] And they can reach staggering heights\u0097some as tall as skyscrapers. Because these waves are involved in ocean mixing and thus the transfer of heat, understanding them is crucial to global climate modeling, says Tom [15] Peacock, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most models fail to take internal waves into account. \u0093If we want to have more and more accurate climate models, we have to be able to capture processes such as this,\u0094 Peacock says. [20] Peacock and his colleagues tried to do just that. Their study, published in November in Geophysical Research Letters, focused on internal waves generated in the Luzon Strait, which separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Internal waves in this region, thought to [25] be some of the largest in the world, can reach about 500 meters high. \u0093That\u0092s the same height as the Freedom Tower that\u0092s just been built in New York,\u0094 Peacock says. Although scientists knew of this phenomenon in [30] the South China Sea and beyond, they didn\u0092t know exactly how internal waves formed. To find out, Peacock and a team of researchers from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution worked with France\u0092s National Center for Scientific Research [35] using a giant facility there called the Coriolis Platform. The rotating platform, about 15 meters (49.2 feet) in diameter, turns at variable speeds and can simulate Earth\u0092s rotation. It also has walls, which means scientists can fill it with water and create [40] accurate, large-scale simulations of various oceanographic scenarios. Peacock and his team built a carbon-fiber resin scale model of the Luzon Strait, including the islands and surrounding ocean floor topography. Then they [45] filled the platform with water of varying salinity to replicate the different densities found at the strait, with denser, saltier water below and lighter, less briny water above. Small particles were added to the solution and illuminated with lights from below in [50] order to track how the liquid moved. Finally, they re-created tides using two large plungers to see how the internal waves themselves formed. The Luzon Strait\u0092s underwater topography, with a distinct double-ridge shape, turns out to be [55] responsible for generating the underwater waves. As the tide rises and falls and water moves through the strait, colder, denser water is pushed up over the ridges into warmer, less dense layers above it. This action results in bumps of colder water trailed [60] by warmer water that generate an internal wave. As these waves move toward land, they become steeper\u0097much the same way waves at the beach become taller before they hit the shore\u0097until they break on a continental shelf. [65] The researchers were also able to devise a mathematical model that describes the movement and formation of these waves. Whereas the model is specific to the Luzon Strait, it can still help researchers understand how internal waves are [70] generated in other places around the world. Eventually, this information will be incorporated into global climate models, making them more accurate. \u0093It\u0092s very clear, within the context of these [global climate] models, that internal waves play a role in [75] driving ocean circulations,\u0094 Peacock says.", "textTwo": "43. The first paragraph serves mainly to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/35c9e4c44263f252ae2a20fbf2371cb39e85eff9.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:36:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:48:27" }, { "id": "272", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Geoffrey Giller, \u0093Long a Mystery, how 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed.\u0094 \u00a92014 by Scientific American. \r\n\r\nSome of the largest ocean waves in the world are nearly impossible to see. Unlike other large waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the {Line} ocean surface. Instead, they move underwater, [5] undetectable without the use of satellite imagery or sophisticated monitoring equipment. Despite their hidden nature, internal waves are fundamental parts of ocean water dynamics, transferring heat to the ocean depths and bringing up cold water from below. [10] And they can reach staggering heights\u0097some as tall as skyscrapers. Because these waves are involved in ocean mixing and thus the transfer of heat, understanding them is crucial to global climate modeling, says Tom [15] Peacock, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most models fail to take internal waves into account. \u0093If we want to have more and more accurate climate models, we have to be able to capture processes such as this,\u0094 Peacock says. [20] Peacock and his colleagues tried to do just that. Their study, published in November in Geophysical Research Letters, focused on internal waves generated in the Luzon Strait, which separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Internal waves in this region, thought to [25] be some of the largest in the world, can reach about 500 meters high. \u0093That\u0092s the same height as the Freedom Tower that\u0092s just been built in New York,\u0094 Peacock says. Although scientists knew of this phenomenon in [30] the South China Sea and beyond, they didn\u0092t know exactly how internal waves formed. To find out, Peacock and a team of researchers from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution worked with France\u0092s National Center for Scientific Research [35] using a giant facility there called the Coriolis Platform. The rotating platform, about 15 meters (49.2 feet) in diameter, turns at variable speeds and can simulate Earth\u0092s rotation. It also has walls, which means scientists can fill it with water and create [40] accurate, large-scale simulations of various oceanographic scenarios. Peacock and his team built a carbon-fiber resin scale model of the Luzon Strait, including the islands and surrounding ocean floor topography. Then they [45] filled the platform with water of varying salinity to replicate the different densities found at the strait, with denser, saltier water below and lighter, less briny water above. Small particles were added to the solution and illuminated with lights from below in [50] order to track how the liquid moved. Finally, they re-created tides using two large plungers to see how the internal waves themselves formed. The Luzon Strait\u0092s underwater topography, with a distinct double-ridge shape, turns out to be [55] responsible for generating the underwater waves. As the tide rises and falls and water moves through the strait, colder, denser water is pushed up over the ridges into warmer, less dense layers above it. This action results in bumps of colder water trailed [60] by warmer water that generate an internal wave. As these waves move toward land, they become steeper\u0097much the same way waves at the beach become taller before they hit the shore\u0097until they break on a continental shelf. [65] The researchers were also able to devise a mathematical model that describes the movement and formation of these waves. Whereas the model is specific to the Luzon Strait, it can still help researchers understand how internal waves are [70] generated in other places around the world. Eventually, this information will be incorporated into global climate models, making them more accurate. \u0093It\u0092s very clear, within the context of these [global climate] models, that internal waves play a role in [75] driving ocean circulations,\u0094 Peacock says.", "textTwo": "44. As used in line 19, \u0093capture\u0094 is closest in meaning to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f57c068ad7b466230925213e3a4323458c0d3d64.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:43:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:49:26" }, { "id": "273", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Geoffrey Giller, \u0093Long a Mystery, how 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed.\u0094 \u00a92014 by Scientific American. \r\n\r\nSome of the largest ocean waves in the world are nearly impossible to see. Unlike other large waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the {Line} ocean surface. Instead, they move underwater, [5] undetectable without the use of satellite imagery or sophisticated monitoring equipment. Despite their hidden nature, internal waves are fundamental parts of ocean water dynamics, transferring heat to the ocean depths and bringing up cold water from below. [10] And they can reach staggering heights\u0097some as tall as skyscrapers. Because these waves are involved in ocean mixing and thus the transfer of heat, understanding them is crucial to global climate modeling, says Tom [15] Peacock, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most models fail to take internal waves into account. \u0093If we want to have more and more accurate climate models, we have to be able to capture processes such as this,\u0094 Peacock says. [20] Peacock and his colleagues tried to do just that. Their study, published in November in Geophysical Research Letters, focused on internal waves generated in the Luzon Strait, which separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Internal waves in this region, thought to [25] be some of the largest in the world, can reach about 500 meters high. \u0093That\u0092s the same height as the Freedom Tower that\u0092s just been built in New York,\u0094 Peacock says. Although scientists knew of this phenomenon in [30] the South China Sea and beyond, they didn\u0092t know exactly how internal waves formed. To find out, Peacock and a team of researchers from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution worked with France\u0092s National Center for Scientific Research [35] using a giant facility there called the Coriolis Platform. The rotating platform, about 15 meters (49.2 feet) in diameter, turns at variable speeds and can simulate Earth\u0092s rotation. It also has walls, which means scientists can fill it with water and create [40] accurate, large-scale simulations of various oceanographic scenarios. Peacock and his team built a carbon-fiber resin scale model of the Luzon Strait, including the islands and surrounding ocean floor topography. Then they [45] filled the platform with water of varying salinity to replicate the different densities found at the strait, with denser, saltier water below and lighter, less briny water above. Small particles were added to the solution and illuminated with lights from below in [50] order to track how the liquid moved. Finally, they re-created tides using two large plungers to see how the internal waves themselves formed. The Luzon Strait\u0092s underwater topography, with a distinct double-ridge shape, turns out to be [55] responsible for generating the underwater waves. As the tide rises and falls and water moves through the strait, colder, denser water is pushed up over the ridges into warmer, less dense layers above it. This action results in bumps of colder water trailed [60] by warmer water that generate an internal wave. As these waves move toward land, they become steeper\u0097much the same way waves at the beach become taller before they hit the shore\u0097until they break on a continental shelf. [65] The researchers were also able to devise a mathematical model that describes the movement and formation of these waves. Whereas the model is specific to the Luzon Strait, it can still help researchers understand how internal waves are [70] generated in other places around the world. Eventually, this information will be incorporated into global climate models, making them more accurate. \u0093It\u0092s very clear, within the context of these [global climate] models, that internal waves play a role in [75] driving ocean circulations,\u0094 Peacock says.", "textTwo": "45. According to Peacock, the ability to monitor internal waves is significant primarily because", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8a1b0f7072411140a45dd19b8439531f0854b4a5.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:47:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:50:22" }, { "id": "274", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Geoffrey Giller, \u0093Long a Mystery, how 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed.\u0094 \u00a92014 by Scientific American. \r\n\r\nSome of the largest ocean waves in the world are nearly impossible to see. Unlike other large waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the {Line} ocean surface. Instead, they move underwater, [5] undetectable without the use of satellite imagery or sophisticated monitoring equipment. Despite their hidden nature, internal waves are fundamental parts of ocean water dynamics, transferring heat to the ocean depths and bringing up cold water from below. [10] And they can reach staggering heights\u0097some as tall as skyscrapers. Because these waves are involved in ocean mixing and thus the transfer of heat, understanding them is crucial to global climate modeling, says Tom [15] Peacock, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most models fail to take internal waves into account. \u0093If we want to have more and more accurate climate models, we have to be able to capture processes such as this,\u0094 Peacock says. [20] Peacock and his colleagues tried to do just that. Their study, published in November in Geophysical Research Letters, focused on internal waves generated in the Luzon Strait, which separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Internal waves in this region, thought to [25] be some of the largest in the world, can reach about 500 meters high. \u0093That\u0092s the same height as the Freedom Tower that\u0092s just been built in New York,\u0094 Peacock says. Although scientists knew of this phenomenon in [30] the South China Sea and beyond, they didn\u0092t know exactly how internal waves formed. To find out, Peacock and a team of researchers from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution worked with France\u0092s National Center for Scientific Research [35] using a giant facility there called the Coriolis Platform. The rotating platform, about 15 meters (49.2 feet) in diameter, turns at variable speeds and can simulate Earth\u0092s rotation. It also has walls, which means scientists can fill it with water and create [40] accurate, large-scale simulations of various oceanographic scenarios. Peacock and his team built a carbon-fiber resin scale model of the Luzon Strait, including the islands and surrounding ocean floor topography. Then they [45] filled the platform with water of varying salinity to replicate the different densities found at the strait, with denser, saltier water below and lighter, less briny water above. Small particles were added to the solution and illuminated with lights from below in [50] order to track how the liquid moved. Finally, they re-created tides using two large plungers to see how the internal waves themselves formed. The Luzon Strait\u0092s underwater topography, with a distinct double-ridge shape, turns out to be [55] responsible for generating the underwater waves. As the tide rises and falls and water moves through the strait, colder, denser water is pushed up over the ridges into warmer, less dense layers above it. This action results in bumps of colder water trailed [60] by warmer water that generate an internal wave. As these waves move toward land, they become steeper\u0097much the same way waves at the beach become taller before they hit the shore\u0097until they break on a continental shelf. [65] The researchers were also able to devise a mathematical model that describes the movement and formation of these waves. Whereas the model is specific to the Luzon Strait, it can still help researchers understand how internal waves are [70] generated in other places around the world. Eventually, this information will be incorporated into global climate models, making them more accurate. \u0093It\u0092s very clear, within the context of these [global climate] models, that internal waves play a role in [75] driving ocean circulations,\u0094 Peacock says.", "textTwo": "46. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d61786d4a815cd5537d87b0a86b10e06061ed5f2.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:50:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:50:53" }, { "id": "275", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Geoffrey Giller, \u0093Long a Mystery, how 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed.\u0094 \u00a92014 by Scientific American. \r\n\r\nSome of the largest ocean waves in the world are nearly impossible to see. Unlike other large waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the {Line} ocean surface. Instead, they move underwater, [5] undetectable without the use of satellite imagery or sophisticated monitoring equipment. Despite their hidden nature, internal waves are fundamental parts of ocean water dynamics, transferring heat to the ocean depths and bringing up cold water from below. [10] And they can reach staggering heights\u0097some as tall as skyscrapers. Because these waves are involved in ocean mixing and thus the transfer of heat, understanding them is crucial to global climate modeling, says Tom [15] Peacock, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most models fail to take internal waves into account. \u0093If we want to have more and more accurate climate models, we have to be able to capture processes such as this,\u0094 Peacock says. [20] Peacock and his colleagues tried to do just that. Their study, published in November in Geophysical Research Letters, focused on internal waves generated in the Luzon Strait, which separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Internal waves in this region, thought to [25] be some of the largest in the world, can reach about 500 meters high. \u0093That\u0092s the same height as the Freedom Tower that\u0092s just been built in New York,\u0094 Peacock says. Although scientists knew of this phenomenon in [30] the South China Sea and beyond, they didn\u0092t know exactly how internal waves formed. To find out, Peacock and a team of researchers from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution worked with France\u0092s National Center for Scientific Research [35] using a giant facility there called the Coriolis Platform. The rotating platform, about 15 meters (49.2 feet) in diameter, turns at variable speeds and can simulate Earth\u0092s rotation. It also has walls, which means scientists can fill it with water and create [40] accurate, large-scale simulations of various oceanographic scenarios. Peacock and his team built a carbon-fiber resin scale model of the Luzon Strait, including the islands and surrounding ocean floor topography. Then they [45] filled the platform with water of varying salinity to replicate the different densities found at the strait, with denser, saltier water below and lighter, less briny water above. Small particles were added to the solution and illuminated with lights from below in [50] order to track how the liquid moved. Finally, they re-created tides using two large plungers to see how the internal waves themselves formed. The Luzon Strait\u0092s underwater topography, with a distinct double-ridge shape, turns out to be [55] responsible for generating the underwater waves. As the tide rises and falls and water moves through the strait, colder, denser water is pushed up over the ridges into warmer, less dense layers above it. This action results in bumps of colder water trailed [60] by warmer water that generate an internal wave. As these waves move toward land, they become steeper\u0097much the same way waves at the beach become taller before they hit the shore\u0097until they break on a continental shelf. [65] The researchers were also able to devise a mathematical model that describes the movement and formation of these waves. Whereas the model is specific to the Luzon Strait, it can still help researchers understand how internal waves are [70] generated in other places around the world. Eventually, this information will be incorporated into global climate models, making them more accurate. \u0093It\u0092s very clear, within the context of these [global climate] models, that internal waves play a role in [75] driving ocean circulations,\u0094 Peacock says.", "textTwo": "47. As used in line 65, \u0093devise\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c0b414c0cd891cab3039657bf2f3ecb668750b14.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:56:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:51:23" }, { "id": "276", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Geoffrey Giller, \u0093Long a Mystery, how 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed.\u0094 \u00a92014 by Scientific American. \r\n\r\nSome of the largest ocean waves in the world are nearly impossible to see. Unlike other large waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the {Line} ocean surface. Instead, they move underwater, [5] undetectable without the use of satellite imagery or sophisticated monitoring equipment. Despite their hidden nature, internal waves are fundamental parts of ocean water dynamics, transferring heat to the ocean depths and bringing up cold water from below. [10] And they can reach staggering heights\u0097some as tall as skyscrapers. Because these waves are involved in ocean mixing and thus the transfer of heat, understanding them is crucial to global climate modeling, says Tom [15] Peacock, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most models fail to take internal waves into account. \u0093If we want to have more and more accurate climate models, we have to be able to capture processes such as this,\u0094 Peacock says. [20] Peacock and his colleagues tried to do just that. Their study, published in November in Geophysical Research Letters, focused on internal waves generated in the Luzon Strait, which separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Internal waves in this region, thought to [25] be some of the largest in the world, can reach about 500 meters high. \u0093That\u0092s the same height as the Freedom Tower that\u0092s just been built in New York,\u0094 Peacock says. Although scientists knew of this phenomenon in [30] the South China Sea and beyond, they didn\u0092t know exactly how internal waves formed. To find out, Peacock and a team of researchers from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution worked with France\u0092s National Center for Scientific Research [35] using a giant facility there called the Coriolis Platform. The rotating platform, about 15 meters (49.2 feet) in diameter, turns at variable speeds and can simulate Earth\u0092s rotation. It also has walls, which means scientists can fill it with water and create [40] accurate, large-scale simulations of various oceanographic scenarios. Peacock and his team built a carbon-fiber resin scale model of the Luzon Strait, including the islands and surrounding ocean floor topography. Then they [45] filled the platform with water of varying salinity to replicate the different densities found at the strait, with denser, saltier water below and lighter, less briny water above. Small particles were added to the solution and illuminated with lights from below in [50] order to track how the liquid moved. Finally, they re-created tides using two large plungers to see how the internal waves themselves formed. The Luzon Strait\u0092s underwater topography, with a distinct double-ridge shape, turns out to be [55] responsible for generating the underwater waves. As the tide rises and falls and water moves through the strait, colder, denser water is pushed up over the ridges into warmer, less dense layers above it. This action results in bumps of colder water trailed [60] by warmer water that generate an internal wave. As these waves move toward land, they become steeper\u0097much the same way waves at the beach become taller before they hit the shore\u0097until they break on a continental shelf. [65] The researchers were also able to devise a mathematical model that describes the movement and formation of these waves. Whereas the model is specific to the Luzon Strait, it can still help researchers understand how internal waves are [70] generated in other places around the world. Eventually, this information will be incorporated into global climate models, making them more accurate. \u0093It\u0092s very clear, within the context of these [global climate] models, that internal waves play a role in [75] driving ocean circulations,\u0094 Peacock says.", "textTwo": "48. Based on information in the passage, it can reasonably be inferred that all internal waves", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c07fd4beb010743142c4051489c6dab4fba8a5bd.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:57:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:52:25" }, { "id": "277", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Geoffrey Giller, \u0093Long a Mystery, how 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed.\u0094 \u00a92014 by Scientific American. \r\n\r\nSome of the largest ocean waves in the world are nearly impossible to see. Unlike other large waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the {Line} ocean surface. Instead, they move underwater, [5] undetectable without the use of satellite imagery or sophisticated monitoring equipment. Despite their hidden nature, internal waves are fundamental parts of ocean water dynamics, transferring heat to the ocean depths and bringing up cold water from below. [10] And they can reach staggering heights\u0097some as tall as skyscrapers. Because these waves are involved in ocean mixing and thus the transfer of heat, understanding them is crucial to global climate modeling, says Tom [15] Peacock, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most models fail to take internal waves into account. \u0093If we want to have more and more accurate climate models, we have to be able to capture processes such as this,\u0094 Peacock says. [20] Peacock and his colleagues tried to do just that. Their study, published in November in Geophysical Research Letters, focused on internal waves generated in the Luzon Strait, which separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Internal waves in this region, thought to [25] be some of the largest in the world, can reach about 500 meters high. \u0093That\u0092s the same height as the Freedom Tower that\u0092s just been built in New York,\u0094 Peacock says. Although scientists knew of this phenomenon in [30] the South China Sea and beyond, they didn\u0092t know exactly how internal waves formed. To find out, Peacock and a team of researchers from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution worked with France\u0092s National Center for Scientific Research [35] using a giant facility there called the Coriolis Platform. The rotating platform, about 15 meters (49.2 feet) in diameter, turns at variable speeds and can simulate Earth\u0092s rotation. It also has walls, which means scientists can fill it with water and create [40] accurate, large-scale simulations of various oceanographic scenarios. Peacock and his team built a carbon-fiber resin scale model of the Luzon Strait, including the islands and surrounding ocean floor topography. Then they [45] filled the platform with water of varying salinity to replicate the different densities found at the strait, with denser, saltier water below and lighter, less briny water above. Small particles were added to the solution and illuminated with lights from below in [50] order to track how the liquid moved. Finally, they re-created tides using two large plungers to see how the internal waves themselves formed. The Luzon Strait\u0092s underwater topography, with a distinct double-ridge shape, turns out to be [55] responsible for generating the underwater waves. As the tide rises and falls and water moves through the strait, colder, denser water is pushed up over the ridges into warmer, less dense layers above it. This action results in bumps of colder water trailed [60] by warmer water that generate an internal wave. As these waves move toward land, they become steeper\u0097much the same way waves at the beach become taller before they hit the shore\u0097until they break on a continental shelf. [65] The researchers were also able to devise a mathematical model that describes the movement and formation of these waves. Whereas the model is specific to the Luzon Strait, it can still help researchers understand how internal waves are [70] generated in other places around the world. Eventually, this information will be incorporated into global climate models, making them more accurate. \u0093It\u0092s very clear, within the context of these [global climate] models, that internal waves play a role in [75] driving ocean circulations,\u0094 Peacock says.", "textTwo": "49. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:01:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:53:01" }, { "id": "278", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Geoffrey Giller, \u0093Long a Mystery, how 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed.\u0094 \u00a92014 by Scientific American. \r\n\r\nSome of the largest ocean waves in the world are nearly impossible to see. Unlike other large waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the {Line} ocean surface. Instead, they move underwater, [5] undetectable without the use of satellite imagery or sophisticated monitoring equipment. Despite their hidden nature, internal waves are fundamental parts of ocean water dynamics, transferring heat to the ocean depths and bringing up cold water from below. [10] And they can reach staggering heights\u0097some as tall as skyscrapers. Because these waves are involved in ocean mixing and thus the transfer of heat, understanding them is crucial to global climate modeling, says Tom [15] Peacock, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most models fail to take internal waves into account. \u0093If we want to have more and more accurate climate models, we have to be able to capture processes such as this,\u0094 Peacock says. [20] Peacock and his colleagues tried to do just that. Their study, published in November in Geophysical Research Letters, focused on internal waves generated in the Luzon Strait, which separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Internal waves in this region, thought to [25] be some of the largest in the world, can reach about 500 meters high. \u0093That\u0092s the same height as the Freedom Tower that\u0092s just been built in New York,\u0094 Peacock says. Although scientists knew of this phenomenon in [30] the South China Sea and beyond, they didn\u0092t know exactly how internal waves formed. To find out, Peacock and a team of researchers from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution worked with France\u0092s National Center for Scientific Research [35] using a giant facility there called the Coriolis Platform. The rotating platform, about 15 meters (49.2 feet) in diameter, turns at variable speeds and can simulate Earth\u0092s rotation. It also has walls, which means scientists can fill it with water and create [40] accurate, large-scale simulations of various oceanographic scenarios. Peacock and his team built a carbon-fiber resin scale model of the Luzon Strait, including the islands and surrounding ocean floor topography. Then they [45] filled the platform with water of varying salinity to replicate the different densities found at the strait, with denser, saltier water below and lighter, less briny water above. Small particles were added to the solution and illuminated with lights from below in [50] order to track how the liquid moved. Finally, they re-created tides using two large plungers to see how the internal waves themselves formed. The Luzon Strait\u0092s underwater topography, with a distinct double-ridge shape, turns out to be [55] responsible for generating the underwater waves. As the tide rises and falls and water moves through the strait, colder, denser water is pushed up over the ridges into warmer, less dense layers above it. This action results in bumps of colder water trailed [60] by warmer water that generate an internal wave. As these waves move toward land, they become steeper\u0097much the same way waves at the beach become taller before they hit the shore\u0097until they break on a continental shelf. [65] The researchers were also able to devise a mathematical model that describes the movement and formation of these waves. Whereas the model is specific to the Luzon Strait, it can still help researchers understand how internal waves are [70] generated in other places around the world. Eventually, this information will be incorporated into global climate models, making them more accurate. \u0093It\u0092s very clear, within the context of these [global climate] models, that internal waves play a role in [75] driving ocean circulations,\u0094 Peacock says.", "textTwo": "50.In the graph, which isotherm displays an increase in depth below the surface during the period 19:12 to 20:24?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/5483dbdf72e3561630eae02cefe7a7c1c9b187d6.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:03:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:53:33" }, { "id": "279", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Geoffrey Giller, \u0093Long a Mystery, how 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed.\u0094 \u00a92014 by Scientific American. \r\n\r\nSome of the largest ocean waves in the world are nearly impossible to see. Unlike other large waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the {Line} ocean surface. Instead, they move underwater, [5] undetectable without the use of satellite imagery or sophisticated monitoring equipment. Despite their hidden nature, internal waves are fundamental parts of ocean water dynamics, transferring heat to the ocean depths and bringing up cold water from below. [10] And they can reach staggering heights\u0097some as tall as skyscrapers. Because these waves are involved in ocean mixing and thus the transfer of heat, understanding them is crucial to global climate modeling, says Tom [15] Peacock, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most models fail to take internal waves into account. \u0093If we want to have more and more accurate climate models, we have to be able to capture processes such as this,\u0094 Peacock says. [20] Peacock and his colleagues tried to do just that. Their study, published in November in Geophysical Research Letters, focused on internal waves generated in the Luzon Strait, which separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Internal waves in this region, thought to [25] be some of the largest in the world, can reach about 500 meters high. \u0093That\u0092s the same height as the Freedom Tower that\u0092s just been built in New York,\u0094 Peacock says. Although scientists knew of this phenomenon in [30] the South China Sea and beyond, they didn\u0092t know exactly how internal waves formed. To find out, Peacock and a team of researchers from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution worked with France\u0092s National Center for Scientific Research [35] using a giant facility there called the Coriolis Platform. The rotating platform, about 15 meters (49.2 feet) in diameter, turns at variable speeds and can simulate Earth\u0092s rotation. It also has walls, which means scientists can fill it with water and create [40] accurate, large-scale simulations of various oceanographic scenarios. Peacock and his team built a carbon-fiber resin scale model of the Luzon Strait, including the islands and surrounding ocean floor topography. Then they [45] filled the platform with water of varying salinity to replicate the different densities found at the strait, with denser, saltier water below and lighter, less briny water above. Small particles were added to the solution and illuminated with lights from below in [50] order to track how the liquid moved. Finally, they re-created tides using two large plungers to see how the internal waves themselves formed. The Luzon Strait\u0092s underwater topography, with a distinct double-ridge shape, turns out to be [55] responsible for generating the underwater waves. As the tide rises and falls and water moves through the strait, colder, denser water is pushed up over the ridges into warmer, less dense layers above it. This action results in bumps of colder water trailed [60] by warmer water that generate an internal wave. As these waves move toward land, they become steeper\u0097much the same way waves at the beach become taller before they hit the shore\u0097until they break on a continental shelf. [65] The researchers were also able to devise a mathematical model that describes the movement and formation of these waves. Whereas the model is specific to the Luzon Strait, it can still help researchers understand how internal waves are [70] generated in other places around the world. Eventually, this information will be incorporated into global climate models, making them more accurate. \u0093It\u0092s very clear, within the context of these [global climate] models, that internal waves play a role in [75] driving ocean circulations,\u0094 Peacock says.", "textTwo": "51. Which concept is supported by the passage and by the information in the graph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/82183d785b6cb951856b0fcc334b9d9dfaf82c29.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:04:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:54:03" }, { "id": "280", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Geoffrey Giller, \u0093Long a Mystery, how 500-Meter-High Undersea Waves Form Is Revealed.\u0094 \u00a92014 by Scientific American. \r\n\r\nSome of the largest ocean waves in the world are nearly impossible to see. Unlike other large waves, these rollers, called internal waves, do not ride the {Line} ocean surface. Instead, they move underwater, [5] undetectable without the use of satellite imagery or sophisticated monitoring equipment. Despite their hidden nature, internal waves are fundamental parts of ocean water dynamics, transferring heat to the ocean depths and bringing up cold water from below. [10] And they can reach staggering heights\u0097some as tall as skyscrapers. Because these waves are involved in ocean mixing and thus the transfer of heat, understanding them is crucial to global climate modeling, says Tom [15] Peacock, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most models fail to take internal waves into account. \u0093If we want to have more and more accurate climate models, we have to be able to capture processes such as this,\u0094 Peacock says. [20] Peacock and his colleagues tried to do just that. Their study, published in November in Geophysical Research Letters, focused on internal waves generated in the Luzon Strait, which separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Internal waves in this region, thought to [25] be some of the largest in the world, can reach about 500 meters high. \u0093That\u0092s the same height as the Freedom Tower that\u0092s just been built in New York,\u0094 Peacock says. Although scientists knew of this phenomenon in [30] the South China Sea and beyond, they didn\u0092t know exactly how internal waves formed. To find out, Peacock and a team of researchers from M.I.T. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution worked with France\u0092s National Center for Scientific Research [35] using a giant facility there called the Coriolis Platform. The rotating platform, about 15 meters (49.2 feet) in diameter, turns at variable speeds and can simulate Earth\u0092s rotation. It also has walls, which means scientists can fill it with water and create [40] accurate, large-scale simulations of various oceanographic scenarios. Peacock and his team built a carbon-fiber resin scale model of the Luzon Strait, including the islands and surrounding ocean floor topography. Then they [45] filled the platform with water of varying salinity to replicate the different densities found at the strait, with denser, saltier water below and lighter, less briny water above. Small particles were added to the solution and illuminated with lights from below in [50] order to track how the liquid moved. Finally, they re-created tides using two large plungers to see how the internal waves themselves formed. The Luzon Strait\u0092s underwater topography, with a distinct double-ridge shape, turns out to be [55] responsible for generating the underwater waves. As the tide rises and falls and water moves through the strait, colder, denser water is pushed up over the ridges into warmer, less dense layers above it. This action results in bumps of colder water trailed [60] by warmer water that generate an internal wave. As these waves move toward land, they become steeper\u0097much the same way waves at the beach become taller before they hit the shore\u0097until they break on a continental shelf. [65] The researchers were also able to devise a mathematical model that describes the movement and formation of these waves. Whereas the model is specific to the Luzon Strait, it can still help researchers understand how internal waves are [70] generated in other places around the world. Eventually, this information will be incorporated into global climate models, making them more accurate. \u0093It\u0092s very clear, within the context of these [global climate] models, that internal waves play a role in [75] driving ocean circulations,\u0094 Peacock says.", "textTwo": "52. How does the graph support the author\u0092s point that internal waves affect ocean water dynamics?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/590bda45642f490b7eb3329610b4119166a728e0.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:06:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 19:54:31" }, { "id": "281", "parentId": "", "textOne": "What is 2+5?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "19", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:40:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 22:25:58" }, { "id": "282", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age\r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "1.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:50:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:13:20" }, { "id": "283", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age\r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "2.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:52:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:13:42" }, { "id": "284", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age\r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "3.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:54:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:14:03" }, { "id": "285", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age \r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "4. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following information.\r\n\u0097e-books, audio and video materials, and online journals\u0097\r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:56:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:15:00" }, { "id": "286", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age \r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "5.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:58:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:28:34" }, { "id": "287", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age \r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "6.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:59:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:29:20" }, { "id": "288", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age \r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "7. Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:00:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:30:17" }, { "id": "289", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age \r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "8.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:04:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:30:58" }, { "id": "290", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age \r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "9. Which choice most effectively sets up the examples given at the end of the sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:06:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:31:53" }, { "id": "291", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age \r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "10.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:08:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:32:30" }, { "id": "292", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nLibrarians Help Navigate in the Digital Age \r\nIn recent years, public libraries in the United States have experienced [1] reducing in their operating funds due to cuts imposed at the federal, state, and local government levels. [2] However, library staffing has been cut by almost four percent since 2008, and the demand for librarians continues to decrease, even though half of public libraries report that they have an insufficient number of staff to meet their patrons\u0092 needs. Employment in all job sectors in the United States is projected to grow by fourteen percent over the next decade, yet the expected growth rate for librarians is predicted to be only seven percent, or half of the overall rate. This trend, combined with the increasing accessibility of information via the Internet, [3] has led some to claim that librarianship is in decline as a profession. As public libraries adapt to rapid technological advances in information distribution, librarians\u0092 roles are actually expanding. The share of library materials that is in non-print formats [4] is increasing steadily; in 2010, at least 18.5 million e-books were available [5] for them to circulate. As a result, librarians must now be proficient curators of electronic information, compiling, [6] catalog, and updating these collections. But perhaps even more importantly, librarians function as first responders for their communities\u0092 computer needs. Since one of the fastest growing library services is public access computer use, there is great demand for computer instruction. [7] In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods. Many of whom teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy. While these classes are particularly helpful to young students developing basic research skills, [8] but adult patrons can also benefit from librarian assistance in that they can acquire job-relevant computer skills. [9] Free to all who utilize their services, public libraries and librarians are especially valuable, because they offer free resources that may be difficult to find elsewhere, such as help with online job searches as well as r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and job material development. An overwhelming number of public libraries also report that they provide help with electronic government resources related to income taxes [10] w troubles, and retirement programs. In sum, the Internet does not replace the need for librarians, and librarians are hardly obsolete. [11] Like books, librarians have been around for a long time, but the Internet is extremely useful for many types of research.", "textTwo": "11. Which choice most clearly ends the passage with a restatement of the writer\u0092s primary claim?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:10:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:45:17" }, { "id": "293", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "12.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:14:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:55:55" }, { "id": "294", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "13.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:16:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:56:28" }, { "id": "295", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "14.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:18:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:56:45" }, { "id": "296", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "15. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nSome scholars argue that the excesses of King Louis XV\u0092s reign contributed significantly to the conditions that resulted in the French Revolution. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:19:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:57:17" }, { "id": "297", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "16.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:21:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:57:42" }, { "id": "298", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "17. Which choice gives a second supporting example that is most similar to the example already in the sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:22:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:58:10" }, { "id": "299", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "18. Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:24:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:58:38" }, { "id": "300", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "19.Which choice most closely matches the stylistic pattern established earlier in the sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:26:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:59:03" }, { "id": "301", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "20.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:29:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:59:27" }, { "id": "302", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "21.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:30:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 20:59:51" }, { "id": "303", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact \r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n\u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame. \u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could. Question 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "22. To make the passage most logical, paragraph 2 should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:33:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:01:15" }, { "id": "304", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "23.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d831e274318ea735654210b0263ca4c4754deed2.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:47:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:06:25" }, { "id": "305", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "24. Which choice offers an accurate interpretation of the data in the chart?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/0683f2951cc5f3b1e6cba794ae23a698cdd872db.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:48:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:06:47" }, { "id": "306", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "25.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/ff8b43fb2a845d2760cd93413df709bcea4525fb.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:50:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:07:18" }, { "id": "307", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "26. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following information.\r\nsince the start of the Industrial Revolution, resulting in a rise in global temperatures \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d41a20662ddcc6367049f5e0c480df4b989aeef6.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:52:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:07:54" }, { "id": "308", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "27.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1dd6ae8124d35bf3f09338bb8b4ca8b8ba2ef003.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:54:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:20:17" }, { "id": "309", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "28.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c135260916566443d4ed38e0260fd27ef450321a.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:55:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:20:37" }, { "id": "310", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "29.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/92ea3a8aac6b299ebfea39803f3d1a92f1be93cf.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:57:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:21:04" }, { "id": "311", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "30.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/bbe93a4c87e92c5d25455d02cee7330e5066f98a.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:59:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:21:40" }, { "id": "312", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "31. Where is the most logical place in this paragraph to add the following sentence? \r\nWhat Wilmers and Estes discovered in their study, therefore, surprised them.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9aac0ca6c1f9d5b7018d4ca89ddb02ec2fd75a65.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:00:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:22:15" }, { "id": "313", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "32.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d2f9e267ef48d2c99b7603f9b7820874dfadf1cc.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:02:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:22:50" }, { "id": "314", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nEnvironmentalist Otters\r\nIt has long been known that the sea otter [23] living along the West Coast of North America help keep kelp forests in their habitat healthy and vital. They do this by feeding on sea urchins and other herbivorous invertebrates that graze voraciously on kelp. With sea otters to keep the population of sea urchins in check, kelp forests can flourish. In fact, [24] two years or less of sea otters can completely eliminate sea urchins in a coastal area (see chart).\r\nWithout sea otters present, [25] nevertheless, kelp forests run the danger of becoming barren stretches of coastal wasteland known as urchin barrens. {1} What was less well-known, until recently at least, was how this relationship among sea otters, sea urchins, and kelp forests might help fight global warming. {2} The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased 40 percent [26]. {3} A recent study by two professors at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Chris Wilmers and James Estes, [27} suggests, that kelp forests protected by sea otters can absorb as much as twelve times the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as those where sea urchins are allowed to [28] devour the kelp. {4} Like [29] their terrestrial plant cousins, kelp removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, turning it into sugar fuel through photosynthesis, and releases oxygen back into the air. {5} Scientists knew this but did not recognize [30] how large a role they played in helping kelp forests to significantly decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. {6} Far from making no difference to the ecosystem, the presence of otters was found to increase the carbon storage of kelp forests by 4.4 to 8.7 megatons annually, offsetting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by three million to six million passenger cars each year. [31] Wilmers and Estes caution, however, that [32] having more otters will not automatically solve the problem of higher levels of carbon dioxide in the air. But they suggest that the presence of otters provides a good model of how carbon can be sequestered, [33] or removed; from the atmosphere through the management of animal populations. If ecologists can better understand what kinds of impacts animals might have on the environment, Wilmers contends, \u0093there might be opportunities for win-win conservation scenarios, whereby animal species are protected or enhanced, and carbon gets sequestered.\u0094", "textTwo": "33.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/0e5fe92d19e1f230b26c9215d8d8d89f16ef1266.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:03:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:23:06" }, { "id": "315", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture\r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief.\r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.\r\n{2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "34.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:15:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:29:10" }, { "id": "316", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture\r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief.\r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.\r\n{2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "35.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:16:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:29:37" }, { "id": "317", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture\r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief.\r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.\r\n{2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "36.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:17:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:30:04" }, { "id": "318", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture\r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief.\r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.\r\n{2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "37. Which choice provides information that best supports the claim made by this sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:19:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:30:40" }, { "id": "319", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture\r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief.\r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.\r\n{2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "38.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:20:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:31:15" }, { "id": "320", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture \r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief. \r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. {2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "39.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:22:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:32:22" }, { "id": "321", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture \r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief. \r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. {2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "40.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:23:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:33:14" }, { "id": "322", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture \r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief. \r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. {2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "41.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:24:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:36:03" }, { "id": "323", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture \r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief. \r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. {2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "42. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:26:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:36:40" }, { "id": "324", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture \r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief. \r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. {2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "43. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. \r\nAs the number of corporate and service-based jobs has increased, the need for people who work with their hands has diminished. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:27:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:37:56" }, { "id": "325", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Quick Fix in a Throwaway Culture \r\nPlanned obsolescence, a practice [34] at which products are designed to have a limited period of [35] usefulness, has been a cornerstone of manufacturing strategy for the past 80 years. This approach increases sales, but it also stands in [36] austere contrast to a time when goods were produced to be durable. Planned obsolescence wastes materials as well as energy in making and shipping new products. It also reinforces the belief that it is easier to replace goods than to mend them, as repair shops are rare and [37] repair methods are often specialized. In 2009, an enterprising movement, the Repair Caf\u00e9, challenged this widely accepted belief. \r\n{1}More like a[38]fair then an actual caf\u00e9, the first Repair Caf\u00e9 took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. {2} It was the brainchild of former journalist Martine Postma, [39] wanting to take a practical stand in a throwaway culture. {3} Her goals were [40] straightforward, however: reduce waste, maintain and perpetuate knowledge and skills, and strengthen community. {4} Participants bring all manner of damaged articles\u0097clothing, appliances, furniture, and more\u0097to be repaired by a staff of volunteer specialists including tailors, electricians, and carpenters. {5} Since the inaugural Repair Caf\u00e9, others have been hosted in theater foyers, community centers, hotels, and auditoriums. {6} While [41] they wait for service, patrons can enjoy coffee and snacks and mingle with their neighbors in need. [42] Though only about 3 percent of the Netherlands\u0092 municipal waste ends up in landfills, Repair Caf\u00e9s still raise awareness about what may otherwise be mindless acts of waste by providing a venue for people to share and learn valuable skills that are in danger of being lost. [43] It is easy to classify old but fixable items as \u0093junk\u0094 in an era that places great emphasis on the next big thing. In helping people consider how the goods they use on a daily basis work and are made, Repair Caf\u00e9s restore a sense of relationship between human beings and material goods. Though the concept remained a local trend at first, international Repair Caf\u00e9s, all affiliated with the Dutch Repair Caf\u00e9 via its website, have since arisen in France, Germany, South Africa, the United States, and other countries [44] on top of that. The original provides a central source for start-up tips and tools, as well as marketing advice to new Repair Caf\u00e9s. As a result, the Repair Caf\u00e9 has become a global network united by common ideals. Ironically, innovators are now looking back to old ways of doing things and applying them in today\u0092s cities in an effort to transform the way people relate to and think about the goods they consume.", "textTwo": "44.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:29:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 21:38:31" }, { "id": "326", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If x-1\/3 = k and k = 3, what is the value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "10", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 00:43:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 22:58:09" }, { "id": "327", "parentId": "", "textOne": "On Saturday afternoon, Armand sent m text\r\nmessages each hour for 5 hours, and Tyrone sent p\r\ntext messages each hour for 4 hours. Which of the\r\nfollowing represents the total number of messages\r\nsent by Armand and Tyrone on Saturday afternoon?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5m+4p", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 00:47:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:04:16" }, { "id": "328", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If t > 0 and t\u00b2 ?4= 0, what is the value of t ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 00:54:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 22:59:21" }, { "id": "329", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A summer camp counselor wants to find a length, x,\r\nin feet, across a lake as represented in the sketch\r\nabove. The lengths represented by AB, EB, BD, and\r\nCD on the sketch were determined to be 1800 feet,\r\n1400 feet, 700 feet, and 800 feet, respectively.\r\nSegments AC and DE intersect at B, and ?AEB\r\nand ?CDB have the same measure. What is the\r\nvalue of x ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9b8259c06a93723168ac616c5330f15328a92d59.jpg", "answer": "1600", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 00:59:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 23:00:04" }, { "id": "330", "parentId": "", "textOne": "h = 3a + 28.6\r\nA pediatrician uses the model above to estimate the\r\nheight h of a boy, in inches, in terms of the boy\u0092s\r\nage a, in years, between the ages of 2 and 5. Based\r\non the model, what is the estimated increase, in\r\ninches, of a boy\u0092s height each year?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 01:04:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 23:01:26" }, { "id": "331", "parentId": "", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum (7 + 3i) + (?8 + 9i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-1+12i", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 14:46:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 23:02:32" }, { "id": "332", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Kathy is a repair technician for a phone company. Each week, she receives a batch of phones that need repairs. The number of phones that she has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation P = 108 ? 23d , where P is the number of phones left and d is the number of days she has worked that week. What is the meaning of the value 108 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Kathy starts each week with 108 phones to fix.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 14:53:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:17:00" }, { "id": "333", "parentId": "", "textOne": "(x\u00b2y - 3y\u00b2 + 5xy\u00b2) - (-x\u00b2y + 3xy\u00b2 - 3y\u00b2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2x\u00b2y + 2xy\u00b2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 15:07:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:18:11" }, { "id": "334", "parentId": "", "textOne": "How much is 5 - 5?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "0", "createdBy": "5", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 21:17:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 21:17:46" }, { "id": "335", "parentId": "", "textOne": "What is 1 + 1", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "19", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 22:42:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 22:43:39" }, { "id": "336", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The formula above gives the monthly payment m\r\nneeded to pay off a loan of P dollars at r percent\r\nannual interest over N months. Which of the\r\nfollowing gives P in terms of m, r, and N ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/61521d6fd2d97a0df0e0f267e9f0c008aeb70468.jpg", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:01:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:05:44" }, { "id": "337", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If a\/b= 2, what is the value of 4b\/a?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:12:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:31:03" }, { "id": "338", "parentId": "", "textOne": "3x+4y=-23\r\n2y-x=29\r\nWhat is the solution (, ) x y to the system of equations above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "(3,-8)", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:15:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:33:32" }, { "id": "339", "parentId": "", "textOne": "g(x)=ax\u00b2+24\r\nFor the function g defined above, a is a constant and g(4) = 8. What is the value of g(?4) ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:26:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:34:19" }, { "id": "340", "parentId": "", "textOne": "b= 2.35 + 0.25x\r\nc= 1.75 + 0.40x\r\nIn the equations above, b and c represent the price per pound, in dollars, of beef and chicken, respectively, x weeks after July 1 during last summer. What was the price per pound of beef when it was equal to the price per pound of chicken?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "$3.35", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:28:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:36:01" }, { "id": "341", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A line in the xy-plane passes through the origin and has a slope of 1\/7. Which of the following points lies on the line?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "(14,2)", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:30:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:36:46" }, { "id": "342", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If x > 3, which of the following is equivalent to 1 \/ 1\/x+2 + 1\/x+3?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "x\u00b2+5x+6\/2x+5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:37:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:38:00" }, { "id": "343", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If 3x ? y= 12, what is the value of 8^x\/2^y?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2^12", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:40:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:38:39" }, { "id": "344", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If (ax+2)(bx+7)=15x\u00b2+cx+14 for all values of\r\nx, and a+b =8, what are the two possible values for c ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "31 and 41", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:44:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:40:54" }, { "id": "345", "parentId": "", "textOne": "x+y=9\r\nx+2y=-25\r\nAccording to the system of equations above, what is the value of x ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "7", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:49:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:49:15" }, { "id": "346", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In a right triangle, one angle measures x\u00b0, where sin x\u00b0 = 4\/5. What is cos(90\u00b0 ? x\u00b0)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4\/5 or 0.8", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:51:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:52:22" }, { "id": "347", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If a =5 ?2 and 2a= ?2x , what is the value of x ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "100", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:53:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 21:53:41" }, { "id": "348", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Saki, \u0093The\r\nSchartz-Metterklume Method.\u0094 Originally published in 1911.\r\n\r\nLady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length, to kill time till the Line train should be pleased to proceed on its way. Then, [5] in the roadway beyond, she saw a horse struggling with a more than ample load, and a carter of the sort that seems to bear a sullen hatred against the animal that helps him to earn a living. Lady Carlotta promptly betook her to the roadway, and put rather a [10] different complexion on the struggle. Certain of her acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being \u0093none of her business.\u0094 Only once had she put the [15] doctrine of non-interference into practice, when one of its most eloquent exponents had been besieged for nearly three hours in a small and extremely uncomfortable may-tree by an angry boar-pig, while Lady Carlotta, on the other side of the fence, had [20] proceeded with the watercolor sketch she was engaged on, and refused to interfere between the boar and his prisoner. It is to be feared that she lost the friendship of the ultimately rescued lady. On this occasion she merely lost the train, which gave way to [25] the first sign of impatience it had shown throughout the journey, and steamed off without her. She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference; her friends and relations were thoroughly well used to the fact of her luggage arriving without her. [30] She wired a vague non-committal message to her destination to say that she was coming on \u0093by another train.\u0094 Before she had time to think what her next move might be she was confronted by an imposingly attired lady, who seemed to be taking a [35] prolonged mental inventory of her clothes and looks. \u0093You must be Miss Hope, the governess I\u0092ve come to meet,\u0094 said the apparition, in a tone that admitted of very little argument. \u0093Very well, if I must I must,\u0094 said Lady Carlotta to [40] herself with dangerous meekness. \u0093I am Mrs. Quabarl,\u0094 continued the lady; \u0093and where, pray, is your luggage?\u0094 \u0093It\u0092s gone astray,\u0094 said the alleged governess, falling in with the excellent rule of life that the absent [45] are always to blame; the luggage had, in point of fact, behaved with perfect correctitude. \u0093I\u0092ve just telegraphed about it,\u0094 she added, with a nearer approach to truth. \u0093How provoking,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl; \u0093these [50] railway companies are so careless. However, my maid can lend you things for the night,\u0094 and she led the way to her car. During the drive to the Quabarl mansion Lady Carlotta was impressively introduced to the [55] nature of the charge that had been thrust upon her; she learned that Claude and Wilfrid were delicate, sensitive young people, that Irene had the artistic temperament highly developed, and that Viola was something or other else of a mould equally [60] commonplaces among children of that class and type in the twentieth century. \u0093I wish them not only to be TAUGHT,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl, \u0093but INTERESTED in what they learn. In their history lessons, for instance, you must try to [65] make them feel that they are being introduced to the life-stories of men and women who really lived, not merely committing a mass of names and dates to memory. French, of course, I shall expect you to talk at meal-times several days in the week.\u0094 [70] \u0093I shall talk French four days of the week and Russian in the remaining three.\u0094 \u0093Russian? My dear Miss Hope, no one in the house speaks or understands Russian.\u0094 \u0093That will not embarrass me in the least,\u0094 said [75] Lady Carlotta coldly. Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch. She was one of those imperfectly self-assured individuals who are magnificent and autocratic as long as they are not [80] seriously opposed. The least show of unexpected resistance goes a long way towards rendering them cowed and apologetic. When the new governess failed to express wondering admiration of the large newly-purchased and expensive car, and lightly [85] alluded to the superior advantages of one or two makes which had just been put on the market, the discomfiture of her patroness became almost abject. Her feelings were those which might have animated a general of ancient war faring days, on beholding his [90] heaviest battle-elephant ignominiously driven off the field by slingers and javelin throwers.", "textTwo": "1. Which choice best summarizes the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 23:59:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:04:07" }, { "id": "349", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Saki, \u0093The\r\nSchartz-Metterklume Method.\u0094 Originally published in 1911.\r\n\r\nLady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length, to kill time till the Line train should be pleased to proceed on its way. Then, [5] in the roadway beyond, she saw a horse struggling with a more than ample load, and a carter of the sort that seems to bear a sullen hatred against the animal that helps him to earn a living. Lady Carlotta promptly betook her to the roadway, and put rather a [10] different complexion on the struggle. Certain of her acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being \u0093none of her business.\u0094 Only once had she put the [15] doctrine of non-interference into practice, when one of its most eloquent exponents had been besieged for nearly three hours in a small and extremely uncomfortable may-tree by an angry boar-pig, while Lady Carlotta, on the other side of the fence, had [20] proceeded with the watercolor sketch she was engaged on, and refused to interfere between the boar and his prisoner. It is to be feared that she lost the friendship of the ultimately rescued lady. On this occasion she merely lost the train, which gave way to [25] the first sign of impatience it had shown throughout the journey, and steamed off without her. She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference; her friends and relations were thoroughly well used to the fact of her luggage arriving without her. [30] She wired a vague non-committal message to her destination to say that she was coming on \u0093by another train.\u0094 Before she had time to think what her next move might be she was confronted by an imposingly attired lady, who seemed to be taking a [35] prolonged mental inventory of her clothes and looks. \u0093You must be Miss Hope, the governess I\u0092ve come to meet,\u0094 said the apparition, in a tone that admitted of very little argument. \u0093Very well, if I must I must,\u0094 said Lady Carlotta to [40] herself with dangerous meekness. \u0093I am Mrs. Quabarl,\u0094 continued the lady; \u0093and where, pray, is your luggage?\u0094 \u0093It\u0092s gone astray,\u0094 said the alleged governess, falling in with the excellent rule of life that the absent [45] are always to blame; the luggage had, in point of fact, behaved with perfect correctitude. \u0093I\u0092ve just telegraphed about it,\u0094 she added, with a nearer approach to truth. \u0093How provoking,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl; \u0093these [50] railway companies are so careless. However, my maid can lend you things for the night,\u0094 and she led the way to her car. During the drive to the Quabarl mansion Lady Carlotta was impressively introduced to the [55] nature of the charge that had been thrust upon her; she learned that Claude and Wilfrid were delicate, sensitive young people, that Irene had the artistic temperament highly developed, and that Viola was something or other else of a mould equally [60] commonplaces among children of that class and type in the twentieth century. \u0093I wish them not only to be TAUGHT,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl, \u0093but INTERESTED in what they learn. In their history lessons, for instance, you must try to [65] make them feel that they are being introduced to the life-stories of men and women who really lived, not merely committing a mass of names and dates to memory. French, of course, I shall expect you to talk at meal-times several days in the week.\u0094 [70] \u0093I shall talk French four days of the week and Russian in the remaining three.\u0094 \u0093Russian? My dear Miss Hope, no one in the house speaks or understands Russian.\u0094 \u0093That will not embarrass me in the least,\u0094 said [75] Lady Carlotta coldly. Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch. She was one of those imperfectly self-assured individuals who are magnificent and autocratic as long as they are not [80] seriously opposed. The least show of unexpected resistance goes a long way towards rendering them cowed and apologetic. When the new governess failed to express wondering admiration of the large newly-purchased and expensive car, and lightly [85] alluded to the superior advantages of one or two makes which had just been put on the market, the discomfiture of her patroness became almost abject. Her feelings were those which might have animated a general of ancient war faring days, on beholding his [90] heaviest battle-elephant ignominiously driven off the field by slingers and javelin throwers.", "textTwo": "2. In line 2, \u0093turn\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:02:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:14:19" }, { "id": "350", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Saki, \u0093The\r\nSchartz-Metterklume Method.\u0094 Originally published in 1911.\r\n\r\nLady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length, to kill time till the Line train should be pleased to proceed on its way. Then, [5] in the roadway beyond, she saw a horse struggling with a more than ample load, and a carter of the sort that seems to bear a sullen hatred against the animal that helps him to earn a living. Lady Carlotta promptly betook her to the roadway, and put rather a [10] different complexion on the struggle. Certain of her acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being \u0093none of her business.\u0094 Only once had she put the [15] doctrine of non-interference into practice, when one of its most eloquent exponents had been besieged for nearly three hours in a small and extremely uncomfortable may-tree by an angry boar-pig, while Lady Carlotta, on the other side of the fence, had [20] proceeded with the watercolor sketch she was engaged on, and refused to interfere between the boar and his prisoner. It is to be feared that she lost the friendship of the ultimately rescued lady. On this occasion she merely lost the train, which gave way to [25] the first sign of impatience it had shown throughout the journey, and steamed off without her. She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference; her friends and relations were thoroughly well used to the fact of her luggage arriving without her. [30] She wired a vague non-committal message to her destination to say that she was coming on \u0093by another train.\u0094 Before she had time to think what her next move might be she was confronted by an imposingly attired lady, who seemed to be taking a [35] prolonged mental inventory of her clothes and looks. \u0093You must be Miss Hope, the governess I\u0092ve come to meet,\u0094 said the apparition, in a tone that admitted of very little argument. \u0093Very well, if I must I must,\u0094 said Lady Carlotta to [40] herself with dangerous meekness. \u0093I am Mrs. Quabarl,\u0094 continued the lady; \u0093and where, pray, is your luggage?\u0094 \u0093It\u0092s gone astray,\u0094 said the alleged governess, falling in with the excellent rule of life that the absent [45] are always to blame; the luggage had, in point of fact, behaved with perfect correctitude. \u0093I\u0092ve just telegraphed about it,\u0094 she added, with a nearer approach to truth. \u0093How provoking,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl; \u0093these [50] railway companies are so careless. However, my maid can lend you things for the night,\u0094 and she led the way to her car. During the drive to the Quabarl mansion Lady Carlotta was impressively introduced to the [55] nature of the charge that had been thrust upon her; she learned that Claude and Wilfrid were delicate, sensitive young people, that Irene had the artistic temperament highly developed, and that Viola was something or other else of a mould equally [60] commonplaces among children of that class and type in the twentieth century. \u0093I wish them not only to be TAUGHT,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl, \u0093but INTERESTED in what they learn. In their history lessons, for instance, you must try to [65] make them feel that they are being introduced to the life-stories of men and women who really lived, not merely committing a mass of names and dates to memory. French, of course, I shall expect you to talk at meal-times several days in the week.\u0094 [70] \u0093I shall talk French four days of the week and Russian in the remaining three.\u0094 \u0093Russian? My dear Miss Hope, no one in the house speaks or understands Russian.\u0094 \u0093That will not embarrass me in the least,\u0094 said [75] Lady Carlotta coldly. Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch. She was one of those imperfectly self-assured individuals who are magnificent and autocratic as long as they are not [80] seriously opposed. The least show of unexpected resistance goes a long way towards rendering them cowed and apologetic. When the new governess failed to express wondering admiration of the large newly-purchased and expensive car, and lightly [85] alluded to the superior advantages of one or two makes which had just been put on the market, the discomfiture of her patroness became almost abject. Her feelings were those which might have animated a general of ancient war faring days, on beholding his [90] heaviest battle-elephant ignominiously driven off the field by slingers and javelin throwers.", "textTwo": "3. The passage most clearly implies that other people regarded Lady Carlotta as", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:03:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:15:08" }, { "id": "351", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Saki, \u0093The\r\nSchartz-Metterklume Method.\u0094 Originally published in 1911.\r\n\r\nLady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length, to kill time till the Line train should be pleased to proceed on its way. Then, [5] in the roadway beyond, she saw a horse struggling with a more than ample load, and a carter of the sort that seems to bear a sullen hatred against the animal that helps him to earn a living. Lady Carlotta promptly betook her to the roadway, and put rather a [10] different complexion on the struggle. Certain of her acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being \u0093none of her business.\u0094 Only once had she put the [15] doctrine of non-interference into practice, when one of its most eloquent exponents had been besieged for nearly three hours in a small and extremely uncomfortable may-tree by an angry boar-pig, while Lady Carlotta, on the other side of the fence, had [20] proceeded with the watercolor sketch she was engaged on, and refused to interfere between the boar and his prisoner. It is to be feared that she lost the friendship of the ultimately rescued lady. On this occasion she merely lost the train, which gave way to [25] the first sign of impatience it had shown throughout the journey, and steamed off without her. She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference; her friends and relations were thoroughly well used to the fact of her luggage arriving without her. [30] She wired a vague non-committal message to her destination to say that she was coming on \u0093by another train.\u0094 Before she had time to think what her next move might be she was confronted by an imposingly attired lady, who seemed to be taking a [35] prolonged mental inventory of her clothes and looks. \u0093You must be Miss Hope, the governess I\u0092ve come to meet,\u0094 said the apparition, in a tone that admitted of very little argument. \u0093Very well, if I must I must,\u0094 said Lady Carlotta to [40] herself with dangerous meekness. \u0093I am Mrs. Quabarl,\u0094 continued the lady; \u0093and where, pray, is your luggage?\u0094 \u0093It\u0092s gone astray,\u0094 said the alleged governess, falling in with the excellent rule of life that the absent [45] are always to blame; the luggage had, in point of fact, behaved with perfect correctitude. \u0093I\u0092ve just telegraphed about it,\u0094 she added, with a nearer approach to truth. \u0093How provoking,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl; \u0093these [50] railway companies are so careless. However, my maid can lend you things for the night,\u0094 and she led the way to her car. During the drive to the Quabarl mansion Lady Carlotta was impressively introduced to the [55] nature of the charge that had been thrust upon her; she learned that Claude and Wilfrid were delicate, sensitive young people, that Irene had the artistic temperament highly developed, and that Viola was something or other else of a mould equally [60] commonplaces among children of that class and type in the twentieth century. \u0093I wish them not only to be TAUGHT,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl, \u0093but INTERESTED in what they learn. In their history lessons, for instance, you must try to [65] make them feel that they are being introduced to the life-stories of men and women who really lived, not merely committing a mass of names and dates to memory. French, of course, I shall expect you to talk at meal-times several days in the week.\u0094 [70] \u0093I shall talk French four days of the week and Russian in the remaining three.\u0094 \u0093Russian? My dear Miss Hope, no one in the house speaks or understands Russian.\u0094 \u0093That will not embarrass me in the least,\u0094 said [75] Lady Carlotta coldly. Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch. She was one of those imperfectly self-assured individuals who are magnificent and autocratic as long as they are not [80] seriously opposed. The least show of unexpected resistance goes a long way towards rendering them cowed and apologetic. When the new governess failed to express wondering admiration of the large newly-purchased and expensive car, and lightly [85] alluded to the superior advantages of one or two makes which had just been put on the market, the discomfiture of her patroness became almost abject. Her feelings were those which might have animated a general of ancient war faring days, on beholding his [90] heaviest battle-elephant ignominiously driven off the field by slingers and javelin throwers.", "textTwo": "4. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:05:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:15:45" }, { "id": "352", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Saki, \u0093The\r\nSchartz-Metterklume Method.\u0094 Originally published in 1911.\r\n\r\nLady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length, to kill time till the Line train should be pleased to proceed on its way. Then, [5] in the roadway beyond, she saw a horse struggling with a more than ample load, and a carter of the sort that seems to bear a sullen hatred against the animal that helps him to earn a living. Lady Carlotta promptly betook her to the roadway, and put rather a [10] different complexion on the struggle. Certain of her acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being \u0093none of her business.\u0094 Only once had she put the [15] doctrine of non-interference into practice, when one of its most eloquent exponents had been besieged for nearly three hours in a small and extremely uncomfortable may-tree by an angry boar-pig, while Lady Carlotta, on the other side of the fence, had [20] proceeded with the watercolor sketch she was engaged on, and refused to interfere between the boar and his prisoner. It is to be feared that she lost the friendship of the ultimately rescued lady. On this occasion she merely lost the train, which gave way to [25] the first sign of impatience it had shown throughout the journey, and steamed off without her. She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference; her friends and relations were thoroughly well used to the fact of her luggage arriving without her. [30] She wired a vague non-committal message to her destination to say that she was coming on \u0093by another train.\u0094 Before she had time to think what her next move might be she was confronted by an imposingly attired lady, who seemed to be taking a [35] prolonged mental inventory of her clothes and looks. \u0093You must be Miss Hope, the governess I\u0092ve come to meet,\u0094 said the apparition, in a tone that admitted of very little argument. \u0093Very well, if I must I must,\u0094 said Lady Carlotta to [40] herself with dangerous meekness. \u0093I am Mrs. Quabarl,\u0094 continued the lady; \u0093and where, pray, is your luggage?\u0094 \u0093It\u0092s gone astray,\u0094 said the alleged governess, falling in with the excellent rule of life that the absent [45] are always to blame; the luggage had, in point of fact, behaved with perfect correctitude. \u0093I\u0092ve just telegraphed about it,\u0094 she added, with a nearer approach to truth. \u0093How provoking,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl; \u0093these [50] railway companies are so careless. However, my maid can lend you things for the night,\u0094 and she led the way to her car. During the drive to the Quabarl mansion Lady Carlotta was impressively introduced to the [55] nature of the charge that had been thrust upon her; she learned that Claude and Wilfrid were delicate, sensitive young people, that Irene had the artistic temperament highly developed, and that Viola was something or other else of a mould equally [60] commonplaces among children of that class and type in the twentieth century. \u0093I wish them not only to be TAUGHT,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl, \u0093but INTERESTED in what they learn. In their history lessons, for instance, you must try to [65] make them feel that they are being introduced to the life-stories of men and women who really lived, not merely committing a mass of names and dates to memory. French, of course, I shall expect you to talk at meal-times several days in the week.\u0094 [70] \u0093I shall talk French four days of the week and Russian in the remaining three.\u0094 \u0093Russian? My dear Miss Hope, no one in the house speaks or understands Russian.\u0094 \u0093That will not embarrass me in the least,\u0094 said [75] Lady Carlotta coldly. Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch. She was one of those imperfectly self-assured individuals who are magnificent and autocratic as long as they are not [80] seriously opposed. The least show of unexpected resistance goes a long way towards rendering them cowed and apologetic. When the new governess failed to express wondering admiration of the large newly-purchased and expensive car, and lightly [85] alluded to the superior advantages of one or two makes which had just been put on the market, the discomfiture of her patroness became almost abject. Her feelings were those which might have animated a general of ancient war faring days, on beholding his [90] heaviest battle-elephant ignominiously driven off the field by slingers and javelin throwers.", "textTwo": "5. The description of how Lady Carlotta \u0093put the doctrine of non-interference into practice\u0094 (lines 14-15) mainly serves to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:07:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:17:36" }, { "id": "353", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Saki, \u0093The\r\nSchartz-Metterklume Method.\u0094 Originally published in 1911.\r\n\r\nLady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length, to kill time till the Line train should be pleased to proceed on its way. Then, [5] in the roadway beyond, she saw a horse struggling with a more than ample load, and a carter of the sort that seems to bear a sullen hatred against the animal that helps him to earn a living. Lady Carlotta promptly betook her to the roadway, and put rather a [10] different complexion on the struggle. Certain of her acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being \u0093none of her business.\u0094 Only once had she put the [15] doctrine of non-interference into practice, when one of its most eloquent exponents had been besieged for nearly three hours in a small and extremely uncomfortable may-tree by an angry boar-pig, while Lady Carlotta, on the other side of the fence, had [20] proceeded with the watercolor sketch she was engaged on, and refused to interfere between the boar and his prisoner. It is to be feared that she lost the friendship of the ultimately rescued lady. On this occasion she merely lost the train, which gave way to [25] the first sign of impatience it had shown throughout the journey, and steamed off without her. She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference; her friends and relations were thoroughly well used to the fact of her luggage arriving without her. [30] She wired a vague non-committal message to her destination to say that she was coming on \u0093by another train.\u0094 Before she had time to think what her next move might be she was confronted by an imposingly attired lady, who seemed to be taking a [35] prolonged mental inventory of her clothes and looks. \u0093You must be Miss Hope, the governess I\u0092ve come to meet,\u0094 said the apparition, in a tone that admitted of very little argument. \u0093Very well, if I must I must,\u0094 said Lady Carlotta to [40] herself with dangerous meekness. \u0093I am Mrs. Quabarl,\u0094 continued the lady; \u0093and where, pray, is your luggage?\u0094 \u0093It\u0092s gone astray,\u0094 said the alleged governess, falling in with the excellent rule of life that the absent [45] are always to blame; the luggage had, in point of fact, behaved with perfect correctitude. \u0093I\u0092ve just telegraphed about it,\u0094 she added, with a nearer approach to truth. \u0093How provoking,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl; \u0093these [50] railway companies are so careless. However, my maid can lend you things for the night,\u0094 and she led the way to her car. During the drive to the Quabarl mansion Lady Carlotta was impressively introduced to the [55] nature of the charge that had been thrust upon her; she learned that Claude and Wilfrid were delicate, sensitive young people, that Irene had the artistic temperament highly developed, and that Viola was something or other else of a mould equally [60] commonplaces among children of that class and type in the twentieth century. \u0093I wish them not only to be TAUGHT,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl, \u0093but INTERESTED in what they learn. In their history lessons, for instance, you must try to [65] make them feel that they are being introduced to the life-stories of men and women who really lived, not merely committing a mass of names and dates to memory. French, of course, I shall expect you to talk at meal-times several days in the week.\u0094 [70] \u0093I shall talk French four days of the week and Russian in the remaining three.\u0094 \u0093Russian? My dear Miss Hope, no one in the house speaks or understands Russian.\u0094 \u0093That will not embarrass me in the least,\u0094 said [75] Lady Carlotta coldly. Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch. She was one of those imperfectly self-assured individuals who are magnificent and autocratic as long as they are not [80] seriously opposed. The least show of unexpected resistance goes a long way towards rendering them cowed and apologetic. When the new governess failed to express wondering admiration of the large newly-purchased and expensive car, and lightly [85] alluded to the superior advantages of one or two makes which had just been put on the market, the discomfiture of her patroness became almost abject. Her feelings were those which might have animated a general of ancient war faring days, on beholding his [90] heaviest battle-elephant ignominiously driven off the field by slingers and javelin throwers.", "textTwo": "6. In line 55, \u0093charge\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:08:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:18:04" }, { "id": "354", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Saki, \u0093The\r\nSchartz-Metterklume Method.\u0094 Originally published in 1911.\r\n\r\nLady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length, to kill time till the Line train should be pleased to proceed on its way. Then, [5] in the roadway beyond, she saw a horse struggling with a more than ample load, and a carter of the sort that seems to bear a sullen hatred against the animal that helps him to earn a living. Lady Carlotta promptly betook her to the roadway, and put rather a [10] different complexion on the struggle. Certain of her acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being \u0093none of her business.\u0094 Only once had she put the [15] doctrine of non-interference into practice, when one of its most eloquent exponents had been besieged for nearly three hours in a small and extremely uncomfortable may-tree by an angry boar-pig, while Lady Carlotta, on the other side of the fence, had [20] proceeded with the watercolor sketch she was engaged on, and refused to interfere between the boar and his prisoner. It is to be feared that she lost the friendship of the ultimately rescued lady. On this occasion she merely lost the train, which gave way to [25] the first sign of impatience it had shown throughout the journey, and steamed off without her. She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference; her friends and relations were thoroughly well used to the fact of her luggage arriving without her. [30] She wired a vague non-committal message to her destination to say that she was coming on \u0093by another train.\u0094 Before she had time to think what her next move might be she was confronted by an imposingly attired lady, who seemed to be taking a [35] prolonged mental inventory of her clothes and looks. \u0093You must be Miss Hope, the governess I\u0092ve come to meet,\u0094 said the apparition, in a tone that admitted of very little argument. \u0093Very well, if I must I must,\u0094 said Lady Carlotta to [40] herself with dangerous meekness. \u0093I am Mrs. Quabarl,\u0094 continued the lady; \u0093and where, pray, is your luggage?\u0094 \u0093It\u0092s gone astray,\u0094 said the alleged governess, falling in with the excellent rule of life that the absent [45] are always to blame; the luggage had, in point of fact, behaved with perfect correctitude. \u0093I\u0092ve just telegraphed about it,\u0094 she added, with a nearer approach to truth. \u0093How provoking,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl; \u0093these [50] railway companies are so careless. However, my maid can lend you things for the night,\u0094 and she led the way to her car. During the drive to the Quabarl mansion Lady Carlotta was impressively introduced to the [55] nature of the charge that had been thrust upon her; she learned that Claude and Wilfrid were delicate, sensitive young people, that Irene had the artistic temperament highly developed, and that Viola was something or other else of a mould equally [60] commonplaces among children of that class and type in the twentieth century. \u0093I wish them not only to be TAUGHT,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl, \u0093but INTERESTED in what they learn. In their history lessons, for instance, you must try to [65] make them feel that they are being introduced to the life-stories of men and women who really lived, not merely committing a mass of names and dates to memory. French, of course, I shall expect you to talk at meal-times several days in the week.\u0094 [70] \u0093I shall talk French four days of the week and Russian in the remaining three.\u0094 \u0093Russian? My dear Miss Hope, no one in the house speaks or understands Russian.\u0094 \u0093That will not embarrass me in the least,\u0094 said [75] Lady Carlotta coldly. Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch. She was one of those imperfectly self-assured individuals who are magnificent and autocratic as long as they are not [80] seriously opposed. The least show of unexpected resistance goes a long way towards rendering them cowed and apologetic. When the new governess failed to express wondering admiration of the large newly-purchased and expensive car, and lightly [85] alluded to the superior advantages of one or two makes which had just been put on the market, the discomfiture of her patroness became almost abject. Her feelings were those which might have animated a general of ancient war faring days, on beholding his [90] heaviest battle-elephant ignominiously driven off the field by slingers and javelin throwers.", "textTwo": "7. The narrator indicates that Claude, Wilfrid, Irene, and Viola are", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:10:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:18:48" }, { "id": "355", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Saki, \u0093The\r\nSchartz-Metterklume Method.\u0094 Originally published in 1911.\r\n\r\nLady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length, to kill time till the Line train should be pleased to proceed on its way. Then, [5] in the roadway beyond, she saw a horse struggling with a more than ample load, and a carter of the sort that seems to bear a sullen hatred against the animal that helps him to earn a living. Lady Carlotta promptly betook her to the roadway, and put rather a [10] different complexion on the struggle. Certain of her acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being \u0093none of her business.\u0094 Only once had she put the [15] doctrine of non-interference into practice, when one of its most eloquent exponents had been besieged for nearly three hours in a small and extremely uncomfortable may-tree by an angry boar-pig, while Lady Carlotta, on the other side of the fence, had [20] proceeded with the watercolor sketch she was engaged on, and refused to interfere between the boar and his prisoner. It is to be feared that she lost the friendship of the ultimately rescued lady. On this occasion she merely lost the train, which gave way to [25] the first sign of impatience it had shown throughout the journey, and steamed off without her. She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference; her friends and relations were thoroughly well used to the fact of her luggage arriving without her. [30] She wired a vague non-committal message to her destination to say that she was coming on \u0093by another train.\u0094 Before she had time to think what her next move might be she was confronted by an imposingly attired lady, who seemed to be taking a [35] prolonged mental inventory of her clothes and looks. \u0093You must be Miss Hope, the governess I\u0092ve come to meet,\u0094 said the apparition, in a tone that admitted of very little argument. \u0093Very well, if I must I must,\u0094 said Lady Carlotta to [40] herself with dangerous meekness. \u0093I am Mrs. Quabarl,\u0094 continued the lady; \u0093and where, pray, is your luggage?\u0094 \u0093It\u0092s gone astray,\u0094 said the alleged governess, falling in with the excellent rule of life that the absent [45] are always to blame; the luggage had, in point of fact, behaved with perfect correctitude. \u0093I\u0092ve just telegraphed about it,\u0094 she added, with a nearer approach to truth. \u0093How provoking,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl; \u0093these [50] railway companies are so careless. However, my maid can lend you things for the night,\u0094 and she led the way to her car. During the drive to the Quabarl mansion Lady Carlotta was impressively introduced to the [55] nature of the charge that had been thrust upon her; she learned that Claude and Wilfrid were delicate, sensitive young people, that Irene had the artistic temperament highly developed, and that Viola was something or other else of a mould equally [60] commonplaces among children of that class and type in the twentieth century. \u0093I wish them not only to be TAUGHT,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl, \u0093but INTERESTED in what they learn. In their history lessons, for instance, you must try to [65] make them feel that they are being introduced to the life-stories of men and women who really lived, not merely committing a mass of names and dates to memory. French, of course, I shall expect you to talk at meal-times several days in the week.\u0094 [70] \u0093I shall talk French four days of the week and Russian in the remaining three.\u0094 \u0093Russian? My dear Miss Hope, no one in the house speaks or understands Russian.\u0094 \u0093That will not embarrass me in the least,\u0094 said [75] Lady Carlotta coldly. Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch. She was one of those imperfectly self-assured individuals who are magnificent and autocratic as long as they are not [80] seriously opposed. The least show of unexpected resistance goes a long way towards rendering them cowed and apologetic. When the new governess failed to express wondering admiration of the large newly-purchased and expensive car, and lightly [85] alluded to the superior advantages of one or two makes which had just been put on the market, the discomfiture of her patroness became almost abject. Her feelings were those which might have animated a general of ancient war faring days, on beholding his [90] heaviest battle-elephant ignominiously driven off the field by slingers and javelin throwers.", "textTwo": "8. The narrator implies that Mrs. Quabarl favors a form of education that emphasizes", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:11:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:22:25" }, { "id": "356", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Saki, \u0093The\r\nSchartz-Metterklume Method.\u0094 Originally published in 1911.\r\n\r\nLady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length, to kill time till the Line train should be pleased to proceed on its way. Then, [5] in the roadway beyond, she saw a horse struggling with a more than ample load, and a carter of the sort that seems to bear a sullen hatred against the animal that helps him to earn a living. Lady Carlotta promptly betook her to the roadway, and put rather a [10] different complexion on the struggle. Certain of her acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being \u0093none of her business.\u0094 Only once had she put the [15] doctrine of non-interference into practice, when one of its most eloquent exponents had been besieged for nearly three hours in a small and extremely uncomfortable may-tree by an angry boar-pig, while Lady Carlotta, on the other side of the fence, had [20] proceeded with the watercolor sketch she was engaged on, and refused to interfere between the boar and his prisoner. It is to be feared that she lost the friendship of the ultimately rescued lady. On this occasion she merely lost the train, which gave way to [25] the first sign of impatience it had shown throughout the journey, and steamed off without her. She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference; her friends and relations were thoroughly well used to the fact of her luggage arriving without her. [30] She wired a vague non-committal message to her destination to say that she was coming on \u0093by another train.\u0094 Before she had time to think what her next move might be she was confronted by an imposingly attired lady, who seemed to be taking a [35] prolonged mental inventory of her clothes and looks. \u0093You must be Miss Hope, the governess I\u0092ve come to meet,\u0094 said the apparition, in a tone that admitted of very little argument. \u0093Very well, if I must I must,\u0094 said Lady Carlotta to [40] herself with dangerous meekness. \u0093I am Mrs. Quabarl,\u0094 continued the lady; \u0093and where, pray, is your luggage?\u0094 \u0093It\u0092s gone astray,\u0094 said the alleged governess, falling in with the excellent rule of life that the absent [45] are always to blame; the luggage had, in point of fact, behaved with perfect correctitude. \u0093I\u0092ve just telegraphed about it,\u0094 she added, with a nearer approach to truth. \u0093How provoking,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl; \u0093these [50] railway companies are so careless. However, my maid can lend you things for the night,\u0094 and she led the way to her car. During the drive to the Quabarl mansion Lady Carlotta was impressively introduced to the [55] nature of the charge that had been thrust upon her; she learned that Claude and Wilfrid were delicate, sensitive young people, that Irene had the artistic temperament highly developed, and that Viola was something or other else of a mould equally [60] commonplaces among children of that class and type in the twentieth century. \u0093I wish them not only to be TAUGHT,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl, \u0093but INTERESTED in what they learn. In their history lessons, for instance, you must try to [65] make them feel that they are being introduced to the life-stories of men and women who really lived, not merely committing a mass of names and dates to memory. French, of course, I shall expect you to talk at meal-times several days in the week.\u0094 [70] \u0093I shall talk French four days of the week and Russian in the remaining three.\u0094 \u0093Russian? My dear Miss Hope, no one in the house speaks or understands Russian.\u0094 \u0093That will not embarrass me in the least,\u0094 said [75] Lady Carlotta coldly. Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch. She was one of those imperfectly self-assured individuals who are magnificent and autocratic as long as they are not [80] seriously opposed. The least show of unexpected resistance goes a long way towards rendering them cowed and apologetic. When the new governess failed to express wondering admiration of the large newly-purchased and expensive car, and lightly [85] alluded to the superior advantages of one or two makes which had just been put on the market, the discomfiture of her patroness became almost abject. Her feelings were those which might have animated a general of ancient war faring days, on beholding his [90] heaviest battle-elephant ignominiously driven off the field by slingers and javelin throwers.", "textTwo": "9. As presented in the passage, Mrs. Quabarl is best described as", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:13:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:23:48" }, { "id": "357", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Saki, \u0093The\r\nSchartz-Metterklume Method.\u0094 Originally published in 1911.\r\n\r\nLady Carlotta stepped out on to the platform of the small wayside station and took a turn or two up and down its uninteresting length, to kill time till the Line train should be pleased to proceed on its way. Then, [5] in the roadway beyond, she saw a horse struggling with a more than ample load, and a carter of the sort that seems to bear a sullen hatred against the animal that helps him to earn a living. Lady Carlotta promptly betook her to the roadway, and put rather a [10] different complexion on the struggle. Certain of her acquaintances were wont to give her plentiful admonition as to the undesirability of interfering on behalf of a distressed animal, such interference being \u0093none of her business.\u0094 Only once had she put the [15] doctrine of non-interference into practice, when one of its most eloquent exponents had been besieged for nearly three hours in a small and extremely uncomfortable may-tree by an angry boar-pig, while Lady Carlotta, on the other side of the fence, had [20] proceeded with the watercolor sketch she was engaged on, and refused to interfere between the boar and his prisoner. It is to be feared that she lost the friendship of the ultimately rescued lady. On this occasion she merely lost the train, which gave way to [25] the first sign of impatience it had shown throughout the journey, and steamed off without her. She bore the desertion with philosophical indifference; her friends and relations were thoroughly well used to the fact of her luggage arriving without her. [30] She wired a vague non-committal message to her destination to say that she was coming on \u0093by another train.\u0094 Before she had time to think what her next move might be she was confronted by an imposingly attired lady, who seemed to be taking a [35] prolonged mental inventory of her clothes and looks. \u0093You must be Miss Hope, the governess I\u0092ve come to meet,\u0094 said the apparition, in a tone that admitted of very little argument. \u0093Very well, if I must I must,\u0094 said Lady Carlotta to [40] herself with dangerous meekness. \u0093I am Mrs. Quabarl,\u0094 continued the lady; \u0093and where, pray, is your luggage?\u0094 \u0093It\u0092s gone astray,\u0094 said the alleged governess, falling in with the excellent rule of life that the absent [45] are always to blame; the luggage had, in point of fact, behaved with perfect correctitude. \u0093I\u0092ve just telegraphed about it,\u0094 she added, with a nearer approach to truth. \u0093How provoking,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl; \u0093these [50] railway companies are so careless. However, my maid can lend you things for the night,\u0094 and she led the way to her car. During the drive to the Quabarl mansion Lady Carlotta was impressively introduced to the [55] nature of the charge that had been thrust upon her; she learned that Claude and Wilfrid were delicate, sensitive young people, that Irene had the artistic temperament highly developed, and that Viola was something or other else of a mould equally [60] commonplaces among children of that class and type in the twentieth century. \u0093I wish them not only to be TAUGHT,\u0094 said Mrs. Quabarl, \u0093but INTERESTED in what they learn. In their history lessons, for instance, you must try to [65] make them feel that they are being introduced to the life-stories of men and women who really lived, not merely committing a mass of names and dates to memory. French, of course, I shall expect you to talk at meal-times several days in the week.\u0094 [70] \u0093I shall talk French four days of the week and Russian in the remaining three.\u0094 \u0093Russian? My dear Miss Hope, no one in the house speaks or understands Russian.\u0094 \u0093That will not embarrass me in the least,\u0094 said [75] Lady Carlotta coldly. Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch. She was one of those imperfectly self-assured individuals who are magnificent and autocratic as long as they are not [80] seriously opposed. The least show of unexpected resistance goes a long way towards rendering them cowed and apologetic. When the new governess failed to express wondering admiration of the large newly-purchased and expensive car, and lightly [85] alluded to the superior advantages of one or two makes which had just been put on the market, the discomfiture of her patroness became almost abject. Her feelings were those which might have animated a general of ancient war faring days, on beholding his [90] heaviest battle-elephant ignominiously driven off the field by slingers and javelin throwers.", "textTwo": "10. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:14:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:25:08" }, { "id": "358", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Taras Grescoe, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. \u00a92012 by Taras Grescoe.\r\n\r\n\r\nThough there are 600 million cars on the planet, and counting, there are also seven billion people, which means that for the vast majority of us getting {Line} around involves taking buses, ferryboats, commuter\r\n[5] trains, streetcars, and subways. In other words, traveling to work, school, or the market means being a straphanger: somebody who, by choice or necessity, relies on public transport, rather than a privately owned automobile. [10] Half the population of New York, Toronto, and London do not own cars. Public transport is how most of the people of Asia and Africa, the world\u0092s most populous continents, travel. Every day, subway systems carry 155 million passengers, thirty-four [15] times the number carried by all the world\u0092s airplanes, and the global public transport market is now valued at $428 billion annually. A century and a half after the invention of the internal combustion engine, private car ownership is still an anomaly. [20] And yet public transportation, in many minds, is the opposite of glamour\u0097a squalid last resort for those with one too many impaired driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. In much of North [25] America, they are right: taking transit is a depressing experience. Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, [30] knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained, and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn\u0092t drive? Hopping in a car almost always gets you to your destination more quickly. [35] It doesn\u0092t have to be like this. Done right, public transport can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile. In Shanghai, German-made magnetic levitation trains skim over elevated tracks at 266 miles an hour, whisking people [40] to the airport at a third of the speed of sound. In provincial French towns, electric-powered streetcars run silently on rubber tires, sliding through narrow streets along a single guide rail set into cobblestones. From Spain to Sweden, Wi-Fi equipped high-speed [45] trains seamlessly connect with highly ramified metro networks, allowing commuters to work on laptops as they prepare for same-day meetings in once distant capital cities. In Latin America, China, and India, working people board fast-loading buses that move [50] like subway trains along dedicated busways, leaving the sedans and SUVs of the rich mired in dawn-to-dusk traffic jams. And some cities have transformed their streets into cycle-path freeways, making giant strides in public health and safety and [55] the sheer livability of their neighborhoods\u0097in the process turning the workaday bicycle into a viable form of mass transit. If you credit the demographers, this transit trend has legs. The \u0093Millennials,\u0094 who reached adulthood [60] around the turn of the century and now outnumber baby boomers, tend to favor cities over suburbs, and are far more willing than their parents to ride buses and subways. Part of the reason is their ease with iPads, MP3 players, Kindles, and smartphones: you [65] can get some serious texting done when you\u0092re not driving, and earbuds offer effective insulation from all but the most extreme commuting annoyances. Even though there are more teenagers in the country than ever, only ten million have a driver\u0092s license [70] (versus twelve million a generation ago). Baby boomers may have been raised in Leave It to Beaver suburbs, but as they retire, a significant contingent is favoring older cities and compact towns where they have the option of walking and riding bikes. Seniors, [75] too, are more likely to use transit, and by 2025, there will be 64 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. Already, dwellings in older neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Denver, especially those near light-rail or subway stations, are [80] commanding enormous price premiums over suburban homes. The experience of European and Asian cities shows that if you make buses, subways, and trains convenient, comfortable, fast, and safe, a surprisingly large percentage of citizens will opt to [85] ride rather than drive.", "textTwo": "11. What function does the third paragraph (lines 20-34) serve in the passage as a whole?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d263b06040d2d4234212c97fab524456ae397e0d.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:19:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:27:01" }, { "id": "359", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Taras Grescoe, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. \u00a92012 by Taras Grescoe.\r\n\r\n\r\nThough there are 600 million cars on the planet, and counting, there are also seven billion people, which means that for the vast majority of us getting {Line} around involves taking buses, ferryboats, commuter\r\n[5] trains, streetcars, and subways. In other words, traveling to work, school, or the market means being a straphanger: somebody who, by choice or necessity, relies on public transport, rather than a privately owned automobile. [10] Half the population of New York, Toronto, and London do not own cars. Public transport is how most of the people of Asia and Africa, the world\u0092s most populous continents, travel. Every day, subway systems carry 155 million passengers, thirty-four [15] times the number carried by all the world\u0092s airplanes, and the global public transport market is now valued at $428 billion annually. A century and a half after the invention of the internal combustion engine, private car ownership is still an anomaly. [20] And yet public transportation, in many minds, is the opposite of glamour\u0097a squalid last resort for those with one too many impaired driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. In much of North [25] America, they are right: taking transit is a depressing experience. Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, [30] knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained, and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn\u0092t drive? Hopping in a car almost always gets you to your destination more quickly. [35] It doesn\u0092t have to be like this. Done right, public transport can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile. In Shanghai, German-made magnetic levitation trains skim over elevated tracks at 266 miles an hour, whisking people [40] to the airport at a third of the speed of sound. In provincial French towns, electric-powered streetcars run silently on rubber tires, sliding through narrow streets along a single guide rail set into cobblestones. From Spain to Sweden, Wi-Fi equipped high-speed [45] trains seamlessly connect with highly ramified metro networks, allowing commuters to work on laptops as they prepare for same-day meetings in once distant capital cities. In Latin America, China, and India, working people board fast-loading buses that move [50] like subway trains along dedicated busways, leaving the sedans and SUVs of the rich mired in dawn-to-dusk traffic jams. And some cities have transformed their streets into cycle-path freeways, making giant strides in public health and safety and [55] the sheer livability of their neighborhoods\u0097in the process turning the workaday bicycle into a viable form of mass transit. If you credit the demographers, this transit trend has legs. The \u0093Millennials,\u0094 who reached adulthood [60] around the turn of the century and now outnumber baby boomers, tend to favor cities over suburbs, and are far more willing than their parents to ride buses and subways. Part of the reason is their ease with iPads, MP3 players, Kindles, and smartphones: you [65] can get some serious texting done when you\u0092re not driving, and earbuds offer effective insulation from all but the most extreme commuting annoyances. Even though there are more teenagers in the country than ever, only ten million have a driver\u0092s license [70] (versus twelve million a generation ago). Baby boomers may have been raised in Leave It to Beaver suburbs, but as they retire, a significant contingent is favoring older cities and compact towns where they have the option of walking and riding bikes. Seniors, [75] too, are more likely to use transit, and by 2025, there will be 64 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. Already, dwellings in older neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Denver, especially those near light-rail or subway stations, are [80] commanding enormous price premiums over suburban homes. The experience of European and Asian cities shows that if you make buses, subways, and trains convenient, comfortable, fast, and safe, a surprisingly large percentage of citizens will opt to [85] ride rather than drive.", "textTwo": "12. Which choice does the author explicitly cite as an advantage of automobile travel in North America?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/40636798f4baa4f968d6c67e1d59a41f63191264.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:22:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:38:49" }, { "id": "360", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Taras Grescoe, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. \u00a92012 by Taras Grescoe.\r\n\r\n\r\nThough there are 600 million cars on the planet, and counting, there are also seven billion people, which means that for the vast majority of us getting {Line} around involves taking buses, ferryboats, commuter\r\n[5] trains, streetcars, and subways. In other words, traveling to work, school, or the market means being a straphanger: somebody who, by choice or necessity, relies on public transport, rather than a privately owned automobile. [10] Half the population of New York, Toronto, and London do not own cars. Public transport is how most of the people of Asia and Africa, the world\u0092s most populous continents, travel. Every day, subway systems carry 155 million passengers, thirty-four [15] times the number carried by all the world\u0092s airplanes, and the global public transport market is now valued at $428 billion annually. A century and a half after the invention of the internal combustion engine, private car ownership is still an anomaly. [20] And yet public transportation, in many minds, is the opposite of glamour\u0097a squalid last resort for those with one too many impaired driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. In much of North [25] America, they are right: taking transit is a depressing experience. Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, [30] knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained, and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn\u0092t drive? Hopping in a car almost always gets you to your destination more quickly. [35] It doesn\u0092t have to be like this. Done right, public transport can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile. In Shanghai, German-made magnetic levitation trains skim over elevated tracks at 266 miles an hour, whisking people [40] to the airport at a third of the speed of sound. In provincial French towns, electric-powered streetcars run silently on rubber tires, sliding through narrow streets along a single guide rail set into cobblestones. From Spain to Sweden, Wi-Fi equipped high-speed [45] trains seamlessly connect with highly ramified metro networks, allowing commuters to work on laptops as they prepare for same-day meetings in once distant capital cities. In Latin America, China, and India, working people board fast-loading buses that move [50] like subway trains along dedicated busways, leaving the sedans and SUVs of the rich mired in dawn-to-dusk traffic jams. And some cities have transformed their streets into cycle-path freeways, making giant strides in public health and safety and [55] the sheer livability of their neighborhoods\u0097in the process turning the workaday bicycle into a viable form of mass transit. If you credit the demographers, this transit trend has legs. The \u0093Millennials,\u0094 who reached adulthood [60] around the turn of the century and now outnumber baby boomers, tend to favor cities over suburbs, and are far more willing than their parents to ride buses and subways. Part of the reason is their ease with iPads, MP3 players, Kindles, and smartphones: you [65] can get some serious texting done when you\u0092re not driving, and earbuds offer effective insulation from all but the most extreme commuting annoyances. Even though there are more teenagers in the country than ever, only ten million have a driver\u0092s license [70] (versus twelve million a generation ago). Baby boomers may have been raised in Leave It to Beaver suburbs, but as they retire, a significant contingent is favoring older cities and compact towns where they have the option of walking and riding bikes. Seniors, [75] too, are more likely to use transit, and by 2025, there will be 64 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. Already, dwellings in older neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Denver, especially those near light-rail or subway stations, are [80] commanding enormous price premiums over suburban homes. The experience of European and Asian cities shows that if you make buses, subways, and trains convenient, comfortable, fast, and safe, a surprisingly large percentage of citizens will opt to [85] ride rather than drive.", "textTwo": "13. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9e753ef6d40d5cacc0fdad019e155dfe2ab31c3d.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:24:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:39:20" }, { "id": "361", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Taras Grescoe, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. \u00a92012 by Taras Grescoe.\r\n\r\n\r\nThough there are 600 million cars on the planet, and counting, there are also seven billion people, which means that for the vast majority of us getting {Line} around involves taking buses, ferryboats, commuter\r\n[5] trains, streetcars, and subways. In other words, traveling to work, school, or the market means being a straphanger: somebody who, by choice or necessity, relies on public transport, rather than a privately owned automobile. [10] Half the population of New York, Toronto, and London do not own cars. Public transport is how most of the people of Asia and Africa, the world\u0092s most populous continents, travel. Every day, subway systems carry 155 million passengers, thirty-four [15] times the number carried by all the world\u0092s airplanes, and the global public transport market is now valued at $428 billion annually. A century and a half after the invention of the internal combustion engine, private car ownership is still an anomaly. [20] And yet public transportation, in many minds, is the opposite of glamour\u0097a squalid last resort for those with one too many impaired driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. In much of North [25] America, they are right: taking transit is a depressing experience. Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, [30] knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained, and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn\u0092t drive? Hopping in a car almost always gets you to your destination more quickly. [35] It doesn\u0092t have to be like this. Done right, public transport can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile. In Shanghai, German-made magnetic levitation trains skim over elevated tracks at 266 miles an hour, whisking people [40] to the airport at a third of the speed of sound. In provincial French towns, electric-powered streetcars run silently on rubber tires, sliding through narrow streets along a single guide rail set into cobblestones. From Spain to Sweden, Wi-Fi equipped high-speed [45] trains seamlessly connect with highly ramified metro networks, allowing commuters to work on laptops as they prepare for same-day meetings in once distant capital cities. In Latin America, China, and India, working people board fast-loading buses that move [50] like subway trains along dedicated busways, leaving the sedans and SUVs of the rich mired in dawn-to-dusk traffic jams. And some cities have transformed their streets into cycle-path freeways, making giant strides in public health and safety and [55] the sheer livability of their neighborhoods\u0097in the process turning the workaday bicycle into a viable form of mass transit. If you credit the demographers, this transit trend has legs. The \u0093Millennials,\u0094 who reached adulthood [60] around the turn of the century and now outnumber baby boomers, tend to favor cities over suburbs, and are far more willing than their parents to ride buses and subways. Part of the reason is their ease with iPads, MP3 players, Kindles, and smartphones: you [65] can get some serious texting done when you\u0092re not driving, and earbuds offer effective insulation from all but the most extreme commuting annoyances. Even though there are more teenagers in the country than ever, only ten million have a driver\u0092s license [70] (versus twelve million a generation ago). Baby boomers may have been raised in Leave It to Beaver suburbs, but as they retire, a significant contingent is favoring older cities and compact towns where they have the option of walking and riding bikes. Seniors, [75] too, are more likely to use transit, and by 2025, there will be 64 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. Already, dwellings in older neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Denver, especially those near light-rail or subway stations, are [80] commanding enormous price premiums over suburban homes. The experience of European and Asian cities shows that if you make buses, subways, and trains convenient, comfortable, fast, and safe, a surprisingly large percentage of citizens will opt to [85] ride rather than drive.", "textTwo": "14. The central idea of the fourth paragraph (lines 35-57) is that", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/30be102e904c272d64217192db818a3fae19d22f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:26:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:40:01" }, { "id": "362", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Taras Grescoe, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. \u00a92012 by Taras Grescoe.\r\n\r\n\r\nThough there are 600 million cars on the planet, and counting, there are also seven billion people, which means that for the vast majority of us getting {Line} around involves taking buses, ferryboats, commuter\r\n[5] trains, streetcars, and subways. In other words, traveling to work, school, or the market means being a straphanger: somebody who, by choice or necessity, relies on public transport, rather than a privately owned automobile. [10] Half the population of New York, Toronto, and London do not own cars. Public transport is how most of the people of Asia and Africa, the world\u0092s most populous continents, travel. Every day, subway systems carry 155 million passengers, thirty-four [15] times the number carried by all the world\u0092s airplanes, and the global public transport market is now valued at $428 billion annually. A century and a half after the invention of the internal combustion engine, private car ownership is still an anomaly. [20] And yet public transportation, in many minds, is the opposite of glamour\u0097a squalid last resort for those with one too many impaired driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. In much of North [25] America, they are right: taking transit is a depressing experience. Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, [30] knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained, and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn\u0092t drive? Hopping in a car almost always gets you to your destination more quickly. [35] It doesn\u0092t have to be like this. Done right, public transport can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile. In Shanghai, German-made magnetic levitation trains skim over elevated tracks at 266 miles an hour, whisking people [40] to the airport at a third of the speed of sound. In provincial French towns, electric-powered streetcars run silently on rubber tires, sliding through narrow streets along a single guide rail set into cobblestones. From Spain to Sweden, Wi-Fi equipped high-speed [45] trains seamlessly connect with highly ramified metro networks, allowing commuters to work on laptops as they prepare for same-day meetings in once distant capital cities. In Latin America, China, and India, working people board fast-loading buses that move [50] like subway trains along dedicated busways, leaving the sedans and SUVs of the rich mired in dawn-to-dusk traffic jams. And some cities have transformed their streets into cycle-path freeways, making giant strides in public health and safety and [55] the sheer livability of their neighborhoods\u0097in the process turning the workaday bicycle into a viable form of mass transit. If you credit the demographers, this transit trend has legs. The \u0093Millennials,\u0094 who reached adulthood [60] around the turn of the century and now outnumber baby boomers, tend to favor cities over suburbs, and are far more willing than their parents to ride buses and subways. Part of the reason is their ease with iPads, MP3 players, Kindles, and smartphones: you [65] can get some serious texting done when you\u0092re not driving, and earbuds offer effective insulation from all but the most extreme commuting annoyances. Even though there are more teenagers in the country than ever, only ten million have a driver\u0092s license [70] (versus twelve million a generation ago). Baby boomers may have been raised in Leave It to Beaver suburbs, but as they retire, a significant contingent is favoring older cities and compact towns where they have the option of walking and riding bikes. Seniors, [75] too, are more likely to use transit, and by 2025, there will be 64 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. Already, dwellings in older neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Denver, especially those near light-rail or subway stations, are [80] commanding enormous price premiums over suburban homes. The experience of European and Asian cities shows that if you make buses, subways, and trains convenient, comfortable, fast, and safe, a surprisingly large percentage of citizens will opt to [85] ride rather than drive.", "textTwo": "15. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c4fee22906e87fdb02778cfd1f4af45e39b92aeb.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:29:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:40:49" }, { "id": "363", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Taras Grescoe, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. \u00a92012 by Taras Grescoe.\r\n\r\n\r\nThough there are 600 million cars on the planet, and counting, there are also seven billion people, which means that for the vast majority of us getting {Line} around involves taking buses, ferryboats, commuter\r\n[5] trains, streetcars, and subways. In other words, traveling to work, school, or the market means being a straphanger: somebody who, by choice or necessity, relies on public transport, rather than a privately owned automobile. [10] Half the population of New York, Toronto, and London do not own cars. Public transport is how most of the people of Asia and Africa, the world\u0092s most populous continents, travel. Every day, subway systems carry 155 million passengers, thirty-four [15] times the number carried by all the world\u0092s airplanes, and the global public transport market is now valued at $428 billion annually. A century and a half after the invention of the internal combustion engine, private car ownership is still an anomaly. [20] And yet public transportation, in many minds, is the opposite of glamour\u0097a squalid last resort for those with one too many impaired driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. In much of North [25] America, they are right: taking transit is a depressing experience. Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, [30] knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained, and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn\u0092t drive? Hopping in a car almost always gets you to your destination more quickly. [35] It doesn\u0092t have to be like this. Done right, public transport can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile. In Shanghai, German-made magnetic levitation trains skim over elevated tracks at 266 miles an hour, whisking people [40] to the airport at a third of the speed of sound. In provincial French towns, electric-powered streetcars run silently on rubber tires, sliding through narrow streets along a single guide rail set into cobblestones. From Spain to Sweden, Wi-Fi equipped high-speed [45] trains seamlessly connect with highly ramified metro networks, allowing commuters to work on laptops as they prepare for same-day meetings in once distant capital cities. In Latin America, China, and India, working people board fast-loading buses that move [50] like subway trains along dedicated busways, leaving the sedans and SUVs of the rich mired in dawn-to-dusk traffic jams. And some cities have transformed their streets into cycle-path freeways, making giant strides in public health and safety and [55] the sheer livability of their neighborhoods\u0097in the process turning the workaday bicycle into a viable form of mass transit. If you credit the demographers, this transit trend has legs. The \u0093Millennials,\u0094 who reached adulthood [60] around the turn of the century and now outnumber baby boomers, tend to favor cities over suburbs, and are far more willing than their parents to ride buses and subways. Part of the reason is their ease with iPads, MP3 players, Kindles, and smartphones: you [65] can get some serious texting done when you\u0092re not driving, and earbuds offer effective insulation from all but the most extreme commuting annoyances. Even though there are more teenagers in the country than ever, only ten million have a driver\u0092s license [70] (versus twelve million a generation ago). Baby boomers may have been raised in Leave It to Beaver suburbs, but as they retire, a significant contingent is favoring older cities and compact towns where they have the option of walking and riding bikes. Seniors, [75] too, are more likely to use transit, and by 2025, there will be 64 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. Already, dwellings in older neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Denver, especially those near light-rail or subway stations, are [80] commanding enormous price premiums over suburban homes. The experience of European and Asian cities shows that if you make buses, subways, and trains convenient, comfortable, fast, and safe, a surprisingly large percentage of citizens will opt to [85] ride rather than drive.", "textTwo": "16. As used in line 58, \u0093credit\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9bae36c67812d5f29406e1b6cbf6e463cc07273e.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:30:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:41:33" }, { "id": "364", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Taras Grescoe, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. \u00a92012 by Taras Grescoe.\r\n\r\n\r\nThough there are 600 million cars on the planet, and counting, there are also seven billion people, which means that for the vast majority of us getting {Line} around involves taking buses, ferryboats, commuter\r\n[5] trains, streetcars, and subways. In other words, traveling to work, school, or the market means being a straphanger: somebody who, by choice or necessity, relies on public transport, rather than a privately owned automobile. [10] Half the population of New York, Toronto, and London do not own cars. Public transport is how most of the people of Asia and Africa, the world\u0092s most populous continents, travel. Every day, subway systems carry 155 million passengers, thirty-four [15] times the number carried by all the world\u0092s airplanes, and the global public transport market is now valued at $428 billion annually. A century and a half after the invention of the internal combustion engine, private car ownership is still an anomaly. [20] And yet public transportation, in many minds, is the opposite of glamour\u0097a squalid last resort for those with one too many impaired driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. In much of North [25] America, they are right: taking transit is a depressing experience. Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, [30] knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained, and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn\u0092t drive? Hopping in a car almost always gets you to your destination more quickly. [35] It doesn\u0092t have to be like this. Done right, public transport can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile. In Shanghai, German-made magnetic levitation trains skim over elevated tracks at 266 miles an hour, whisking people [40] to the airport at a third of the speed of sound. In provincial French towns, electric-powered streetcars run silently on rubber tires, sliding through narrow streets along a single guide rail set into cobblestones. From Spain to Sweden, Wi-Fi equipped high-speed [45] trains seamlessly connect with highly ramified metro networks, allowing commuters to work on laptops as they prepare for same-day meetings in once distant capital cities. In Latin America, China, and India, working people board fast-loading buses that move [50] like subway trains along dedicated busways, leaving the sedans and SUVs of the rich mired in dawn-to-dusk traffic jams. And some cities have transformed their streets into cycle-path freeways, making giant strides in public health and safety and [55] the sheer livability of their neighborhoods\u0097in the process turning the workaday bicycle into a viable form of mass transit. If you credit the demographers, this transit trend has legs. The \u0093Millennials,\u0094 who reached adulthood [60] around the turn of the century and now outnumber baby boomers, tend to favor cities over suburbs, and are far more willing than their parents to ride buses and subways. Part of the reason is their ease with iPads, MP3 players, Kindles, and smartphones: you [65] can get some serious texting done when you\u0092re not driving, and earbuds offer effective insulation from all but the most extreme commuting annoyances. Even though there are more teenagers in the country than ever, only ten million have a driver\u0092s license [70] (versus twelve million a generation ago). Baby boomers may have been raised in Leave It to Beaver suburbs, but as they retire, a significant contingent is favoring older cities and compact towns where they have the option of walking and riding bikes. Seniors, [75] too, are more likely to use transit, and by 2025, there will be 64 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. Already, dwellings in older neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Denver, especially those near light-rail or subway stations, are [80] commanding enormous price premiums over suburban homes. The experience of European and Asian cities shows that if you make buses, subways, and trains convenient, comfortable, fast, and safe, a surprisingly large percentage of citizens will opt to [85] ride rather than drive.", "textTwo": "17. As used in line 61, \u0093favor\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/85abfa6114d34f95df42f85fc5973c181729df63.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:32:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:43:25" }, { "id": "365", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Taras Grescoe, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. \u00a92012 by Taras Grescoe.\r\n\r\nThough there are 600 million cars on the planet, and counting, there are also seven billion people, which means that for the vast majority of us getting {Line} around involves taking buses, ferryboats, commuter [5] trains, streetcars, and subways. In other words, traveling to work, school, or the market means being a straphanger: somebody who, by choice or necessity, relies on public transport, rather than a privately owned automobile. [10] Half the population of New York, Toronto, and London do not own cars. Public transport is how most of the people of Asia and Africa, the world\u0092s most populous continents, travel. Every day, subway systems carry 155 million passengers, thirty-four [15] times the number carried by all the world\u0092s airplanes, and the global public transport market is now valued at $428 billion annually. A century and a half after the invention of the internal combustion engine, private car ownership is still an anomaly. [20] And yet public transportation, in many minds, is the opposite of glamour\u0097a squalid last resort for those with one too many impaired driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. In much of North [25] America, they are right: taking transit is a depressing experience. Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, [30] knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained, and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn\u0092t drive? Hopping in a car almost always gets you to your destination more quickly. [35] It doesn\u0092t have to be like this. Done right, public transport can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile. In Shanghai, German-made magnetic levitation trains skim over elevated tracks at 266 miles an hour, whisking people [40] to the airport at a third of the speed of sound. In provincial French towns, electric-powered streetcars run silently on rubber tires, sliding through narrow streets along a single guide rail set into cobblestones. From Spain to Sweden, Wi-Fi equipped high-speed [45] trains seamlessly connect with highly ramified metro networks, allowing commuters to work on laptops as they prepare for same-day meetings in once distant capital cities. In Latin America, China, and India, working people board fast-loading buses that move [50] like subway trains along dedicated busways, leaving the sedans and SUVs of the rich mired in dawn-to-dusk traffic jams. And some cities have transformed their streets into cycle-path freeways, making giant strides in public health and safety and [55] the sheer livability of their neighborhoods\u0097in the process turning the workaday bicycle into a viable form of mass transit. If you credit the demographers, this transit trend has legs. The \u0093Millennials,\u0094 who reached adulthood [60] around the turn of the century and now outnumber baby boomers, tend to favor cities over suburbs, and are far more willing than their parents to ride buses and subways. Part of the reason is their ease with iPads, MP3 players, Kindles, and smartphones: you [65] can get some serious texting done when you\u0092re not driving, and earbuds offer effective insulation from all but the most extreme commuting annoyances. Even though there are more teenagers in the country than ever, only ten million have a driver\u0092s license [70] (versus twelve million a generation ago). Baby boomers may have been raised in Leave It to Beaver suburbs, but as they retire, a significant contingent is favoring older cities and compact towns where they have the option of walking and riding bikes. Seniors, [75] too, are more likely to use transit, and by 2025, there will be 64 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. Already, dwellings in older neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Denver, especially those near light-rail or subway stations, are [80] commanding enormous price premiums over suburban homes. The experience of European and Asian cities shows that if you make buses, subways, and trains convenient, comfortable, fast, and safe, a surprisingly large percentage of citizens will opt to [85] ride rather than drive.", "textTwo": "18. Which choice best supports the conclusion that public transportation is compatible with the use of personal electronic devices?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f8a93a1b5695045cfa9de6406a8f8678e0af25ca.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:35:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:44:36" }, { "id": "366", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Taras Grescoe, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. \u00a92012 by Taras Grescoe. \r\n\r\nThough there are 600 million cars on the planet, and counting, there are also seven billion people, which means that for the vast majority of us getting {Line} around involves taking buses, ferryboats, commuter [5] trains, streetcars, and subways. In other words, traveling to work, school, or the market means being a straphanger: somebody who, by choice or necessity, relies on public transport, rather than a privately owned automobile. [10] Half the population of New York, Toronto, and London do not own cars. Public transport is how most of the people of Asia and Africa, the world\u0092s most populous continents, travel. Every day, subway systems carry 155 million passengers, thirty-four [15] times the number carried by all the world\u0092s airplanes, and the global public transport market is now valued at $428 billion annually. A century and a half after the invention of the internal combustion engine, private car ownership is still an anomaly. [20] And yet public transportation, in many minds, is the opposite of glamour\u0097a squalid last resort for those with one too many impaired driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. In much of North [25] America, they are right: taking transit is a depressing experience. Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, [30] knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained, and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn\u0092t drive? Hopping in a car almost always gets you to your destination more quickly. [35] It doesn\u0092t have to be like this. Done right, public transport can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile. In Shanghai, German-made magnetic levitation trains skim over elevated tracks at 266 miles an hour, whisking people [40] to the airport at a third of the speed of sound. In provincial French towns, electric-powered streetcars run silently on rubber tires, sliding through narrow streets along a single guide rail set into cobblestones. From Spain to Sweden, Wi-Fi equipped high-speed [45] trains seamlessly connect with highly ramified metro networks, allowing commuters to work on laptops as they prepare for same-day meetings in once distant capital cities. In Latin America, China, and India, working people board fast-loading buses that move [50] like subway trains along dedicated busways, leaving the sedans and SUVs of the rich mired in dawn-to-dusk traffic jams. And some cities have transformed their streets into cycle-path freeways, making giant strides in public health and safety and [55] the sheer livability of their neighborhoods\u0097in the process turning the workaday bicycle into a viable form of mass transit. If you credit the demographers, this transit trend has legs. The \u0093Millennials,\u0094 who reached adulthood [60] around the turn of the century and now outnumber baby boomers, tend to favor cities over suburbs, and are far more willing than their parents to ride buses and subways. Part of the reason is their ease with iPads, MP3 players, Kindles, and smartphones: you [65] can get some serious texting done when you\u0092re not driving, and earbuds offer effective insulation from all but the most extreme commuting annoyances. Even though there are more teenagers in the country than ever, only ten million have a driver\u0092s license [70] (versus twelve million a generation ago). Baby boomers may have been raised in Leave It to Beaver suburbs, but as they retire, a significant contingent is favoring older cities and compact towns where they have the option of walking and riding bikes. Seniors, [75] too, are more likely to use transit, and by 2025, there will be 64 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. Already, dwellings in older neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Denver, especially those near light-rail or subway stations, are [80] commanding enormous price premiums over suburban homes. The experience of European and Asian cities shows that if you make buses, subways, and trains convenient, comfortable, fast, and safe, a surprisingly large percentage of citizens will opt to [85] ride rather than drive.", "textTwo": "19. Which choice is supported by the data in the first figure?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b99b234bc373ad6cfc7edb141100862c9f65ac7c.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:37:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:47:29" }, { "id": "367", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Taras Grescoe, Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. \u00a92012 by Taras Grescoe. \r\n\r\nThough there are 600 million cars on the planet, and counting, there are also seven billion people, which means that for the vast majority of us getting {Line} around involves taking buses, ferryboats, commuter [5] trains, streetcars, and subways. In other words, traveling to work, school, or the market means being a straphanger: somebody who, by choice or necessity, relies on public transport, rather than a privately owned automobile. [10] Half the population of New York, Toronto, and London do not own cars. Public transport is how most of the people of Asia and Africa, the world\u0092s most populous continents, travel. Every day, subway systems carry 155 million passengers, thirty-four [15] times the number carried by all the world\u0092s airplanes, and the global public transport market is now valued at $428 billion annually. A century and a half after the invention of the internal combustion engine, private car ownership is still an anomaly. [20] And yet public transportation, in many minds, is the opposite of glamour\u0097a squalid last resort for those with one too many impaired driving charges, too poor to afford insurance, or too decrepit to get behind the wheel of a car. In much of North [25] America, they are right: taking transit is a depressing experience. Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, [30] knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained, and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn\u0092t drive? Hopping in a car almost always gets you to your destination more quickly. [35] It doesn\u0092t have to be like this. Done right, public transport can be faster, more comfortable, and cheaper than the private automobile. In Shanghai, German-made magnetic levitation trains skim over elevated tracks at 266 miles an hour, whisking people [40] to the airport at a third of the speed of sound. In provincial French towns, electric-powered streetcars run silently on rubber tires, sliding through narrow streets along a single guide rail set into cobblestones. From Spain to Sweden, Wi-Fi equipped high-speed [45] trains seamlessly connect with highly ramified metro networks, allowing commuters to work on laptops as they prepare for same-day meetings in once distant capital cities. In Latin America, China, and India, working people board fast-loading buses that move [50] like subway trains along dedicated busways, leaving the sedans and SUVs of the rich mired in dawn-to-dusk traffic jams. And some cities have transformed their streets into cycle-path freeways, making giant strides in public health and safety and [55] the sheer livability of their neighborhoods\u0097in the process turning the workaday bicycle into a viable form of mass transit. If you credit the demographers, this transit trend has legs. The \u0093Millennials,\u0094 who reached adulthood [60] around the turn of the century and now outnumber baby boomers, tend to favor cities over suburbs, and are far more willing than their parents to ride buses and subways. Part of the reason is their ease with iPads, MP3 players, Kindles, and smartphones: you [65] can get some serious texting done when you\u0092re not driving, and earbuds offer effective insulation from all but the most extreme commuting annoyances. Even though there are more teenagers in the country than ever, only ten million have a driver\u0092s license [70] (versus twelve million a generation ago). Baby boomers may have been raised in Leave It to Beaver suburbs, but as they retire, a significant contingent is favoring older cities and compact towns where they have the option of walking and riding bikes. Seniors, [75] too, are more likely to use transit, and by 2025, there will be 64 million Americans over the age of sixty-five. Already, dwellings in older neighborhoods in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Denver, especially those near light-rail or subway stations, are [80] commanding enormous price premiums over suburban homes. The experience of European and Asian cities shows that if you make buses, subways, and trains convenient, comfortable, fast, and safe, a surprisingly large percentage of citizens will opt to [85] ride rather than drive.", "textTwo": "20. Taken together, the two figures suggest that most people who use public transportation", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/317ccaf52fedf30bdbf9e7c28ba1b6fcdfd09bb6.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:39:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:48:20" }, { "id": "368", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Thor Hanson, Feathers.\r\n\u00a92011 by Thor Hanson. Scientists have long debated how the ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly. The ground-up theory assumes they were fleet-footed ground dwellers that captured prey by leaping and flapping them upper limbs. The tree-down theory assumes they were tree climbers that leapt and glided among branches.\r\n\r\n\r\nAt field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tinamous, and other ground birds ran along behind their Line parents. \u0093They jumped up like popcorn,\u0094 he said, [5] describing how they would flap their half-formed wings and take short hops into the air. So when a group of graduate students challenged him to come up with new data on the age-old ground-up-tree-down debate, he designed a project [10] to see what clues might lie in how baby game birds learned to fly. Ken settled on the Chukar Partridge as a model species, but he might not have made his discovery without a key piece of advice from the local [15] ranchers in Montana who was supplying him with birds. When the cowboy stopped by to see how things were going, Ken showed him his nice, tidy laboratory setup and explained how the birds\u0092 first hops and flights would be measured. The rancher [20] was incredulous. \u0093He took one look and said, in pretty colorful language, \u0091What are those birds doing on the ground? They hate to be on the ground! Give them something to climb on!\u0094 At first it seemed unnatural\u0097ground birds don\u0092t like the ground? But [25] as he thought about it Ken realized that all the species he\u0092d watched in the wild preferred to rest on ledges, low branches, or other elevated perches where they were safe from predators. They really only used the ground for feeding and traveling. So he brought [30] in some hay bales for the Chukars to perch on and then left his son in charge of feeding and data collection while he went away on a short work trip. Barely a teenager at the time, young Terry Dial was visibly upset when his father got back. \u0093I asked [35] him how it went,\u0094 Ken recalled, \u0093and he said, \u0091Terrible! The birds are cheating!\u0092\u0094 Instead of flying up to their perches, the baby Chukars were using their legs. Time and again Terry had watched them run right up the side of a hay bale, flapping all the [40] while. Ken dashed out to see for himself, and that was the \u0093aha\u0094 moment. \u0093The birds were using their wings and legs cooperatively,\u0094 he told me, and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. Working together with Terry (who has since gone [45] on to study animal locomotion), Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps tilted at increasing angles. As the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, but they angled their wings differently from [50] birds in flight. They aimed their flapping down and backward, using the force not for lift but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. \u0093It\u0092s like the spoiler on the back of a race car,\u0094 he explained, which is a very apt analogy. In Formula One racing, [55] spoilers are the big aerodynamic fins that push the cars downward as they speed along, increasing traction and handling. The birds were doing the very same thing with their wings to help them scramble up otherwise impossible slopes. [60] Ken called the technique WAIR, for wing-assisted incline running, and went on to document it in a wide range of species. It not only allowed young birds to climb vertical surfaces within the first few weeks of life but also gave adults an energy-efficient [65] alternatives to flying. In the Chukar experiments, adults regularly used WAIR to ascend ramps steeper than 90 degrees, essentially running up the wall and onto the ceiling. In an evolutionary context, WAIR takes on\r\n[70] surprising explanatory powers. With one fell swoop, the Dials came up with a viable origin for the flapping flight stroke of birds (something gliding animals don\u0092t do and thus shortcoming of the tree-down theory) and an aerodynamic function for [75] half-formed wings (one of the main drawbacks to the ground-up hypothesis).", "textTwo": "21. Which choice best reflects the overall sequence of events in the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:04:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:55:48" }, { "id": "369", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Thor Hanson, Feathers.\r\n\u00a92011 by Thor Hanson. Scientists have long debated how the ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly. The ground-up theory assumes they were fleet-footed ground dwellers that captured prey by leaping and flapping them upper limbs. The tree-down theory assumes they were tree climbers that leapt and glided among branches.\r\n\r\n\r\nAt field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tinamous, and other ground birds ran along behind their Line parents. \u0093They jumped up like popcorn,\u0094 he said, [5] describing how they would flap their half-formed wings and take short hops into the air. So when a group of graduate students challenged him to come up with new data on the age-old ground-up-tree-down debate, he designed a project [10] to see what clues might lie in how baby game birds learned to fly. Ken settled on the Chukar Partridge as a model species, but he might not have made his discovery without a key piece of advice from the local [15] ranchers in Montana who was supplying him with birds. When the cowboy stopped by to see how things were going, Ken showed him his nice, tidy laboratory setup and explained how the birds\u0092 first hops and flights would be measured. The rancher [20] was incredulous. \u0093He took one look and said, in pretty colorful language, \u0091What are those birds doing on the ground? They hate to be on the ground! Give them something to climb on!\u0094 At first it seemed unnatural\u0097ground birds don\u0092t like the ground? But [25] as he thought about it Ken realized that all the species he\u0092d watched in the wild preferred to rest on ledges, low branches, or other elevated perches where they were safe from predators. They really only used the ground for feeding and traveling. So he brought [30] in some hay bales for the Chukars to perch on and then left his son in charge of feeding and data collection while he went away on a short work trip. Barely a teenager at the time, young Terry Dial was visibly upset when his father got back. \u0093I asked [35] him how it went,\u0094 Ken recalled, \u0093and he said, \u0091Terrible! The birds are cheating!\u0092\u0094 Instead of flying up to their perches, the baby Chukars were using their legs. Time and again Terry had watched them run right up the side of a hay bale, flapping all the [40] while. Ken dashed out to see for himself, and that was the \u0093aha\u0094 moment. \u0093The birds were using their wings and legs cooperatively,\u0094 he told me, and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. Working together with Terry (who has since gone [45] on to study animal locomotion), Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps tilted at increasing angles. As the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, but they angled their wings differently from [50] birds in flight. They aimed their flapping down and backward, using the force not for lift but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. \u0093It\u0092s like the spoiler on the back of a race car,\u0094 he explained, which is a very apt analogy. In Formula One racing, [55] spoilers are the big aerodynamic fins that push the cars downward as they speed along, increasing traction and handling. The birds were doing the very same thing with their wings to help them scramble up otherwise impossible slopes. [60] Ken called the technique WAIR, for wing-assisted incline running, and went on to document it in a wide range of species. It not only allowed young birds to climb vertical surfaces within the first few weeks of life but also gave adults an energy-efficient [65] alternatives to flying. In the Chukar experiments, adults regularly used WAIR to ascend ramps steeper than 90 degrees, essentially running up the wall and onto the ceiling. In an evolutionary context, WAIR takes on\r\n[70] surprising explanatory powers. With one fell swoop, the Dials came up with a viable origin for the flapping flight stroke of birds (something gliding animals don\u0092t do and thus shortcoming of the tree-down theory) and an aerodynamic function for [75] half-formed wings (one of the main drawbacks to the ground-up hypothesis).", "textTwo": "22. As used in line 7, \u0093challenged\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:06:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:56:37" }, { "id": "370", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Thor Hanson, Feathers.\r\n\u00a92011 by Thor Hanson. Scientists have long debated how the ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly. The ground-up theory assumes they were fleet-footed ground dwellers that captured prey by leaping and flapping them upper limbs. The tree-down theory assumes they were tree climbers that leapt and glided among branches.\r\n\r\n\r\nAt field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tinamous, and other ground birds ran along behind their Line parents. \u0093They jumped up like popcorn,\u0094 he said, [5] describing how they would flap their half-formed wings and take short hops into the air. So when a group of graduate students challenged him to come up with new data on the age-old ground-up-tree-down debate, he designed a project [10] to see what clues might lie in how baby game birds learned to fly. Ken settled on the Chukar Partridge as a model species, but he might not have made his discovery without a key piece of advice from the local [15] ranchers in Montana who was supplying him with birds. When the cowboy stopped by to see how things were going, Ken showed him his nice, tidy laboratory setup and explained how the birds\u0092 first hops and flights would be measured. The rancher [20] was incredulous. \u0093He took one look and said, in pretty colorful language, \u0091What are those birds doing on the ground? They hate to be on the ground! Give them something to climb on!\u0094 At first it seemed unnatural\u0097ground birds don\u0092t like the ground? But [25] as he thought about it Ken realized that all the species he\u0092d watched in the wild preferred to rest on ledges, low branches, or other elevated perches where they were safe from predators. They really only used the ground for feeding and traveling. So he brought [30] in some hay bales for the Chukars to perch on and then left his son in charge of feeding and data collection while he went away on a short work trip. Barely a teenager at the time, young Terry Dial was visibly upset when his father got back. \u0093I asked [35] him how it went,\u0094 Ken recalled, \u0093and he said, \u0091Terrible! The birds are cheating!\u0092\u0094 Instead of flying up to their perches, the baby Chukars were using their legs. Time and again Terry had watched them run right up the side of a hay bale, flapping all the [40] while. Ken dashed out to see for himself, and that was the \u0093aha\u0094 moment. \u0093The birds were using their wings and legs cooperatively,\u0094 he told me, and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. Working together with Terry (who has since gone [45] on to study animal locomotion), Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps tilted at increasing angles. As the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, but they angled their wings differently from [50] birds in flight. They aimed their flapping down and backward, using the force not for lift but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. \u0093It\u0092s like the spoiler on the back of a race car,\u0094 he explained, which is a very apt analogy. In Formula One racing, [55] spoilers are the big aerodynamic fins that push the cars downward as they speed along, increasing traction and handling. The birds were doing the very same thing with their wings to help them scramble up otherwise impossible slopes. [60] Ken called the technique WAIR, for wing-assisted incline running, and went on to document it in a wide range of species. It not only allowed young birds to climb vertical surfaces within the first few weeks of life but also gave adults an energy-efficient [65] alternatives to flying. In the Chukar experiments, adults regularly used WAIR to ascend ramps steeper than 90 degrees, essentially running up the wall and onto the ceiling. In an evolutionary context, WAIR takes on\r\n[70] surprising explanatory powers. With one fell swoop, the Dials came up with a viable origin for the flapping flight stroke of birds (something gliding animals don\u0092t do and thus shortcoming of the tree-down theory) and an aerodynamic function for [75] half-formed wings (one of the main drawbacks to the ground-up hypothesis).", "textTwo": "23. Which statement best captures Ken Dial\u0092s central assumption in setting up his research?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:08:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 22:59:11" }, { "id": "371", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Thor Hanson, Feathers.\r\n\u00a92011 by Thor Hanson. Scientists have long debated how the ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly. The ground-up theory assumes they were fleet-footed ground dwellers that captured prey by leaping and flapping them upper limbs. The tree-down theory assumes they were tree climbers that leapt and glided among branches.\r\n\r\n\r\nAt field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tinamous, and other ground birds ran along behind their Line parents. \u0093They jumped up like popcorn,\u0094 he said, [5] describing how they would flap their half-formed wings and take short hops into the air. So when a group of graduate students challenged him to come up with new data on the age-old ground-up-tree-down debate, he designed a project [10] to see what clues might lie in how baby game birds learned to fly. Ken settled on the Chukar Partridge as a model species, but he might not have made his discovery without a key piece of advice from the local [15] ranchers in Montana who was supplying him with birds. When the cowboy stopped by to see how things were going, Ken showed him his nice, tidy laboratory setup and explained how the birds\u0092 first hops and flights would be measured. The rancher [20] was incredulous. \u0093He took one look and said, in pretty colorful language, \u0091What are those birds doing on the ground? They hate to be on the ground! Give them something to climb on!\u0094 At first it seemed unnatural\u0097ground birds don\u0092t like the ground? But [25] as he thought about it Ken realized that all the species he\u0092d watched in the wild preferred to rest on ledges, low branches, or other elevated perches where they were safe from predators. They really only used the ground for feeding and traveling. So he brought [30] in some hay bales for the Chukars to perch on and then left his son in charge of feeding and data collection while he went away on a short work trip. Barely a teenager at the time, young Terry Dial was visibly upset when his father got back. \u0093I asked [35] him how it went,\u0094 Ken recalled, \u0093and he said, \u0091Terrible! The birds are cheating!\u0092\u0094 Instead of flying up to their perches, the baby Chukars were using their legs. Time and again Terry had watched them run right up the side of a hay bale, flapping all the [40] while. Ken dashed out to see for himself, and that was the \u0093aha\u0094 moment. \u0093The birds were using their wings and legs cooperatively,\u0094 he told me, and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. Working together with Terry (who has since gone [45] on to study animal locomotion), Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps tilted at increasing angles. As the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, but they angled their wings differently from [50] birds in flight. They aimed their flapping down and backward, using the force not for lift but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. \u0093It\u0092s like the spoiler on the back of a race car,\u0094 he explained, which is a very apt analogy. In Formula One racing, [55] spoilers are the big aerodynamic fins that push the cars downward as they speed along, increasing traction and handling. The birds were doing the very same thing with their wings to help them scramble up otherwise impossible slopes. [60] Ken called the technique WAIR, for wing-assisted incline running, and went on to document it in a wide range of species. It not only allowed young birds to climb vertical surfaces within the first few weeks of life but also gave adults an energy-efficient [65] alternatives to flying. In the Chukar experiments, adults regularly used WAIR to ascend ramps steeper than 90 degrees, essentially running up the wall and onto the ceiling. In an evolutionary context, WAIR takes on\r\n[70] surprising explanatory powers. With one fell swoop, the Dials came up with a viable origin for the flapping flight stroke of birds (something gliding animals don\u0092t do and thus shortcoming of the tree-down theory) and an aerodynamic function for [75] half-formed wings (one of the main drawbacks to the ground-up hypothesis).", "textTwo": "24.Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:10:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 23:00:00" }, { "id": "372", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Thor Hanson, Feathers.\r\n\u00a92011 by Thor Hanson. Scientists have long debated how the ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly. The ground-up theory assumes they were fleet-footed ground dwellers that captured prey by leaping and flapping them upper limbs. The tree-down theory assumes they were tree climbers that leapt and glided among branches.\r\n\r\n\r\nAt field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tinamous, and other ground birds ran along behind their Line parents. \u0093They jumped up like popcorn,\u0094 he said, [5] describing how they would flap their half-formed wings and take short hops into the air. So when a group of graduate students challenged him to come up with new data on the age-old ground-up-tree-down debate, he designed a project [10] to see what clues might lie in how baby game birds learned to fly. Ken settled on the Chukar Partridge as a model species, but he might not have made his discovery without a key piece of advice from the local [15] ranchers in Montana who was supplying him with birds. When the cowboy stopped by to see how things were going, Ken showed him his nice, tidy laboratory setup and explained how the birds\u0092 first hops and flights would be measured. The rancher [20] was incredulous. \u0093He took one look and said, in pretty colorful language, \u0091What are those birds doing on the ground? They hate to be on the ground! Give them something to climb on!\u0094 At first it seemed unnatural\u0097ground birds don\u0092t like the ground? But [25] as he thought about it Ken realized that all the species he\u0092d watched in the wild preferred to rest on ledges, low branches, or other elevated perches where they were safe from predators. They really only used the ground for feeding and traveling. So he brought [30] in some hay bales for the Chukars to perch on and then left his son in charge of feeding and data collection while he went away on a short work trip. Barely a teenager at the time, young Terry Dial was visibly upset when his father got back. \u0093I asked [35] him how it went,\u0094 Ken recalled, \u0093and he said, \u0091Terrible! The birds are cheating!\u0092\u0094 Instead of flying up to their perches, the baby Chukars were using their legs. Time and again Terry had watched them run right up the side of a hay bale, flapping all the [40] while. Ken dashed out to see for himself, and that was the \u0093aha\u0094 moment. \u0093The birds were using their wings and legs cooperatively,\u0094 he told me, and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. Working together with Terry (who has since gone [45] on to study animal locomotion), Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps tilted at increasing angles. As the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, but they angled their wings differently from [50] birds in flight. They aimed their flapping down and backward, using the force not for lift but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. \u0093It\u0092s like the spoiler on the back of a race car,\u0094 he explained, which is a very apt analogy. In Formula One racing, [55] spoilers are the big aerodynamic fins that push the cars downward as they speed along, increasing traction and handling. The birds were doing the very same thing with their wings to help them scramble up otherwise impossible slopes. [60] Ken called the technique WAIR, for wing-assisted incline running, and went on to document it in a wide range of species. It not only allowed young birds to climb vertical surfaces within the first few weeks of life but also gave adults an energy-efficient [65] alternatives to flying. In the Chukar experiments, adults regularly used WAIR to ascend ramps steeper than 90 degrees, essentially running up the wall and onto the ceiling. In an evolutionary context, WAIR takes on\r\n[70] surprising explanatory powers. With one fell swoop, the Dials came up with a viable origin for the flapping flight stroke of birds (something gliding animals don\u0092t do and thus shortcoming of the tree-down theory) and an aerodynamic function for [75] half-formed wings (one of the main drawbacks to the ground-up hypothesis).", "textTwo": "25. In the second paragraph (lines 12-32), the incident involving the local rancher mainly serves to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:12:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 23:00:46" }, { "id": "373", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Thor Hanson, Feathers.\r\n\u00a92011 by Thor Hanson. Scientists have long debated how the ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly. The ground-up theory assumes they were fleet-footed ground dwellers that captured prey by leaping and flapping them upper limbs. The tree-down theory assumes they were tree climbers that leapt and glided among branches.\r\n\r\n\r\nAt field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tinamous, and other ground birds ran along behind their Line parents. \u0093They jumped up like popcorn,\u0094 he said, [5] describing how they would flap their half-formed wings and take short hops into the air. So when a group of graduate students challenged him to come up with new data on the age-old ground-up-tree-down debate, he designed a project [10] to see what clues might lie in how baby game birds learned to fly. Ken settled on the Chukar Partridge as a model species, but he might not have made his discovery without a key piece of advice from the local [15] ranchers in Montana who was supplying him with birds. When the cowboy stopped by to see how things were going, Ken showed him his nice, tidy laboratory setup and explained how the birds\u0092 first hops and flights would be measured. The rancher [20] was incredulous. \u0093He took one look and said, in pretty colorful language, \u0091What are those birds doing on the ground? They hate to be on the ground! Give them something to climb on!\u0094 At first it seemed unnatural\u0097ground birds don\u0092t like the ground? But [25] as he thought about it Ken realized that all the species he\u0092d watched in the wild preferred to rest on ledges, low branches, or other elevated perches where they were safe from predators. They really only used the ground for feeding and traveling. So he brought [30] in some hay bales for the Chukars to perch on and then left his son in charge of feeding and data collection while he went away on a short work trip. Barely a teenager at the time, young Terry Dial was visibly upset when his father got back. \u0093I asked [35] him how it went,\u0094 Ken recalled, \u0093and he said, \u0091Terrible! The birds are cheating!\u0092\u0094 Instead of flying up to their perches, the baby Chukars were using their legs. Time and again Terry had watched them run right up the side of a hay bale, flapping all the [40] while. Ken dashed out to see for himself, and that was the \u0093aha\u0094 moment. \u0093The birds were using their wings and legs cooperatively,\u0094 he told me, and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. Working together with Terry (who has since gone [45] on to study animal locomotion), Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps tilted at increasing angles. As the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, but they angled their wings differently from [50] birds in flight. They aimed their flapping down and backward, using the force not for lift but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. \u0093It\u0092s like the spoiler on the back of a race car,\u0094 he explained, which is a very apt analogy. In Formula One racing, [55] spoilers are the big aerodynamic fins that push the cars downward as they speed along, increasing traction and handling. The birds were doing the very same thing with their wings to help them scramble up otherwise impossible slopes. [60] Ken called the technique WAIR, for wing-assisted incline running, and went on to document it in a wide range of species. It not only allowed young birds to climb vertical surfaces within the first few weeks of life but also gave adults an energy-efficient [65] alternatives to flying. In the Chukar experiments, adults regularly used WAIR to ascend ramps steeper than 90 degrees, essentially running up the wall and onto the ceiling. In an evolutionary context, WAIR takes on\r\n[70] surprising explanatory powers. With one fell swoop, the Dials came up with a viable origin for the flapping flight stroke of birds (something gliding animals don\u0092t do and thus shortcoming of the tree-down theory) and an aerodynamic function for [75] half-formed wings (one of the main drawbacks to the ground-up hypothesis).", "textTwo": "26. After Ken Dial had his \u0093\u0091aha\u0092 moment\u0094 (line 41), he", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:13:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 23:01:37" }, { "id": "374", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Thor Hanson, Feathers.\r\n\u00a92011 by Thor Hanson. Scientists have long debated how the ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly. The ground-up theory assumes they were fleet-footed ground dwellers that captured prey by leaping and flapping them upper limbs. The tree-down theory assumes they were tree climbers that leapt and glided among branches.\r\n\r\n\r\nAt field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tinamous, and other ground birds ran along behind their Line parents. \u0093They jumped up like popcorn,\u0094 he said, [5] describing how they would flap their half-formed wings and take short hops into the air. So when a group of graduate students challenged him to come up with new data on the age-old ground-up-tree-down debate, he designed a project [10] to see what clues might lie in how baby game birds learned to fly. Ken settled on the Chukar Partridge as a model species, but he might not have made his discovery without a key piece of advice from the local [15] ranchers in Montana who was supplying him with birds. When the cowboy stopped by to see how things were going, Ken showed him his nice, tidy laboratory setup and explained how the birds\u0092 first hops and flights would be measured. The rancher [20] was incredulous. \u0093He took one look and said, in pretty colorful language, \u0091What are those birds doing on the ground? They hate to be on the ground! Give them something to climb on!\u0094 At first it seemed unnatural\u0097ground birds don\u0092t like the ground? But [25] as he thought about it Ken realized that all the species he\u0092d watched in the wild preferred to rest on ledges, low branches, or other elevated perches where they were safe from predators. They really only used the ground for feeding and traveling. So he brought [30] in some hay bales for the Chukars to perch on and then left his son in charge of feeding and data collection while he went away on a short work trip. Barely a teenager at the time, young Terry Dial was visibly upset when his father got back. \u0093I asked [35] him how it went,\u0094 Ken recalled, \u0093and he said, \u0091Terrible! The birds are cheating!\u0092\u0094 Instead of flying up to their perches, the baby Chukars were using their legs. Time and again Terry had watched them run right up the side of a hay bale, flapping all the [40] while. Ken dashed out to see for himself, and that was the \u0093aha\u0094 moment. \u0093The birds were using their wings and legs cooperatively,\u0094 he told me, and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. Working together with Terry (who has since gone [45] on to study animal locomotion), Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps tilted at increasing angles. As the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, but they angled their wings differently from [50] birds in flight. They aimed their flapping down and backward, using the force not for lift but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. \u0093It\u0092s like the spoiler on the back of a race car,\u0094 he explained, which is a very apt analogy. In Formula One racing, [55] spoilers are the big aerodynamic fins that push the cars downward as they speed along, increasing traction and handling. The birds were doing the very same thing with their wings to help them scramble up otherwise impossible slopes. [60] Ken called the technique WAIR, for wing-assisted incline running, and went on to document it in a wide range of species. It not only allowed young birds to climb vertical surfaces within the first few weeks of life but also gave adults an energy-efficient [65] alternatives to flying. In the Chukar experiments, adults regularly used WAIR to ascend ramps steeper than 90 degrees, essentially running up the wall and onto the ceiling. In an evolutionary context, WAIR takes on\r\n[70] surprising explanatory powers. With one fell swoop, the Dials came up with a viable origin for the flapping flight stroke of birds (something gliding animals don\u0092t do and thus shortcoming of the tree-down theory) and an aerodynamic function for [75] half-formed wings (one of the main drawbacks to the ground-up hypothesis).", "textTwo": "27. The passage identifies which of the following as a factor that facilitated the baby Chukars\u0092 traction on steep ramps?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:16:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 23:02:41" }, { "id": "375", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Thor Hanson, Feathers. \u00a92011 by Thor Hanson. Scientists have long debated how the ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly. The ground-up theory assumes they were fleet-footed ground dwellers that captured prey by leaping and flapping them upper limbs. The tree-down theory assumes they were tree climbers that leapt and glided among branches. \r\n\r\nAt field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tinamous, and other ground birds ran along behind their Line parents. \u0093They jumped up like popcorn,\u0094 he said, [5] describing how they would flap their half-formed wings and take short hops into the air. So when a group of graduate students challenged him to come up with new data on the age-old ground-up-tree-down debate, he designed a project [10] to see what clues might lie in how baby game birds learned to fly. Ken settled on the Chukar Partridge as a model species, but he might not have made his discovery without a key piece of advice from the local [15] ranchers in Montana who was supplying him with birds. When the cowboy stopped by to see how things were going, Ken showed him his nice, tidy laboratory setup and explained how the birds\u0092 first hops and flights would be measured. The rancher [20] was incredulous. \u0093He took one look and said, in pretty colorful language, \u0091What are those birds doing on the ground? They hate to be on the ground! Give them something to climb on!\u0094 At first it seemed unnatural\u0097ground birds don\u0092t like the ground? But [25] as he thought about it Ken realized that all the species he\u0092d watched in the wild preferred to rest on ledges, low branches, or other elevated perches where they were safe from predators. They really only used the ground for feeding and traveling. So he brought [30] in some hay bales for the Chukars to perch on and then left his son in charge of feeding and data collection while he went away on a short work trip. Barely a teenager at the time, young Terry Dial was visibly upset when his father got back. \u0093I asked [35] him how it went,\u0094 Ken recalled, \u0093and he said, \u0091Terrible! The birds are cheating!\u0092\u0094 Instead of flying up to their perches, the baby Chukars were using their legs. Time and again Terry had watched them run right up the side of a hay bale, flapping all the [40] while. Ken dashed out to see for himself, and that was the \u0093aha\u0094 moment. \u0093The birds were using their wings and legs cooperatively,\u0094 he told me, and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. Working together with Terry (who has since gone [45] on to study animal locomotion), Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps tilted at increasing angles. As the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, but they angled their wings differently from [50] birds in flight. They aimed their flapping down and backward, using the force not for lift but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. \u0093It\u0092s like the spoiler on the back of a race car,\u0094 he explained, which is a very apt analogy. In Formula One racing, [55] spoilers are the big aerodynamic fins that push the cars downward as they speed along, increasing traction and handling. The birds were doing the very same thing with their wings to help them scramble up otherwise impossible slopes. [60] Ken called the technique WAIR, for wing-assisted incline running, and went on to document it in a wide range of species. It not only allowed young birds to climb vertical surfaces within the first few weeks of life but also gave adults an energy-efficient [65] alternatives to flying. In the Chukar experiments, adults regularly used WAIR to ascend ramps steeper than 90 degrees, essentially running up the wall and onto the ceiling. In an evolutionary context, WAIR takes on [70] surprising explanatory powers. With one fell swoop, the Dials came up with a viable origin for the flapping flight stroke of birds (something gliding animals don\u0092t do and thus shortcoming of the tree-down theory) and an aerodynamic function for [75] half-formed wings (one of the main drawbacks to the ground-up hypothesis).", "textTwo": "28. As used in line 61, \u0093document\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:17:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-28 23:03:55" }, { "id": "376", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Thor Hanson, Feathers. \u00a92011 by Thor Hanson. Scientists have long debated how the ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly. The ground-up theory assumes they were fleet-footed ground dwellers that captured prey by leaping and flapping them upper limbs. The tree-down theory assumes they were tree climbers that leapt and glided among branches. At field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tinamous, and other ground birds ran along behind their Line parents. \u0093They jumped up like popcorn,\u0094 he said, [5] describing how they would flap their half-formed wings and take short hops into the air. So when a group of graduate students challenged him to come up with new data on the age-old ground-up-tree-down debate, he designed a project [10] to see what clues might lie in how baby game birds learned to fly. Ken settled on the Chukar Partridge as a model species, but he might not have made his discovery without a key piece of advice from the local [15] ranchers in Montana who was supplying him with birds. When the cowboy stopped by to see how things were going, Ken showed him his nice, tidy laboratory setup and explained how the birds\u0092 first hops and flights would be measured. The rancher [20] was incredulous. \u0093He took one look and said, in pretty colorful language, \u0091What are those birds doing on the ground? They hate to be on the ground! Give them something to climb on!\u0094 At first it seemed unnatural\u0097ground birds don\u0092t like the ground? But [25] as he thought about it Ken realized that all the species he\u0092d watched in the wild preferred to rest on ledges, low branches, or other elevated perches where they were safe from predators. They really only used the ground for feeding and traveling. So he brought [30] in some hay bales for the Chukars to perch on and then left his son in charge of feeding and data collection while he went away on a short work trip. Barely a teenager at the time, young Terry Dial was visibly upset when his father got back. \u0093I asked [35] him how it went,\u0094 Ken recalled, \u0093and he said, \u0091Terrible! The birds are cheating!\u0092\u0094 Instead of flying up to their perches, the baby Chukars were using their legs. Time and again Terry had watched them run right up the side of a hay bale, flapping all the [40] while. Ken dashed out to see for himself, and that was the \u0093aha\u0094 moment. \u0093The birds were using their wings and legs cooperatively,\u0094 he told me, and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. Working together with Terry (who has since gone [45] on to study animal locomotion), Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps tilted at increasing angles. As the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, but they angled their wings differently from [50] birds in flight. They aimed their flapping down and backward, using the force not for lift but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. \u0093It\u0092s like the spoiler on the back of a race car,\u0094 he explained, which is a very apt analogy. In Formula One racing, [55] spoilers are the big aerodynamic fins that push the cars downward as they speed along, increasing traction and handling. The birds were doing the very same thing with their wings to help them scramble up otherwise impossible slopes. [60] Ken called the technique WAIR, for wing-assisted incline running, and went on to document it in a wide range of species. It not only allowed young birds to climb vertical surfaces within the first few weeks of life but also gave adults an energy-efficient [65] alternatives to flying. In the Chukar experiments, adults regularly used WAIR to ascend ramps steeper than 90 degrees, essentially running up the wall and onto the ceiling. In an evolutionary context, WAIR takes on [70] surprising explanatory powers. With one fell swoop, the Dials came up with a viable origin for the flapping flight stroke of birds (something gliding animals don\u0092t do and thus shortcoming of the tree-down theory) and an aerodynamic function for [75] half-formed wings (one of the main drawbacks to the ground-up hypothesis).", "textTwo": "29. What can reasonably be inferred about gliding animals from the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:19:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:21:10" }, { "id": "377", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-30 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Thor Hanson, Feathers. \u00a92011 by Thor Hanson. Scientists have long debated how the ancestors of birds evolved the ability to fly. The ground-up theory assumes they were fleet-footed ground dwellers that captured prey by leaping and flapping them upper limbs. The tree-down theory assumes they were tree climbers that leapt and glided among branches. \r\n\r\nAt field sites around the world, Ken Dial saw a pattern in how young pheasants, quail, tinamous, and other ground birds ran along behind their Line parents. \u0093They jumped up like popcorn,\u0094 he said, [5] describing how they would flap their half-formed wings and take short hops into the air. So when a group of graduate students challenged him to come up with new data on the age-old ground-up-tree-down debate, he designed a project [10] to see what clues might lie in how baby game birds learned to fly. Ken settled on the Chukar Partridge as a model species, but he might not have made his discovery without a key piece of advice from the local [15] ranchers in Montana who was supplying him with birds. When the cowboy stopped by to see how things were going, Ken showed him his nice, tidy laboratory setup and explained how the birds\u0092 first hops and flights would be measured. The rancher [20] was incredulous. \u0093He took one look and said, in pretty colorful language, \u0091What are those birds doing on the ground? They hate to be on the ground! Give them something to climb on!\u0094 At first it seemed unnatural\u0097ground birds don\u0092t like the ground? But [25] as he thought about it Ken realized that all the species he\u0092d watched in the wild preferred to rest on ledges, low branches, or other elevated perches where they were safe from predators. They really only used the ground for feeding and traveling. So he brought [30] in some hay bales for the Chukars to perch on and then left his son in charge of feeding and data collection while he went away on a short work trip. Barely a teenager at the time, young Terry Dial was visibly upset when his father got back. \u0093I asked [35] him how it went,\u0094 Ken recalled, \u0093and he said, \u0091Terrible! The birds are cheating!\u0092\u0094 Instead of flying up to their perches, the baby Chukars were using their legs. Time and again Terry had watched them run right up the side of a hay bale, flapping all the [40] while. Ken dashed out to see for himself, and that was the \u0093aha\u0094 moment. \u0093The birds were using their wings and legs cooperatively,\u0094 he told me, and that single observation opened up a world of possibilities. Working together with Terry (who has since gone [45] on to study animal locomotion), Ken came up with a series of ingenious experiments, filming the birds as they raced up textured ramps tilted at increasing angles. As the incline increased, the partridges began to flap, but they angled their wings differently from [50] birds in flight. They aimed their flapping down and backward, using the force not for lift but to keep their feet firmly pressed against the ramp. \u0093It\u0092s like the spoiler on the back of a race car,\u0094 he explained, which is a very apt analogy. In Formula One racing, [55] spoilers are the big aerodynamic fins that push the cars downward as they speed along, increasing traction and handling. The birds were doing the very same thing with their wings to help them scramble up otherwise impossible slopes. [60] Ken called the technique WAIR, for wing-assisted incline running, and went on to document it in a wide range of species. It not only allowed young birds to climb vertical surfaces within the first few weeks of life but also gave adults an energy-efficient [65] alternatives to flying. In the Chukar experiments, adults regularly used WAIR to ascend ramps steeper than 90 degrees, essentially running up the wall and onto the ceiling. In an evolutionary context, WAIR takes on [70] surprising explanatory powers. With one fell swoop, the Dials came up with a viable origin for the flapping flight stroke of birds (something gliding animals don\u0092t do and thus shortcoming of the tree-down theory) and an aerodynamic function for [75] half-formed wings (one of the main drawbacks to the ground-up hypothesis).", "textTwo": "30. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:21:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:22:25" }, { "id": "378", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. \r\nPassage 2\r\nContending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason?\r\nIn this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "31. As used in line 21, \u0093common\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:50:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:23:19" }, { "id": "379", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand.\r\n\r\n Passage 1 \r\n\r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. Passage 2 Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason? In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "32. It can be inferred that the authors of Passage 1 believe that running a household and raising children", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:52:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:24:20" }, { "id": "380", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand.\r\n \r\nPassage 1\r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. Passage 2 Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason? In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "33. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:54:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:26:08" }, { "id": "381", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. Passage 2 Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason? In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "34. According to the author of Passage 2, in order for society to progress, women must", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:55:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:26:43" }, { "id": "382", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. Passage 2 Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason? In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "35. As used in line 50, \u0093reason\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:57:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:27:23" }, { "id": "383", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. Passage 2 Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason? In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "36. In Passage 2, the author claims that freedoms granted by society\u0092s leaders have", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:59:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:28:25" }, { "id": "384", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. Passage 2 Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason? In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "37. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:00:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:29:08" }, { "id": "385", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. Passage 2 Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason? In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "38. In lines 61-65, the author of Passage 2 refers to a statement made in Passage 1 in order to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:02:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:30:16" }, { "id": "386", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. Passage 2 Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason? In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "39. Which best describes the overall relationship between Passage 1 and Passage 2?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:04:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:31:37" }, { "id": "387", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. Passage 2 Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason? In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "40. The authors of both passages would most likely agree with which of the following statements about women in the eighteenth century?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:06:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:32:16" }, { "id": "388", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 31-41 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Talleyrand et al., Report on Public Instruction. Originally published in 1791. Passage 2 is adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Originally published in 1792. Talleyrand was a French diplomat; the Report was a plan for national education. Wollstonecraft, a British novelist and political writer, wrote Vindication in response to Talleyrand. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nThat half the human race is excluded by the other half from any participation in government; that they are native by birth but foreign by law in the very land Line where they were born; and that they are [5] property-owners yet have no direct influence or representation: are all political phenomena apparently impossible to explain on abstract principle. But on another level of ideas, the question changes and may be easily resolved. The purpose of [10] all these institutions must be the happiness of the greatest number. Everything that leads us farther from this purpose is in error; everything that brings us closer is truth. If the exclusion from public employments decreed against women leads to a [15] greater sum of mutual happiness for the two sexes, then this becomes a law that all Societies have been compelled to acknowledge and sanction. Any other ambition would be a reversal of our primary destinies; and it will never be in women\u0092s [20] interest to change the assignment they have received. It seems to us incontestable that our common happiness, above all that of women, requires that they never aspire to the exercise of political rights and functions. Here we must seek their interests in [25] the wishes of nature. Is it not apparent, that their delicate constitutions, their peaceful inclinations, and the many duties of motherhood, set them apart from strenuous habits and onerous duties, and summon them to gentle occupations and the cares of the [30] home? And is it not evident that the great conserving principle of Societies, which makes the division of powers a source of harmony, has been expressed and revealed by nature itself, when it divided the functions of the two sexes in so obviously distinct a [35] manner? This is sufficient; we need not invoke principles that are inapplicable to the question. Let us not make rivals of life\u0092s companions. You must, you truly must allow the persistence of a union that no interest, no rivalry, can possibly undo. Understand [40] that the good of all demands this of you. Passage 2 Contending for the rights of woman, my main argument is built on this simple principle, that if she be not prepared by education to become the companion of man, she will stop the progress of [45] knowledge and virtue; for truth must be common to all, or it will be inefficacious with respect to its influence on general practice. And how can woman be expected to co-operate unless she knows why she ought to be virtuous? unless freedom strengthen her [50] reason till she comprehends her duty, and see in what manner it is connected with her really good? If children are to be educated to understand the true principle of patriotism, their mother must be a patriot; and the love of mankind, from which a [55] orderly train of virtues spring, can only be produced by considering the moral and civil interest of mankind; but the education and situation of woman, at present, shuts her out from such investigations.... Consider, sir, dispassionately, these [60] observations\u0097for a glimpse of this truth seemed to open before you when you observed, \u0093that to see one half of the human race excluded by the other from all participation of government, was a political phenomenon that, according to abstract principles, it [65] was impossible to explain.\u0094 If so, on what does your constitution rest? If the abstract rights of man will bear discussion and explanation, those of woman, by a parity of reasoning, will not shrink from the same test: though a different opinion prevails in this [70] country, built on the very arguments which you use to justify the oppression of woman\u0097prescription. Consider\u0097I address you as a legislator\u0097 whether, when men contend for their freedom, and to be allowed to judge for themselves respecting their [75] own happiness, it be not inconsistent and unjust to subjugate women, even though you firmly believe that you are acting in the manner best calculated to promote their happiness? Who made man the exclusive judge, if woman partake with him the gift [80] of reason? In this style, argue tyrants of every denomination, from the weak king to the weak father of a family; they are all eager to crush reason; yet always assert that they usurp its throne only to be [85] useful. Do you not act a similar part, when you force all women, by denying them civil and political rights, to remain immured in their families groping in the dark?", "textTwo": "41. How would the authors of Passage 1 most likely respond to the points made in the final paragraph of Passage 2?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:08:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:33:04" }, { "id": "389", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "42. How do the words \u0093can,\u0094 \u0093may,\u0094 and \u0093could\u0094 in the third paragraph (lines 19-41) help establish the tone of the paragraph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/af7cd359a994a39693248c7451112b43e6b21458.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:14:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:34:11" }, { "id": "390", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "43. In line 42, the authors state that a certain hypothesis \u0093can best be tested by a trial.\u0094 Based on the passage, which of the following is a hypothesis the authors suggest be tested in a trial?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/62530a9651e6f03a5bf1c66bf8aa008feeb3d24d.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:18:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:34:58" }, { "id": "391", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "44. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f2d9e8ddd92b397e25c61e5ba1eb03b2d2e77af5.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:21:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:35:34" }, { "id": "392", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "45. The passage most strongly suggests that beekeepers\u0092 attempts to fight mite infestations with commercially produced insecticides have what unintentional effect?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7bcae812ef0a8dfcba5f257f6e5247430d3f0151.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:23:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:37:08" }, { "id": "393", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "46. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/e9f435a23e5bd0887269c83d3e9ea3c7443b8ae2.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:25:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:37:43" }, { "id": "394", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "47. As used in line 35, \u0093postulate\u0094 most nearly means to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8884b44a343624e1443ff6f47362625da36fd5c0.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:27:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:38:16" }, { "id": "395", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "48. The main purpose of the fourth paragraph (lines 42-50) is to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4254ac11a641d2f0ac0de17e33fc540cf40b33a1.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:29:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:39:01" }, { "id": "396", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "49. An unstated assumption made by the authors about clover is that the plants", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3281a3a65566509d20aabcd384615e419d39d9eb.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:32:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:40:28" }, { "id": "397", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "50. Based on data in the table, in what percent of colonies with colony collapse disorder were the honeybees infected by all four pathogens?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8c4a29e980769c352a46ec3038cec216af56be6d.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:34:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:41:06" }, { "id": "398", "parentId": "", "textOne": "42-52 Questionsare based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "51. Based on data in the table, which of the four pathogens infected the highest percentage of honeybee colonies without colony collapse disorder?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/cd96ba1b4519b413360b3204eda0a5f6a2f60e26.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:37:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:41:48" }, { "id": "399", "parentId": "", "textOne": "42-52 Questionsare based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Richard J. Sharpe and Lisa Heyden, \u0093Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder is Possibly Caused by a Dietary Pyrethrum Deficiency.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Elsevier Ltd. Colony collapse disorder is characterized by the disappearance of adult worker bees from hives.\r\n\r\nHoney bees are hosts to the pathogenic large ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa mites). These mites feed on bee hemolymph (blood) and can {Line} kill bees directly or by increasing their susceptibility [5] to secondary infection with fungi, bacteria or viruses. Little is known about the natural defenses that keep the mite infections under control. Pyrethrums are a group of flowering plants which include Chrysanthemum coccineum, Chrysanthemum [10] cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum marschalli, and related species. These plants produce potent insecticides with anti-mite activity. The naturally occurring insecticides are known as pyrethrums. A synonym for the naturally occurring pyrethrums is [15] pyrethrin and synthetic analogues of pyrethrums are known as pyrethroids. In fact, the human mite infestation known as scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei) is treated with a topical pyrethrum cream. We suspect that the bees of commercial bee [20] colonies which are fed mono-crops are nutritionally deficient. In particular, we postulate that the problem is a diet deficient in anti-mite toxins: pyrethrums, and possibly other nutrients which are inherent in such plants. Without, at least, intermittent feeding on [25] the pyrethrum producing plants, bee colonies are susceptible to mite infestations which can become fatal either directly or due to a secondary infection of immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees. This secondary infection can be viral, bacterial or [30] fungal and may be due to one or more pathogens. In addition, immunocompromised or nutritionally deficient bees may be further weakened when commercially produced insecticides are introduced into their hives by bee keepers in an effort to fight [35] mite infestation. We further postulate that the proper dosage necessary to prevent mite infestation may be better left to the bees, who may seek out or avoid pyrethrum containing plants depending on the amount necessary to defend against mites and the [40] amount already consumed by the bees, which in higher doses could be potentially toxic to them. This hypothesis can best be tested by a trial wherein a small number of commercial honey bee colonies are offered a number of pyrethrum [45] producing plants, as well as a typical bee food source such as clover, while controls are offered only the clover. Mites could then be introduced to each hive with note made as to the choice of the bees, and the effects of the mite parasites on the experimental [50] colonies versus control colonies. It might be beneficial to test wild-type honey bee colonies in this manner as well, in case there could be some genetic difference between them that affects the bees\u0092 preferences for pyrethrum producing flowers.", "textTwo": "52. Do the data in the table provide support for the authors\u0092 claim that infection with varroa mites increases a honeybee\u0092s susceptibility to secondary infections?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7c7de7702ae7d41c766ddc0d4c2f8b04c7cfb015.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:38:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:43:07" }, { "id": "400", "parentId": "", "textOne": "John runs at different speeds as part of his training program. The graph shows his target heart rate at different times during his workout. On which interval is the target heart rate strictly increasing then strictly decreasing?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/99ad10fcd99bd5f156fd25a04b2cec124edee7b8.jpg", "answer": "Between 40 and 60 minutes", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:27:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:44:55" }, { "id": "401", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If y= kx, where k is a constant, and y=24 when x = 6, what is the value of y when x = 5 ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "20", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:36:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:47:27" }, { "id": "402", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the figure above, lines A and m are parallel and lines s and t are parallel. If the measure of ?1 is 35\u00b0, what is the measure of ?2 ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d204c20e2a68ebc2fe675e9a7640a3dc111607a4.jpg", "answer": "145\u00b0", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:41:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:49:18" }, { "id": "403", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace\r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier,\r\n [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "1.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:54:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:02:39" }, { "id": "404", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace\r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier,\r\n [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "2. Which choice provides the most appropriate introduction to the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:57:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:03:15" }, { "id": "405", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace\r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier,\r\n [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "3. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nWorkers in offices with windows sleep an average of 46 minutes more per night than workers in offices without windows.\r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:59:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:04:33" }, { "id": "406", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace\r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier,\r\n [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "4.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:01:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:05:23" }, { "id": "407", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace\r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier,\r\n [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "5.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:04:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:05:48" }, { "id": "408", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace\r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier,\r\n [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "6. Which choice best supports the statement made in the previous sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:06:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:06:16" }, { "id": "409", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace\r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier,\r\n [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "7. In context, which choice best combines the underlined sentences?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:08:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:06:45" }, { "id": "410", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace\r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier,\r\n [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "8.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:11:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:07:13" }, { "id": "411", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace \r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier, [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "9.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:13:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:08:02" }, { "id": "412", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace \r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier, [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "10.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:15:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:08:35" }, { "id": "413", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nShed Some Light on the Workplace \r\nStudies have shown that employees are happier, [1] healthier, and more productive when they work in an environment [2] in which temperatures are carefully controlled. New buildings may be designed with these studies in mind, but many older buildings were not, resulting in spaces that often depend primarily on artificial lighting. While employers may balk at the expense of reconfiguring such buildings to increase the amount of natural light, the investment has been shown to be well worth it in the long run\u0097for both employees and employers. For one thing, lack of exposure to natural light has a significant impact on employees\u0092 health. A study conducted in 2013 by Northwestern University in Chicago showed that inadequate natural light could result in eye strain, headaches, and fatigue, as well as interference with the body\u0092s circadian rhythms. [3] Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the [4] bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions. Disruptions of circadian rhythms have been linked to sleep disorders, diabetes, depression, and bipolar disorder. Like any other health problems, these ailments can increase employee absenteeism, which, in turn, [5] is costly for employers. Employees who feel less than 100 percent and are sleep deprived are also less prone to work at their maximal productivity. One company in California [6] gained a huge boost in its employees\u0092 morale when it moved from an artificially lit distribution facility to one with natural illumination. [7] Artificial light sources are also costly aside from lowering worker productivity. They typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use. When a plant in Seattle, Washington, was redesigned for more natural light, the company was able to enjoy annual electricity cost reductions of $500,000 [8] each year. Among the possibilities to reconfigure a building\u0092s lighting is the installation of full-pane windows to allow the greatest degree of sunlight to reach office interiors. [9] Thus, businesses can install light tubes, [10] these are pipes placed in workplace roofs to capture and funnel sunlight down into a building\u0092s interior. Glass walls and dividers can also be used to replace solid walls as a means [11] through distributing natural light more freely. Considering the enormous costs of artificial lighting, both in terms of money and productivity, investment in such improvements should be a natural choice for businesses.", "textTwo": "11.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:18:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:09:23" }, { "id": "414", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "12.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:27:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 16:58:47" }, { "id": "415", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "13.Which choice provides the most logical introduction to the sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:28:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:01:09" }, { "id": "416", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "14.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:30:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:02:03" }, { "id": "417", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If 16 + 4x is 10 more than 14, what is the value of 8x ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "16", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:31:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:12:05" }, { "id": "418", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "15.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:31:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:07:06" }, { "id": "419", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following graphs best shows a strong negative association between d and t?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:32:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:09:48" }, { "id": "420", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "16.Which choice best maintains the tone established in the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:33:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:10:33" }, { "id": "421", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "17.The writer is considering deleting the previous sentence. Should the writer make this change?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:35:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:11:25" }, { "id": "422", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "18.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:42:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:11:53" }, { "id": "423", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "19.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:45:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:13:04" }, { "id": "424", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "20. Which choice most logically follows the previous sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:47:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:13:53" }, { "id": "425", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "21.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:49:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:14:15" }, { "id": "426", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A hospital stores one type of medicine in 2-decagram containers. Based on the information given in the box above, how many 1-milligram doses are there in one 2-decagram container?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7d090b2ec4035fb28fafbc6de7da301835b487d3.jpg", "answer": "20,000", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:51:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:17:27" }, { "id": "427", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "22. The writer is considering revising the underlined portion of the sentence to read:\r\nWest, inspiring books, documentaries, and even a musical.\r\nShould the writer add this information here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:51:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:16:19" }, { "id": "428", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples?\r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP\r\n(1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples,\r\n1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "23. Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/71e1b3e2a517f914569c82600fba42e6aedbf303.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:42:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:19:01" }, { "id": "429", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples?\r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP\r\n(1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples,\r\n1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "24.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/08b11866299b8134b1b1bd28cdb5649fd2c32c12.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:46:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:19:57" }, { "id": "430", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples?\r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP\r\n(1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples,\r\n1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "25.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/914f76d4e8ae74ff5d437be8441170c99ad15842.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:48:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:21:31" }, { "id": "431", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples?\r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP\r\n(1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples,\r\n1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "26.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a2a4dae98100a4f99bff532737276ccf71269e1f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:51:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:22:16" }, { "id": "432", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples?\r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP\r\n(1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples,\r\n1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "27.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a2e7263ea0d000916da33ede05e414aa61e9afba.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:54:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:22:50" }, { "id": "433", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples?\r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP\r\n(1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples,\r\n1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "28.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/090474d7d219548744a6c26f7da6669cd2a95ddf.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:57:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:23:16" }, { "id": "434", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples? \r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples, 1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "29.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/aa0fc481732c9f41eab884d6fb21381b0dd51ff6.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:01:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:23:59" }, { "id": "435", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples? \r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples, 1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "30. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 4 should be placed", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/db0428a0ae989884d7fd2a56431fa7f55d30aae8.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:04:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:27:17" }, { "id": "436", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples? \r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples, 1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "31. Which choice offers an accurate interpretation of the data in the graph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/e5eeda1fca4ef1ddacb509198d04c04dd3849305.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:08:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:28:24" }, { "id": "437", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples? \r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples, 1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "32. Which choice offers an accurate interpretation of the data in the graph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d27487657128b9dbe295893abd57af6ff6126459.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:12:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:29:04" }, { "id": "438", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nHow Do You Like Those Apples? \r\nMarketed as SmartFresh, the chemical 1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene) has been used by fruit growers since 2002 in the United States and elsewhere to preserve the crispness and lengthen the storage life of apples and other fruit, which often must travel long distances before being eaten by consumers. [23] 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times when applied to apples. This extended life allows producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested. And at a cost of about one cent per pound of apples, 1-MCP is a highly cost-effective treatment. However, 1-MCP is not a panacea for fruit producers or sellers: there are problems and limitations associated with its use. [1] 1-MCP works by limiting a fruit\u0092s production of ethylene, [24] it is a chemical that causes fruit to ripen and eventually rot. [2] While 1-MCP keeps apples [25] tight and crisp for months, it also limits [26 ]their scent production. [3] This may not be much of a problem with certain kinds of apples that are not naturally very fragrant, such as Granny Smith, but for apples that are prized for their fruity fragrance, such as McIntosh, this can be a problem with consumers, [27] that will reject apples lacking the expected aroma. [4] But some fruits do not respond as well to 1-MCP as others [28] did, and some even respond adversely. [5] Furthermore, some fruits, particularly those that naturally produce a large amount of ethylene, do not respond as well to 1-MCP treatment. [6] Take Bartlett [29] pears, for instance, unless they are treated with exactly the right amount of 1-MCP at exactly the right time, they will remain hard and green until they rot, and consumers who experience this will be unlikely to purchase them again. [30] Finally, researchers have found that 1-MCP actually increases susceptibility to some pathologies in certain apple varieties. For example, Empire apples are prone to a condition that causes the flesh of the apple to turn brown. Traditionally, apple producers have dealt with this problem by leaving the apples in the open air for three weeks before storing them in a controlled atmosphere with tightly regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide levels. As the graph shows, the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are first stored in the open air undergoes [31] roughly five percent less browning than the flesh of untreated Empire apples that are immediately put into storage in a controlled environment. However, when Empire apples are treated with 1-MCP, [32] their flesh turns brown when the apples are first stored in the open air, though not under other conditions. Although researchers continue to search for the right combination of factors that will keep fruits fresh and attractive, [33] the problem may be that consumers are overly concerned with superficial qualities rather than the actual freshness of the fruit.", "textTwo": "33. The writer wants a conclusion that conveys how the shortcomings of 1-MCP presented in the passage affect the actions of people in the fruit industry.\r\nWhich choice best accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3fa43dda66be83e657c482f20833d3ca71050da2.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:14:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:30:21" }, { "id": "439", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a Cat\r\nFrom Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of\r\na farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "34.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:18:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:32:02" }, { "id": "440", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a Cat\r\nFrom Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of\r\na farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "35.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:21:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:32:46" }, { "id": "441", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a Cat\r\nFrom Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of\r\na farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "36.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:22:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:33:25" }, { "id": "442", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a Cat\r\nFrom Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of\r\na farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "37. The writer wants to link the first paragraph with the ideas that follow. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:24:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:33:59" }, { "id": "443", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a Cat \r\nFrom Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of a farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "38.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:26:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:39:27" }, { "id": "444", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a Cat \r\nFrom Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of a farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "39. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:28:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:39:14" }, { "id": "445", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a Cat \r\nFrom Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of a farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "40.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:29:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:40:28" }, { "id": "446", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a Cat \r\nFrom Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of a farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "41.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:31:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:41:25" }, { "id": "447", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a \r\nCat From Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of a farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "42. Which choice most effectively sets up the examples that follow?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:32:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:45:40" }, { "id": "448", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a Cat \r\nFrom Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of a farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "43. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. The museum occupies six historic buildings, including the Winter Palace, a former residence of Russian emperors. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:35:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:46:42" }, { "id": "449", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nMore than One Way to Dress a Cat \r\nFrom Michelangelo\u0092s David to Vincent van Gogh\u0092s series of self-portraits to Grant Wood\u0092s iconic image of a farming couple in American [34] Gothic. These works by human artists have favored representations of members of their own species to those of other species. Indeed, when we think about animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker\u0097popularized in a series of paintings by American Artist C. M. [35] Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. Yet some of the earliest known works of art, including paintings and drawings tens of thousands of years old found on cave walls in Spain and France, [36] portrays animals. Nor has artistic homage to our fellow creatures entirely died out in the millennia since, [37] despite the many years that have passed between then and now. {1} The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia\u0092s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. {2} For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention [38] scared off visitors. {3} Peter the Great introduced the first cat to the Hermitage in the early eighteenth century. {4} Later Catherine the Great declared the cats to be official guardians of the galleries. {5} Continuing the tradition, Peter\u0092s daughter Elizaveta introduced the best and strongest cats in Russia to the Hermitage. {6} Today, the museum holds a yearly festival honoring these faithful workers. [39] These cats are so cherished by the museum that officials recently [40] decreed original paintings to be made of six of them. In each, a cat is depicted upright in a humanlike pose and clothed in imperial-era Russian attire. The person chosen for this [41] task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov painted the cats in the style traditionally used by portrait artists, in so doing [42] presenting the cats as noble individuals worthy of respect. One portrait, The Hermitage Court Chamber Herald Cat, includes an aristocratic tilt of feline ears as well as a stately sweep of tail emerging from the stiff scarlet and gold of royal court dress. The wise, thoughtful green eyes of the subject of The Hermitage Court Outrunner Cat mimic those of a trusted royal advisor. [43] Some may find it peculiar to observe cats portrayed in formal court poses, but these felines, by [44] mastering the art of killing mice and rats, are benefactors of the museum as important as any human.", "textTwo": "44.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:37:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:47:13" }, { "id": "450", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The number of rooftops with solar panel installations\r\nin 5 cities is shown in the graph above. If the total\r\nnumber of installations is 27,500, what is an\r\nappropriate label for the vertical axis of the graph?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/e3306ad00714fa04122b229f9dd02cb2cd0a23be.png", "answer": "Number of installations (in thousands)", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:45:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:49:52" }, { "id": "451", "parentId": "", "textOne": "For what value of n is ?n ?1? +1 equal to 0 ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "There is no such value of n.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:53:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:51:33" }, { "id": "452", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following expresses the air temperature in terms of the speed of a sound wave?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a09999edd7709e02d76995f6216df71b894a85f6.png", "answer": "t = a ? 1,052\/ 1.08", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:13:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:53:09" }, { "id": "453", "parentId": "", "textOne": "At which of the following air temperatures will the speed of a sound wave be closest to 1,000 feet per second?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8c40854b01be4494f7796d66f8d79d869c301259.png", "answer": "?48\u00b0F", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:21:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:55:52" }, { "id": "454", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following numbers is NOT a solution\r\nof the inequality 3x ? 5 ? 4x ? 3?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-1", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:27:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:56:23" }, { "id": "455", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Based on the histogram above, of the following, which is closest to the average (arithmetic mean) number of seeds per apple?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/22f8c67d4ada7d9d68a9eee04a3116d7f3c5cf9e.png", "answer": "6", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:29:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:57:10" }, { "id": "456", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A group of tenth-grade students responded to a survey that asked which math course they were currently enrolled in. The survey data were broken down as shown in the table above. Which of the following categories accounts for approximately 19 percent of all the survey respondents?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/acc849df046234ddbccf081fb7e5b18b032b75df.png", "answer": "Males taking Geometry", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:35:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:57:53" }, { "id": "457", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The table above lists the lengths, to the nearest inch, of a random sample of 21 brown bullhead fish. The outlier measurement of 24 inches is an error. Of the mean, median, and range of the values listed, which will change the most if the 24-inch measurement is removed from the data?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3f33495126eb092be88f1d7b04346417e7c1b410.png", "answer": "Range", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:39:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:58:23" }, { "id": "458", "parentId": "", "textOne": "What does the C-intercept represent in the graph?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/ad2db8a6483180b5d0b35857978cc20bc7d31d57.png", "answer": "The total number of hours the boat is rented", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:45:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 17:59:07" }, { "id": "459", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following represents the relationship between h and C ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/eaffef143ec1254169b8ddaea8d6bd7a58698119.png", "answer": "C= 5h", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:48:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 18:03:47" }, { "id": "460", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The complete graph of the function f is shown in the xy-plane above. For what value of x is the value of f (x) at its minimum?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/2dcb4e8ca199c279e903c784865eb2fe7e067687.png", "answer": "-3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:53:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 18:04:23" }, { "id": "461", "parentId": "", "textOne": "y < -x + a\r\ny > x + b\r\nIn the xy-plane, if (0, 0) is a solution to the system of inequalities above, which of the following relationships between a and b must be true?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "a > b", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:58:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 18:04:56" }, { "id": "462", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A food truck sells salads for $6.50 each and drinks for $2.00 each. The food truck\u0092s revenue from selling a total of 209 salads and drinks in one day was $836.50. How many salads were sold that day?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "93", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:01:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 18:05:54" }, { "id": "463", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Alma bought a laptop computer at a store that gave a 20 percent discount off its original price. The total amount she paid to the cashier was p dollars, including an 8 percent sales tax on the discounted price. Which of the following represents the original price of the computer in terms of p ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "p\/ (0.8)(1.08)", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:04:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 18:06:45" }, { "id": "464", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The data in the table above were produced by a sleep researcher studying the number of dreams people recall when asked to record their dreams for one week. Group X consisted of 100 people who observed early bedtimes, and Group Y consisted of 100 people who observed later bedtimes. If a person is chosen at random from those who recalled at least 1 dream, what is the probability that the person belonged to Group Y ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/030c3b5660e1a1bd486b6d4a72c704201d0c46ca.png", "answer": "79\/164", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:08:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 18:08:07" }, { "id": "465", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following best approximates the average rate of change in the annual budget for agriculture\/natural resources in Kansas from 2008 to 2010 ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/12860f40ac4ae377a430800ea018121b4db664f9.png", "answer": "$65,000,000 per year", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:10:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 18:08:41" }, { "id": "466", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Of the following, which program\u0092s ratio of its 2007 budget to its 2010 budget is closest to the human resources program\u0092s ratio of its 2007 budget to its 2010 budget?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d123f4c3958edbfdebe6657f2b878e9828fedc30.png", "answer": "Education", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:15:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 18:09:19" }, { "id": "467", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from MacDonald Harris,\r\nThe Balloonist. \u00a92011 by The Estate of Donald Heiney. During the summer of 1897, the narrator of this story, a fictional Swedish scientist, has set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen-powered balloon.\r\n\r\nMy emotions are complicated and not readily verifiable. I feel a vast yearning that is simultaneously a pleasure and a pain. I am certain Line of the consummation of this yearning, but I don\u0092t [5] know yet what form it will take, since I do not understand quite what it is that the yearning desires. For the first time there is borne in upon me the full truth of what I myself said to the doctor only an hour ago: that my motives in this undertaking are not [10] entirely clear. For years, for a lifetime, the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment; its clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and no other. Rising slowly from the earth that bore me and gave me sustenance, I am [15] carried helplessly toward an uninhabited and hostile, or at best indifferent, part of the earth, littered with the bones of explorers and the wrecks of ships, frozen supply caches, messages scrawled with chilled fingers and hidden in cairns that no eye will ever see. [20] Nobody has succeeded in this thing, and many have died. Yet in freely willing this enterprise, in choosing this moment and no other when the south wind will carry me exactly northward at a velocity of eight knots, I have converted the machinery of my [25] fate into the servant of my will. All this I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is carried out. What I don\u0092t understand is why I am so intent on going to this particular place. Who wants the North Pole! What good is it! Can you eat [30] it? Will it carry you from Gothenburg to Malm\u00f6 like a railway? The Danish ministers have declared from their pulpits that participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul\u0092s eternal well-being, or so I read in a newspaper. It isn\u0092t clear how this doctrine is to [35] be interpreted, except that the Pole is something difficult or impossible to attain which must nevertheless be sought for, because man is condemned to seek out and know everything whether or not the knowledge gives him pleasure. In [40] short, it is the same unthinking lust for knowledge that drove our First Parents out of the garden. And suppose you were to find it in spite of all, this wonderful place that everybody is so anxious to stand on! What would you find? Exactly nothing. [45] A point precisely identical to all the others in a completely featureless wasteland stretching around it for hundreds of miles. It is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction. No one but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. Here I am. The [50] wind is still from the south, bearing us steadily northward at the speed of a trotting dog. Behind us, perhaps forever, lie the Cities of Men with their teacups and their brass bedsteads. I am going forth of my own volition to join the ghosts of Bering and [55] poor Franklin, of frozen De Long and his men. What I am on the brink of knowing, I now see, is not an ephemeral mathematical spot but myself. The doctor was right, even though I dislike him. Fundamentally I am a dangerous madman, and what [60] I do is both a challenge to my egotism and a surrender to it.", "textTwo": "1. Over the course of the passage, the narrator\u0092s attitude shifts from", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:26:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:17:24" }, { "id": "468", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from MacDonald Harris,\r\nThe Balloonist. \u00a92011 by The Estate of Donald Heiney. During the summer of 1897, the narrator of this story, a fictional Swedish scientist, has set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen-powered balloon.\r\n\r\nMy emotions are complicated and not readily verifiable. I feel a vast yearning that is simultaneously a pleasure and a pain. I am certain Line of the consummation of this yearning, but I don\u0092t [5] know yet what form it will take, since I do not understand quite what it is that the yearning desires. For the first time there is borne in upon me the full truth of what I myself said to the doctor only an hour ago: that my motives in this undertaking are not [10] entirely clear. For years, for a lifetime, the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment; its clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and no other. Rising slowly from the earth that bore me and gave me sustenance, I am [15] carried helplessly toward an uninhabited and hostile, or at best indifferent, part of the earth, littered with the bones of explorers and the wrecks of ships, frozen supply caches, messages scrawled with chilled fingers and hidden in cairns that no eye will ever see. [20] Nobody has succeeded in this thing, and many have died. Yet in freely willing this enterprise, in choosing this moment and no other when the south wind will carry me exactly northward at a velocity of eight knots, I have converted the machinery of my [25] fate into the servant of my will. All this I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is carried out. What I don\u0092t understand is why I am so intent on going to this particular place. Who wants the North Pole! What good is it! Can you eat [30] it? Will it carry you from Gothenburg to Malm\u00f6 like a railway? The Danish ministers have declared from their pulpits that participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul\u0092s eternal well-being, or so I read in a newspaper. It isn\u0092t clear how this doctrine is to [35] be interpreted, except that the Pole is something difficult or impossible to attain which must nevertheless be sought for, because man is condemned to seek out and know everything whether or not the knowledge gives him pleasure. In [40] short, it is the same unthinking lust for knowledge that drove our First Parents out of the garden. And suppose you were to find it in spite of all, this wonderful place that everybody is so anxious to stand on! What would you find? Exactly nothing. [45] A point precisely identical to all the others in a completely featureless wasteland stretching around it for hundreds of miles. It is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction. No one but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. Here I am. The [50] wind is still from the south, bearing us steadily northward at the speed of a trotting dog. Behind us, perhaps forever, lie the Cities of Men with their teacups and their brass bedsteads. I am going forth of my own volition to join the ghosts of Bering and [55] poor Franklin, of frozen De Long and his men. What I am on the brink of knowing, I now see, is not an ephemeral mathematical spot but myself. The doctor was right, even though I dislike him. Fundamentally I am a dangerous madman, and what [60] I do is both a challenge to my egotism and a surrender to it.", "textTwo": "2. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:28:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:17:59" }, { "id": "469", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from MacDonald Harris,\r\nThe Balloonist. \u00a92011 by The Estate of Donald Heiney. During the summer of 1897, the narrator of this story, a fictional Swedish scientist, has set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen-powered balloon.\r\n\r\nMy emotions are complicated and not readily verifiable. I feel a vast yearning that is simultaneously a pleasure and a pain. I am certain Line of the consummation of this yearning, but I don\u0092t [5] know yet what form it will take, since I do not understand quite what it is that the yearning desires. For the first time there is borne in upon me the full truth of what I myself said to the doctor only an hour ago: that my motives in this undertaking are not [10] entirely clear. For years, for a lifetime, the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment; its clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and no other. Rising slowly from the earth that bore me and gave me sustenance, I am [15] carried helplessly toward an uninhabited and hostile, or at best indifferent, part of the earth, littered with the bones of explorers and the wrecks of ships, frozen supply caches, messages scrawled with chilled fingers and hidden in cairns that no eye will ever see. [20] Nobody has succeeded in this thing, and many have died. Yet in freely willing this enterprise, in choosing this moment and no other when the south wind will carry me exactly northward at a velocity of eight knots, I have converted the machinery of my [25] fate into the servant of my will. All this I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is carried out. What I don\u0092t understand is why I am so intent on going to this particular place. Who wants the North Pole! What good is it! Can you eat [30] it? Will it carry you from Gothenburg to Malm\u00f6 like a railway? The Danish ministers have declared from their pulpits that participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul\u0092s eternal well-being, or so I read in a newspaper. It isn\u0092t clear how this doctrine is to [35] be interpreted, except that the Pole is something difficult or impossible to attain which must nevertheless be sought for, because man is condemned to seek out and know everything whether or not the knowledge gives him pleasure. In [40] short, it is the same unthinking lust for knowledge that drove our First Parents out of the garden. And suppose you were to find it in spite of all, this wonderful place that everybody is so anxious to stand on! What would you find? Exactly nothing. [45] A point precisely identical to all the others in a completely featureless wasteland stretching around it for hundreds of miles. It is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction. No one but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. Here I am. The [50] wind is still from the south, bearing us steadily northward at the speed of a trotting dog. Behind us, perhaps forever, lie the Cities of Men with their teacups and their brass bedsteads. I am going forth of my own volition to join the ghosts of Bering and [55] poor Franklin, of frozen De Long and his men. What I am on the brink of knowing, I now see, is not an ephemeral mathematical spot but myself. The doctor was right, even though I dislike him. Fundamentally I am a dangerous madman, and what [60] I do is both a challenge to my egotism and a surrender to it.", "textTwo": "3. As used in lines 1-2, \u0093not readily verifiable\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:29:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:18:26" }, { "id": "470", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from MacDonald Harris,\r\nThe Balloonist. \u00a92011 by The Estate of Donald Heiney. During the summer of 1897, the narrator of this story, a fictional Swedish scientist, has set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen-powered balloon.\r\n\r\nMy emotions are complicated and not readily verifiable. I feel a vast yearning that is simultaneously a pleasure and a pain. I am certain Line of the consummation of this yearning, but I don\u0092t [5] know yet what form it will take, since I do not understand quite what it is that the yearning desires. For the first time there is borne in upon me the full truth of what I myself said to the doctor only an hour ago: that my motives in this undertaking are not [10] entirely clear. For years, for a lifetime, the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment; its clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and no other. Rising slowly from the earth that bore me and gave me sustenance, I am [15] carried helplessly toward an uninhabited and hostile, or at best indifferent, part of the earth, littered with the bones of explorers and the wrecks of ships, frozen supply caches, messages scrawled with chilled fingers and hidden in cairns that no eye will ever see. [20] Nobody has succeeded in this thing, and many have died. Yet in freely willing this enterprise, in choosing this moment and no other when the south wind will carry me exactly northward at a velocity of eight knots, I have converted the machinery of my [25] fate into the servant of my will. All this I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is carried out. What I don\u0092t understand is why I am so intent on going to this particular place. Who wants the North Pole! What good is it! Can you eat [30] it? Will it carry you from Gothenburg to Malm\u00f6 like a railway? The Danish ministers have declared from their pulpits that participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul\u0092s eternal well-being, or so I read in a newspaper. It isn\u0092t clear how this doctrine is to [35] be interpreted, except that the Pole is something difficult or impossible to attain which must nevertheless be sought for, because man is condemned to seek out and know everything whether or not the knowledge gives him pleasure. In [40] short, it is the same unthinking lust for knowledge that drove our First Parents out of the garden. And suppose you were to find it in spite of all, this wonderful place that everybody is so anxious to stand on! What would you find? Exactly nothing. [45] A point precisely identical to all the others in a completely featureless wasteland stretching around it for hundreds of miles. It is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction. No one but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. Here I am. The [50] wind is still from the south, bearing us steadily northward at the speed of a trotting dog. Behind us, perhaps forever, lie the Cities of Men with their teacups and their brass bedsteads. I am going forth of my own volition to join the ghosts of Bering and [55] poor Franklin, of frozen De Long and his men. What I am on the brink of knowing, I now see, is not an ephemeral mathematical spot but myself. The doctor was right, even though I dislike him. Fundamentally I am a dangerous madman, and what [60] I do is both a challenge to my egotism and a surrender to it.", "textTwo": "4. The sentence in lines 10-13 (\u0093For years . . . other\u0094) mainly serves to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:31:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:19:54" }, { "id": "471", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from MacDonald Harris,\r\nThe Balloonist. \u00a92011 by The Estate of Donald Heiney. During the summer of 1897, the narrator of this story, a fictional Swedish scientist, has set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen-powered balloon.\r\n\r\nMy emotions are complicated and not readily verifiable. I feel a vast yearning that is simultaneously a pleasure and a pain. I am certain Line of the consummation of this yearning, but I don\u0092t [5] know yet what form it will take, since I do not understand quite what it is that the yearning desires. For the first time there is borne in upon me the full truth of what I myself said to the doctor only an hour ago: that my motives in this undertaking are not [10] entirely clear. For years, for a lifetime, the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment; its clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and no other. Rising slowly from the earth that bore me and gave me sustenance, I am [15] carried helplessly toward an uninhabited and hostile, or at best indifferent, part of the earth, littered with the bones of explorers and the wrecks of ships, frozen supply caches, messages scrawled with chilled fingers and hidden in cairns that no eye will ever see. [20] Nobody has succeeded in this thing, and many have died. Yet in freely willing this enterprise, in choosing this moment and no other when the south wind will carry me exactly northward at a velocity of eight knots, I have converted the machinery of my [25] fate into the servant of my will. All this I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is carried out. What I don\u0092t understand is why I am so intent on going to this particular place. Who wants the North Pole! What good is it! Can you eat [30] it? Will it carry you from Gothenburg to Malm\u00f6 like a railway? The Danish ministers have declared from their pulpits that participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul\u0092s eternal well-being, or so I read in a newspaper. It isn\u0092t clear how this doctrine is to [35] be interpreted, except that the Pole is something difficult or impossible to attain which must nevertheless be sought for, because man is condemned to seek out and know everything whether or not the knowledge gives him pleasure. In [40] short, it is the same unthinking lust for knowledge that drove our First Parents out of the garden. And suppose you were to find it in spite of all, this wonderful place that everybody is so anxious to stand on! What would you find? Exactly nothing. [45] A point precisely identical to all the others in a completely featureless wasteland stretching around it for hundreds of miles. It is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction. No one but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. Here I am. The [50] wind is still from the south, bearing us steadily northward at the speed of a trotting dog. Behind us, perhaps forever, lie the Cities of Men with their teacups and their brass bedsteads. I am going forth of my own volition to join the ghosts of Bering and [55] poor Franklin, of frozen De Long and his men. What I am on the brink of knowing, I now see, is not an ephemeral mathematical spot but myself. The doctor was right, even though I dislike him. Fundamentally I am a dangerous madman, and what [60] I do is both a challenge to my egotism and a surrender to it.", "textTwo": "5. The narrator indicates that many previous explorers seeking the North Pole have", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:33:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:20:22" }, { "id": "472", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from MacDonald Harris,\r\nThe Balloonist. \u00a92011 by The Estate of Donald Heiney. During the summer of 1897, the narrator of this story, a fictional Swedish scientist, has set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen-powered balloon.\r\n\r\nMy emotions are complicated and not readily verifiable. I feel a vast yearning that is simultaneously a pleasure and a pain. I am certain Line of the consummation of this yearning, but I don\u0092t [5] know yet what form it will take, since I do not understand quite what it is that the yearning desires. For the first time there is borne in upon me the full truth of what I myself said to the doctor only an hour ago: that my motives in this undertaking are not [10] entirely clear. For years, for a lifetime, the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment; its clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and no other. Rising slowly from the earth that bore me and gave me sustenance, I am [15] carried helplessly toward an uninhabited and hostile, or at best indifferent, part of the earth, littered with the bones of explorers and the wrecks of ships, frozen supply caches, messages scrawled with chilled fingers and hidden in cairns that no eye will ever see. [20] Nobody has succeeded in this thing, and many have died. Yet in freely willing this enterprise, in choosing this moment and no other when the south wind will carry me exactly northward at a velocity of eight knots, I have converted the machinery of my [25] fate into the servant of my will. All this I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is carried out. What I don\u0092t understand is why I am so intent on going to this particular place. Who wants the North Pole! What good is it! Can you eat [30] it? Will it carry you from Gothenburg to Malm\u00f6 like a railway? The Danish ministers have declared from their pulpits that participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul\u0092s eternal well-being, or so I read in a newspaper. It isn\u0092t clear how this doctrine is to [35] be interpreted, except that the Pole is something difficult or impossible to attain which must nevertheless be sought for, because man is condemned to seek out and know everything whether or not the knowledge gives him pleasure. In [40] short, it is the same unthinking lust for knowledge that drove our First Parents out of the garden. And suppose you were to find it in spite of all, this wonderful place that everybody is so anxious to stand on! What would you find? Exactly nothing. [45] A point precisely identical to all the others in a completely featureless wasteland stretching around it for hundreds of miles. It is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction. No one but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. Here I am. The [50] wind is still from the south, bearing us steadily northward at the speed of a trotting dog. Behind us, perhaps forever, lie the Cities of Men with their teacups and their brass bedsteads. I am going forth of my own volition to join the ghosts of Bering and [55] poor Franklin, of frozen De Long and his men. What I am on the brink of knowing, I now see, is not an ephemeral mathematical spot but myself. The doctor was right, even though I dislike him. Fundamentally I am a dangerous madman, and what [60] I do is both a challenge to my egotism and a surrender to it.", "textTwo": "6. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:35:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:20:45" }, { "id": "473", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from MacDonald Harris,\r\nThe Balloonist. \u00a92011 by The Estate of Donald Heiney. During the summer of 1897, the narrator of this story, a fictional Swedish scientist, has set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen-powered balloon.\r\n\r\nMy emotions are complicated and not readily verifiable. I feel a vast yearning that is simultaneously a pleasure and a pain. I am certain Line of the consummation of this yearning, but I don\u0092t [5] know yet what form it will take, since I do not understand quite what it is that the yearning desires. For the first time there is borne in upon me the full truth of what I myself said to the doctor only an hour ago: that my motives in this undertaking are not [10] entirely clear. For years, for a lifetime, the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment; its clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and no other. Rising slowly from the earth that bore me and gave me sustenance, I am [15] carried helplessly toward an uninhabited and hostile, or at best indifferent, part of the earth, littered with the bones of explorers and the wrecks of ships, frozen supply caches, messages scrawled with chilled fingers and hidden in cairns that no eye will ever see. [20] Nobody has succeeded in this thing, and many have died. Yet in freely willing this enterprise, in choosing this moment and no other when the south wind will carry me exactly northward at a velocity of eight knots, I have converted the machinery of my [25] fate into the servant of my will. All this I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is carried out. What I don\u0092t understand is why I am so intent on going to this particular place. Who wants the North Pole! What good is it! Can you eat [30] it? Will it carry you from Gothenburg to Malm\u00f6 like a railway? The Danish ministers have declared from their pulpits that participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul\u0092s eternal well-being, or so I read in a newspaper. It isn\u0092t clear how this doctrine is to [35] be interpreted, except that the Pole is something difficult or impossible to attain which must nevertheless be sought for, because man is condemned to seek out and know everything whether or not the knowledge gives him pleasure. In [40] short, it is the same unthinking lust for knowledge that drove our First Parents out of the garden. And suppose you were to find it in spite of all, this wonderful place that everybody is so anxious to stand on! What would you find? Exactly nothing. [45] A point precisely identical to all the others in a completely featureless wasteland stretching around it for hundreds of miles. It is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction. No one but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. Here I am. The [50] wind is still from the south, bearing us steadily northward at the speed of a trotting dog. Behind us, perhaps forever, lie the Cities of Men with their teacups and their brass bedsteads. I am going forth of my own volition to join the ghosts of Bering and [55] poor Franklin, of frozen De Long and his men. What I am on the brink of knowing, I now see, is not an ephemeral mathematical spot but myself. The doctor was right, even though I dislike him. Fundamentally I am a dangerous madman, and what [60] I do is both a challenge to my egotism and a surrender to it.", "textTwo": "7. Which choice best describes the narrator\u0092s view of his expedition to the North Pole?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:37:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:21:11" }, { "id": "474", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from MacDonald Harris,\r\nThe Balloonist. \u00a92011 by The Estate of Donald Heiney. During the summer of 1897, the narrator of this story, a fictional Swedish scientist, has set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen-powered balloon.\r\n\r\nMy emotions are complicated and not readily verifiable. I feel a vast yearning that is simultaneously a pleasure and a pain. I am certain Line of the consummation of this yearning, but I don\u0092t [5] know yet what form it will take, since I do not understand quite what it is that the yearning desires. For the first time there is borne in upon me the full truth of what I myself said to the doctor only an hour ago: that my motives in this undertaking are not [10] entirely clear. For years, for a lifetime, the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment; its clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and no other. Rising slowly from the earth that bore me and gave me sustenance, I am [15] carried helplessly toward an uninhabited and hostile, or at best indifferent, part of the earth, littered with the bones of explorers and the wrecks of ships, frozen supply caches, messages scrawled with chilled fingers and hidden in cairns that no eye will ever see. [20] Nobody has succeeded in this thing, and many have died. Yet in freely willing this enterprise, in choosing this moment and no other when the south wind will carry me exactly northward at a velocity of eight knots, I have converted the machinery of my [25] fate into the servant of my will. All this I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is carried out. What I don\u0092t understand is why I am so intent on going to this particular place. Who wants the North Pole! What good is it! Can you eat [30] it? Will it carry you from Gothenburg to Malm\u00f6 like a railway? The Danish ministers have declared from their pulpits that participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul\u0092s eternal well-being, or so I read in a newspaper. It isn\u0092t clear how this doctrine is to [35] be interpreted, except that the Pole is something difficult or impossible to attain which must nevertheless be sought for, because man is condemned to seek out and know everything whether or not the knowledge gives him pleasure. In [40] short, it is the same unthinking lust for knowledge that drove our First Parents out of the garden. And suppose you were to find it in spite of all, this wonderful place that everybody is so anxious to stand on! What would you find? Exactly nothing. [45] A point precisely identical to all the others in a completely featureless wasteland stretching around it for hundreds of miles. It is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction. No one but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. Here I am. The [50] wind is still from the south, bearing us steadily northward at the speed of a trotting dog. Behind us, perhaps forever, lie the Cities of Men with their teacups and their brass bedsteads. I am going forth of my own volition to join the ghosts of Bering and [55] poor Franklin, of frozen De Long and his men. What I am on the brink of knowing, I now see, is not an ephemeral mathematical spot but myself. The doctor was right, even though I dislike him. Fundamentally I am a dangerous madman, and what [60] I do is both a challenge to my egotism and a surrender to it.", "textTwo": "8. The question the narrator asks in lines 30-31 (\u0093Will it . . . railway\u0094) most nearly implies that", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:38:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:21:40" }, { "id": "475", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from MacDonald Harris,\r\nThe Balloonist. \u00a92011 by The Estate of Donald Heiney. During the summer of 1897, the narrator of this story, a fictional Swedish scientist, has set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen-powered balloon.\r\n\r\nMy emotions are complicated and not readily verifiable. I feel a vast yearning that is simultaneously a pleasure and a pain. I am certain Line of the consummation of this yearning, but I don\u0092t [5] know yet what form it will take, since I do not understand quite what it is that the yearning desires. For the first time there is borne in upon me the full truth of what I myself said to the doctor only an hour ago: that my motives in this undertaking are not [10] entirely clear. For years, for a lifetime, the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment; its clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and no other. Rising slowly from the earth that bore me and gave me sustenance, I am [15] carried helplessly toward an uninhabited and hostile, or at best indifferent, part of the earth, littered with the bones of explorers and the wrecks of ships, frozen supply caches, messages scrawled with chilled fingers and hidden in cairns that no eye will ever see. [20] Nobody has succeeded in this thing, and many have died. Yet in freely willing this enterprise, in choosing this moment and no other when the south wind will carry me exactly northward at a velocity of eight knots, I have converted the machinery of my [25] fate into the servant of my will. All this I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is carried out. What I don\u0092t understand is why I am so intent on going to this particular place. Who wants the North Pole! What good is it! Can you eat [30] it? Will it carry you from Gothenburg to Malm\u00f6 like a railway? The Danish ministers have declared from their pulpits that participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul\u0092s eternal well-being, or so I read in a newspaper. It isn\u0092t clear how this doctrine is to [35] be interpreted, except that the Pole is something difficult or impossible to attain which must nevertheless be sought for, because man is condemned to seek out and know everything whether or not the knowledge gives him pleasure. In [40] short, it is the same unthinking lust for knowledge that drove our First Parents out of the garden. And suppose you were to find it in spite of all, this wonderful place that everybody is so anxious to stand on! What would you find? Exactly nothing. [45] A point precisely identical to all the others in a completely featureless wasteland stretching around it for hundreds of miles. It is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction. No one but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. Here I am. The [50] wind is still from the south, bearing us steadily northward at the speed of a trotting dog. Behind us, perhaps forever, lie the Cities of Men with their teacups and their brass bedsteads. I am going forth of my own volition to join the ghosts of Bering and [55] poor Franklin, of frozen De Long and his men. What I am on the brink of knowing, I now see, is not an ephemeral mathematical spot but myself. The doctor was right, even though I dislike him. Fundamentally I am a dangerous madman, and what [60] I do is both a challenge to my egotism and a surrender to it.", "textTwo": "9. As used in line 49, \u0093take the slightest interest in\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:40:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:22:09" }, { "id": "476", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from MacDonald Harris,\r\nThe Balloonist. \u00a92011 by The Estate of Donald Heiney. During the summer of 1897, the narrator of this story, a fictional Swedish scientist, has set out for the North Pole in a hydrogen-powered balloon.\r\n\r\nMy emotions are complicated and not readily verifiable. I feel a vast yearning that is simultaneously a pleasure and a pain. I am certain Line of the consummation of this yearning, but I don\u0092t [5] know yet what form it will take, since I do not understand quite what it is that the yearning desires. For the first time there is borne in upon me the full truth of what I myself said to the doctor only an hour ago: that my motives in this undertaking are not [10] entirely clear. For years, for a lifetime, the machinery of my destiny has worked in secret to prepare for this moment; its clockwork has moved exactly toward this time and place and no other. Rising slowly from the earth that bore me and gave me sustenance, I am [15] carried helplessly toward an uninhabited and hostile, or at best indifferent, part of the earth, littered with the bones of explorers and the wrecks of ships, frozen supply caches, messages scrawled with chilled fingers and hidden in cairns that no eye will ever see. [20] Nobody has succeeded in this thing, and many have died. Yet in freely willing this enterprise, in choosing this moment and no other when the south wind will carry me exactly northward at a velocity of eight knots, I have converted the machinery of my [25] fate into the servant of my will. All this I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is carried out. What I don\u0092t understand is why I am so intent on going to this particular place. Who wants the North Pole! What good is it! Can you eat [30] it? Will it carry you from Gothenburg to Malm\u00f6 like a railway? The Danish ministers have declared from their pulpits that participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul\u0092s eternal well-being, or so I read in a newspaper. It isn\u0092t clear how this doctrine is to [35] be interpreted, except that the Pole is something difficult or impossible to attain which must nevertheless be sought for, because man is condemned to seek out and know everything whether or not the knowledge gives him pleasure. In [40] short, it is the same unthinking lust for knowledge that drove our First Parents out of the garden. And suppose you were to find it in spite of all, this wonderful place that everybody is so anxious to stand on! What would you find? Exactly nothing. [45] A point precisely identical to all the others in a completely featureless wasteland stretching around it for hundreds of miles. It is an abstraction, a mathematical fiction. No one but a Swedish madman could take the slightest interest in it. Here I am. The [50] wind is still from the south, bearing us steadily northward at the speed of a trotting dog. Behind us, perhaps forever, lie the Cities of Men with their teacups and their brass bedsteads. I am going forth of my own volition to join the ghosts of Bering and [55] poor Franklin, of frozen De Long and his men. What I am on the brink of knowing, I now see, is not an ephemeral mathematical spot but myself. The doctor was right, even though I dislike him. Fundamentally I am a dangerous madman, and what [60] I do is both a challenge to my egotism and a surrender to it.", "textTwo": "10. As used in line 50, \u0093bearing\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:41:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:22:32" }, { "id": "477", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "11. Which choice best summarizes the first paragraph of the passage (lines 1-35)?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3d8f1c16082c43398837ecfcc0658746fabac9f4.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:18:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:28:35" }, { "id": "478", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "12. According to the passage, members of which group moved away from central-city areas in large numbers in the early 2000s?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/36d850992971d09bec60234416bcad4367f10352.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:21:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:29:04" }, { "id": "479", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "13. In line 34, \u0093flat\u0094 is closest in meaning to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/62eee449517065e5a9336d7cc7bf10a720888632.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:23:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:29:29" }, { "id": "480", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "14. According to the passage, which choice best describes the current financial situation in many major American cities?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/50db234cb6f0a3f1778d3b9753bafd4f0d931e14.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:24:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:29:58" }, { "id": "481", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "15. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4955658e5489582e8909fb5bb4ce5f268110c187.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:27:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:30:21" }, { "id": "482", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "16. The passage implies that American cities in 1974", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c666661eab2c720cdefd55fac7630b95c863790d.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:33:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:30:47" }, { "id": "483", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "17. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/00925d13525f159775158f7c8daa81d32dd4692c.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:29:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:31:08" }, { "id": "484", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "18. As used in line 68, \u0093conducted\u0094 is closest in meaning to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4c456ff57049f490a77d1f5600aa5e6ffaeb8b47.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:32:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:31:35" }, { "id": "485", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "19. The author of the passage would most likely consider the information in chart 1 to be", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7298f4e484ffc4f453148ecb61f0e5c18bc2e41f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:35:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:32:09" }, { "id": "486", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "20. According to chart 2, the years 2000\u00962010 were characterized by", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/6acef895546cc5beecd538696eff793a212ab6cb.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:37:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:33:42" }, { "id": "487", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Alan Ehrenhalt, The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City. \u00a92013 by Vintage. Ehrenhalt is an urbanologist\u0097a scholar of cities and their development. Demographic inversion is a phenomenon that describes the rearrangement of living patterns throughout a metropolitan area.\r\n\r\nWe are not witnessing the abandonment of the suburbs, or a movement of millions of people back to the city all at once. The 2010 census certainly did not {Line} turn up evidence of a middle-class stampede to the\r\n[5] nation\u0092s cities. The news was mixed: Some of the larger cities on the East Coast tended to gain population, albeit in small increments. Those in the Midwest, including Chicago, tended to lose substantial numbers. The cities that showed gains in [10] overall populations during the entire decade tended to be in the South and Southwest. But when it comes to measuring demographic inversion, raw census numbers are an ineffective blunt instrument. A closer look at the results shows that the most powerful [15] demographic events of the past decade were the movement of African Americans out of central cities (180,000 of them in Chicago alone) and the settlement of immigrant groups in suburbs, often ones many miles distant from downtown. [20] Central-city areas that gained affluent residents in the first part of the decade maintained that population in the recession years from 2007 to 2009. They also, according to a 2011 study by Brookings, suffered considerably less from increased [25] unemployment than the suburbs did. Not many young professionals moved to new downtown condos in the recession years because few such residences were being built. But there is no reason to believe that the demographic trends prevailing prior [30] to the construction bust will not resume once that bust is over. It is important to remember that demographic inversion is not a proxy for population growth; it can occur in cities that are growing, those whose numbers are flat, and even in those [35] undergoing a modest decline in size. America\u0092s major cities face enormous fiscal problems, many of them the result of public pension obligations they incurred in the more prosperous years of the past two decades. Some, Chicago [40] prominent among them, simply are not producing enough revenue to support the level of public services to which most of the citizens have grown to feel entitled. How the cities are going to solve this problem, I do not know. What I do know is that if [45] fiscal crises were going to drive affluent professionals out of central cities, it would have done so by now. There is no evidence that it has. The truth is that we are living at a moment in which the massive outward migration of the affluent [50] that characterized the second half of the twentieth century is coming to an end. And we need to adjust our perceptions of cities, suburbs, and urban mobility as a result. Much of our perspective on the process of [55] metropolitan settlement dates, whether we realize it or not, from a paper written in 1925 by the University of Chicago sociologist Ernest W. Burgess. It was Burgess who defined four urban\/suburban zones of settlement: a central business district; a [60] area of manufacturing just beyond it; then a residential area inhabited by the industrial and immigrant working class; and finally an outer enclave of single-family dwellings. Burgess was right about the urban America of [65] 1925; he was right about the urban America of 1974. Virtually every city in the country had a downtown, where the commercial life of the metropolis was conducted; it had a factory district just beyond; it had districts of working-class residences just beyond that; [70] and it had residential suburbs for the wealthy and the upper middle class at the far end of the continuum. As a family moved up the economic ladder, it also moved outward from crowded working-class districts to more spacious apartments and, [75] eventually, to a suburban home. The suburbs of Burgess\u0092s time bore little resemblance to those at the end of the twentieth century, but the theory still essentially worked. People moved ahead in life by moving farther out. [80] But in the past decade, in quite a few places, this model has ceased to describe reality. There are still downtown commercial districts, but there are no factory districts lying next to them. There are scarcely any factories at all. These close-in parts of [85] the city, whose few residents Burgess described as dwelling in \u0093submerged regions of poverty, degradation and disease,\u0094 are increasingly the preserve of the affluent who work in the commercial core. And just as crucially newcomers to America are [90] not settling on the inside and accumulating the resources to move out; they are living in the suburbs from day one.", "textTwo": "21. Chart 2 suggests which of the following about population change in the 1990s?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b847eb8395f77b59213e21ffec62a709c4ec0449.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:40:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:34:11" }, { "id": "488", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Emily Anthes, Frankenstein's Cat. \u00a92013 by Emily Anthes.\r\n\r\nWhen scientists first learned how to edit the genomes of animals, they began to imagine all the ways they could use this new power. Creating Line brightly colored novelty pets was not a high priority. [5] Instead, most researchers envisioned far more consequential applications, hoping to create genetically engineered animals that saved human lives. One enterprise is now delivering on this dream. Welcome to the world of \u0093pharming,\u0094 in which [10] simple genetic tweaks turn animals into living pharmaceutical factories. Many of the proteins that our cells crank out naturally make for good medicine. Our bodies\u0092 own enzymes, hormones, clotting factors, and antibodies [15] are commonly used to treat cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and more. The trouble is that it\u0092s difficult and expensive to make these compounds on an industrial scale, and as a result, patients can face shortages of the medicines they need. Dairy [20] animals, on the other hand, are expert protein producers, their udders swollen with milk. So the creation of the first transgenic animals\u0097first mice, then other species\u0097in the 1980s gave scientists an idea: What if they put the gene for a human antibody [25] or enzyme into a cow, goat, or sheep? If they put the gene in just the right place, under the control of the right molecular switch, maybe they could engineer animals that produced healing human proteins in their milk. Then doctors could collect medicine by [30] the bucketful. Throughout the 1980s and \u009290s, studies provided proof of principle, as scientists created transgenic mice, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and rabbits that did in fact make therapeutic compounds in their milk. [35] At first, this work was merely gee-whiz, scientific geekery, lab-bound thought experiments come true. That all changed with ATryn, a drug produced by the Massachusetts firm GTC Biotherapeutics. ATryn is antithrombin, an anticoagulant that can be used to [40] prevent life-threatening blood clots. The compound, made by our liver cells, plays a key role in keeping our bodies clot-free. It acts as a molecular bouncer, sidling up to clot-forming compounds and escorting them out of the bloodstream. But as many as 1 in [45] 2,000 Americans are born with a genetic mutation that prevents them from making antithrombin. These patients are prone to clots, especially in their legs and lungs, and they are at elevated risk of suffering from fatal complications during surgery [50] and childbirth. Supplemental antithrombin can reduce this risk, and GTC decided to try to manufacture the compound using genetically engineered goats. To create its special herd of goats, GTC used [55] microinjections, the same technique that produced GloFish and AquAdvantage salmon. The company\u0092s scientists took the gene for human antithrombin and injected it directly into fertilized goat eggs. Then they implanted the eggs in the wombs of female goats. [60] When the kids were born, some of them proved to be transgenic, the human gene nestled safely in their cells. The researchers paired the antithrombin gene with a promoter (which is a sequence of DNA that controls gene activity) that is normally active in the [65] goat\u0092s mammary glands during milk production. When the transgenic females lactated, the promoter turned the transgene on and the goats\u0092 udders filled with milk containing antithrombin. All that was left to do was to collect the milk, and extract and purify [70] the protein. Et voil\u00e0\u0097human medicine! And, for GTC, liquid gold. ATryn hit the market in 2006, becoming the world\u0092s first transgenic animal drug. Over the course of a year, the \u0093milking parlors\u0094 on GTC\u0092s 300-acre farm in Massachusetts can collect [75] more than a kilogram of medicine from a single animal.", "textTwo": "22. The primary purpose of the passage is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:50:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:39:07" }, { "id": "489", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Emily Anthes, Frankenstein's Cat. \u00a92013 by Emily Anthes.\r\n\r\nWhen scientists first learned how to edit the genomes of animals, they began to imagine all the ways they could use this new power. Creating Line brightly colored novelty pets was not a high priority. [5] Instead, most researchers envisioned far more consequential applications, hoping to create genetically engineered animals that saved human lives. One enterprise is now delivering on this dream. Welcome to the world of \u0093pharming,\u0094 in which [10] simple genetic tweaks turn animals into living pharmaceutical factories. Many of the proteins that our cells crank out naturally make for good medicine. Our bodies\u0092 own enzymes, hormones, clotting factors, and antibodies [15] are commonly used to treat cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and more. The trouble is that it\u0092s difficult and expensive to make these compounds on an industrial scale, and as a result, patients can face shortages of the medicines they need. Dairy [20] animals, on the other hand, are expert protein producers, their udders swollen with milk. So the creation of the first transgenic animals\u0097first mice, then other species\u0097in the 1980s gave scientists an idea: What if they put the gene for a human antibody [25] or enzyme into a cow, goat, or sheep? If they put the gene in just the right place, under the control of the right molecular switch, maybe they could engineer animals that produced healing human proteins in their milk. Then doctors could collect medicine by [30] the bucketful. Throughout the 1980s and \u009290s, studies provided proof of principle, as scientists created transgenic mice, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and rabbits that did in fact make therapeutic compounds in their milk. [35] At first, this work was merely gee-whiz, scientific geekery, lab-bound thought experiments come true. That all changed with ATryn, a drug produced by the Massachusetts firm GTC Biotherapeutics. ATryn is antithrombin, an anticoagulant that can be used to [40] prevent life-threatening blood clots. The compound, made by our liver cells, plays a key role in keeping our bodies clot-free. It acts as a molecular bouncer, sidling up to clot-forming compounds and escorting them out of the bloodstream. But as many as 1 in [45] 2,000 Americans are born with a genetic mutation that prevents them from making antithrombin. These patients are prone to clots, especially in their legs and lungs, and they are at elevated risk of suffering from fatal complications during surgery [50] and childbirth. Supplemental antithrombin can reduce this risk, and GTC decided to try to manufacture the compound using genetically engineered goats. To create its special herd of goats, GTC used [55] microinjections, the same technique that produced GloFish and AquAdvantage salmon. The company\u0092s scientists took the gene for human antithrombin and injected it directly into fertilized goat eggs. Then they implanted the eggs in the wombs of female goats. [60] When the kids were born, some of them proved to be transgenic, the human gene nestled safely in their cells. The researchers paired the antithrombin gene with a promoter (which is a sequence of DNA that controls gene activity) that is normally active in the [65] goat\u0092s mammary glands during milk production. When the transgenic females lactated, the promoter turned the transgene on and the goats\u0092 udders filled with milk containing antithrombin. All that was left to do was to collect the milk, and extract and purify [70] the protein. Et voil\u00e0\u0097human medicine! And, for GTC, liquid gold. ATryn hit the market in 2006, becoming the world\u0092s first transgenic animal drug. Over the course of a year, the \u0093milking parlors\u0094 on GTC\u0092s 300-acre farm in Massachusetts can collect [75] more than a kilogram of medicine from a single animal.", "textTwo": "23. The author\u0092s attitude toward pharming is best described as one of", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:53:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:39:32" }, { "id": "490", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Emily Anthes, Frankenstein's Cat. \u00a92013 by Emily Anthes.\r\n\r\nWhen scientists first learned how to edit the genomes of animals, they began to imagine all the ways they could use this new power. Creating Line brightly colored novelty pets was not a high priority. [5] Instead, most researchers envisioned far more consequential applications, hoping to create genetically engineered animals that saved human lives. One enterprise is now delivering on this dream. Welcome to the world of \u0093pharming,\u0094 in which [10] simple genetic tweaks turn animals into living pharmaceutical factories. Many of the proteins that our cells crank out naturally make for good medicine. Our bodies\u0092 own enzymes, hormones, clotting factors, and antibodies [15] are commonly used to treat cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and more. The trouble is that it\u0092s difficult and expensive to make these compounds on an industrial scale, and as a result, patients can face shortages of the medicines they need. Dairy [20] animals, on the other hand, are expert protein producers, their udders swollen with milk. So the creation of the first transgenic animals\u0097first mice, then other species\u0097in the 1980s gave scientists an idea: What if they put the gene for a human antibody [25] or enzyme into a cow, goat, or sheep? If they put the gene in just the right place, under the control of the right molecular switch, maybe they could engineer animals that produced healing human proteins in their milk. Then doctors could collect medicine by [30] the bucketful. Throughout the 1980s and \u009290s, studies provided proof of principle, as scientists created transgenic mice, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and rabbits that did in fact make therapeutic compounds in their milk. [35] At first, this work was merely gee-whiz, scientific geekery, lab-bound thought experiments come true. That all changed with ATryn, a drug produced by the Massachusetts firm GTC Biotherapeutics. ATryn is antithrombin, an anticoagulant that can be used to [40] prevent life-threatening blood clots. The compound, made by our liver cells, plays a key role in keeping our bodies clot-free. It acts as a molecular bouncer, sidling up to clot-forming compounds and escorting them out of the bloodstream. But as many as 1 in [45] 2,000 Americans are born with a genetic mutation that prevents them from making antithrombin. These patients are prone to clots, especially in their legs and lungs, and they are at elevated risk of suffering from fatal complications during surgery [50] and childbirth. Supplemental antithrombin can reduce this risk, and GTC decided to try to manufacture the compound using genetically engineered goats. To create its special herd of goats, GTC used [55] microinjections, the same technique that produced GloFish and AquAdvantage salmon. The company\u0092s scientists took the gene for human antithrombin and injected it directly into fertilized goat eggs. Then they implanted the eggs in the wombs of female goats. [60] When the kids were born, some of them proved to be transgenic, the human gene nestled safely in their cells. The researchers paired the antithrombin gene with a promoter (which is a sequence of DNA that controls gene activity) that is normally active in the [65] goat\u0092s mammary glands during milk production. When the transgenic females lactated, the promoter turned the transgene on and the goats\u0092 udders filled with milk containing antithrombin. All that was left to do was to collect the milk, and extract and purify [70] the protein. Et voil\u00e0\u0097human medicine! And, for GTC, liquid gold. ATryn hit the market in 2006, becoming the world\u0092s first transgenic animal drug. Over the course of a year, the \u0093milking parlors\u0094 on GTC\u0092s 300-acre farm in Massachusetts can collect [75] more than a kilogram of medicine from a single animal.", "textTwo": "24. As used in line 20, \u0093expert\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:55:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:39:52" }, { "id": "491", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Emily Anthes, Frankenstein's Cat. \u00a92013 by Emily Anthes.\r\n\r\nWhen scientists first learned how to edit the genomes of animals, they began to imagine all the ways they could use this new power. Creating Line brightly colored novelty pets was not a high priority. [5] Instead, most researchers envisioned far more consequential applications, hoping to create genetically engineered animals that saved human lives. One enterprise is now delivering on this dream. Welcome to the world of \u0093pharming,\u0094 in which [10] simple genetic tweaks turn animals into living pharmaceutical factories. Many of the proteins that our cells crank out naturally make for good medicine. Our bodies\u0092 own enzymes, hormones, clotting factors, and antibodies [15] are commonly used to treat cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and more. The trouble is that it\u0092s difficult and expensive to make these compounds on an industrial scale, and as a result, patients can face shortages of the medicines they need. Dairy [20] animals, on the other hand, are expert protein producers, their udders swollen with milk. So the creation of the first transgenic animals\u0097first mice, then other species\u0097in the 1980s gave scientists an idea: What if they put the gene for a human antibody [25] or enzyme into a cow, goat, or sheep? If they put the gene in just the right place, under the control of the right molecular switch, maybe they could engineer animals that produced healing human proteins in their milk. Then doctors could collect medicine by [30] the bucketful. Throughout the 1980s and \u009290s, studies provided proof of principle, as scientists created transgenic mice, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and rabbits that did in fact make therapeutic compounds in their milk. [35] At first, this work was merely gee-whiz, scientific geekery, lab-bound thought experiments come true. That all changed with ATryn, a drug produced by the Massachusetts firm GTC Biotherapeutics. ATryn is antithrombin, an anticoagulant that can be used to [40] prevent life-threatening blood clots. The compound, made by our liver cells, plays a key role in keeping our bodies clot-free. It acts as a molecular bouncer, sidling up to clot-forming compounds and escorting them out of the bloodstream. But as many as 1 in [45] 2,000 Americans are born with a genetic mutation that prevents them from making antithrombin. These patients are prone to clots, especially in their legs and lungs, and they are at elevated risk of suffering from fatal complications during surgery [50] and childbirth. Supplemental antithrombin can reduce this risk, and GTC decided to try to manufacture the compound using genetically engineered goats. To create its special herd of goats, GTC used [55] microinjections, the same technique that produced GloFish and AquAdvantage salmon. The company\u0092s scientists took the gene for human antithrombin and injected it directly into fertilized goat eggs. Then they implanted the eggs in the wombs of female goats. [60] When the kids were born, some of them proved to be transgenic, the human gene nestled safely in their cells. The researchers paired the antithrombin gene with a promoter (which is a sequence of DNA that controls gene activity) that is normally active in the [65] goat\u0092s mammary glands during milk production. When the transgenic females lactated, the promoter turned the transgene on and the goats\u0092 udders filled with milk containing antithrombin. All that was left to do was to collect the milk, and extract and purify [70] the protein. Et voil\u00e0\u0097human medicine! And, for GTC, liquid gold. ATryn hit the market in 2006, becoming the world\u0092s first transgenic animal drug. Over the course of a year, the \u0093milking parlors\u0094 on GTC\u0092s 300-acre farm in Massachusetts can collect [75] more than a kilogram of medicine from a single animal.", "textTwo": "25. What does the author suggest about the transgenic studies done in the 1980s and 1990s?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:58:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:40:17" }, { "id": "492", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Emily Anthes, Frankenstein's Cat. \u00a92013 by Emily Anthes.\r\n\r\nWhen scientists first learned how to edit the genomes of animals, they began to imagine all the ways they could use this new power. Creating Line brightly colored novelty pets was not a high priority. [5] Instead, most researchers envisioned far more consequential applications, hoping to create genetically engineered animals that saved human lives. One enterprise is now delivering on this dream. Welcome to the world of \u0093pharming,\u0094 in which [10] simple genetic tweaks turn animals into living pharmaceutical factories. Many of the proteins that our cells crank out naturally make for good medicine. Our bodies\u0092 own enzymes, hormones, clotting factors, and antibodies [15] are commonly used to treat cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and more. The trouble is that it\u0092s difficult and expensive to make these compounds on an industrial scale, and as a result, patients can face shortages of the medicines they need. Dairy [20] animals, on the other hand, are expert protein producers, their udders swollen with milk. So the creation of the first transgenic animals\u0097first mice, then other species\u0097in the 1980s gave scientists an idea: What if they put the gene for a human antibody [25] or enzyme into a cow, goat, or sheep? If they put the gene in just the right place, under the control of the right molecular switch, maybe they could engineer animals that produced healing human proteins in their milk. Then doctors could collect medicine by [30] the bucketful. Throughout the 1980s and \u009290s, studies provided proof of principle, as scientists created transgenic mice, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and rabbits that did in fact make therapeutic compounds in their milk. [35] At first, this work was merely gee-whiz, scientific geekery, lab-bound thought experiments come true. That all changed with ATryn, a drug produced by the Massachusetts firm GTC Biotherapeutics. ATryn is antithrombin, an anticoagulant that can be used to [40] prevent life-threatening blood clots. The compound, made by our liver cells, plays a key role in keeping our bodies clot-free. It acts as a molecular bouncer, sidling up to clot-forming compounds and escorting them out of the bloodstream. But as many as 1 in [45] 2,000 Americans are born with a genetic mutation that prevents them from making antithrombin. These patients are prone to clots, especially in their legs and lungs, and they are at elevated risk of suffering from fatal complications during surgery [50] and childbirth. Supplemental antithrombin can reduce this risk, and GTC decided to try to manufacture the compound using genetically engineered goats. To create its special herd of goats, GTC used [55] microinjections, the same technique that produced GloFish and AquAdvantage salmon. The company\u0092s scientists took the gene for human antithrombin and injected it directly into fertilized goat eggs. Then they implanted the eggs in the wombs of female goats. [60] When the kids were born, some of them proved to be transgenic, the human gene nestled safely in their cells. The researchers paired the antithrombin gene with a promoter (which is a sequence of DNA that controls gene activity) that is normally active in the [65] goat\u0092s mammary glands during milk production. When the transgenic females lactated, the promoter turned the transgene on and the goats\u0092 udders filled with milk containing antithrombin. All that was left to do was to collect the milk, and extract and purify [70] the protein. Et voil\u00e0\u0097human medicine! And, for GTC, liquid gold. ATryn hit the market in 2006, becoming the world\u0092s first transgenic animal drug. Over the course of a year, the \u0093milking parlors\u0094 on GTC\u0092s 300-acre farm in Massachusetts can collect [75] more than a kilogram of medicine from a single animal.", "textTwo": "26. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:04:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:40:45" }, { "id": "493", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Emily Anthes, Frankenstein's Cat. \u00a92013 by Emily Anthes.\r\n\r\nWhen scientists first learned how to edit the genomes of animals, they began to imagine all the ways they could use this new power. Creating Line brightly colored novelty pets was not a high priority. [5] Instead, most researchers envisioned far more consequential applications, hoping to create genetically engineered animals that saved human lives. One enterprise is now delivering on this dream. Welcome to the world of \u0093pharming,\u0094 in which [10] simple genetic tweaks turn animals into living pharmaceutical factories. Many of the proteins that our cells crank out naturally make for good medicine. Our bodies\u0092 own enzymes, hormones, clotting factors, and antibodies [15] are commonly used to treat cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and more. The trouble is that it\u0092s difficult and expensive to make these compounds on an industrial scale, and as a result, patients can face shortages of the medicines they need. Dairy [20] animals, on the other hand, are expert protein producers, their udders swollen with milk. So the creation of the first transgenic animals\u0097first mice, then other species\u0097in the 1980s gave scientists an idea: What if they put the gene for a human antibody [25] or enzyme into a cow, goat, or sheep? If they put the gene in just the right place, under the control of the right molecular switch, maybe they could engineer animals that produced healing human proteins in their milk. Then doctors could collect medicine by [30] the bucketful. Throughout the 1980s and \u009290s, studies provided proof of principle, as scientists created transgenic mice, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and rabbits that did in fact make therapeutic compounds in their milk. [35] At first, this work was merely gee-whiz, scientific geekery, lab-bound thought experiments come true. That all changed with ATryn, a drug produced by the Massachusetts firm GTC Biotherapeutics. ATryn is antithrombin, an anticoagulant that can be used to [40] prevent life-threatening blood clots. The compound, made by our liver cells, plays a key role in keeping our bodies clot-free. It acts as a molecular bouncer, sidling up to clot-forming compounds and escorting them out of the bloodstream. But as many as 1 in [45] 2,000 Americans are born with a genetic mutation that prevents them from making antithrombin. These patients are prone to clots, especially in their legs and lungs, and they are at elevated risk of suffering from fatal complications during surgery [50] and childbirth. Supplemental antithrombin can reduce this risk, and GTC decided to try to manufacture the compound using genetically engineered goats. To create its special herd of goats, GTC used [55] microinjections, the same technique that produced GloFish and AquAdvantage salmon. The company\u0092s scientists took the gene for human antithrombin and injected it directly into fertilized goat eggs. Then they implanted the eggs in the wombs of female goats. [60] When the kids were born, some of them proved to be transgenic, the human gene nestled safely in their cells. The researchers paired the antithrombin gene with a promoter (which is a sequence of DNA that controls gene activity) that is normally active in the [65] goat\u0092s mammary glands during milk production. When the transgenic females lactated, the promoter turned the transgene on and the goats\u0092 udders filled with milk containing antithrombin. All that was left to do was to collect the milk, and extract and purify [70] the protein. Et voil\u00e0\u0097human medicine! And, for GTC, liquid gold. ATryn hit the market in 2006, becoming the world\u0092s first transgenic animal drug. Over the course of a year, the \u0093milking parlors\u0094 on GTC\u0092s 300-acre farm in Massachusetts can collect [75] more than a kilogram of medicine from a single animal.", "textTwo": "27. According to the passage, which of the following is true of antithrombin?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:07:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:41:07" }, { "id": "494", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Emily Anthes, Frankenstein's Cat. \u00a92013 by Emily Anthes.\r\n\r\nWhen scientists first learned how to edit the genomes of animals, they began to imagine all the ways they could use this new power. Creating Line brightly colored novelty pets was not a high priority. [5] Instead, most researchers envisioned far more consequential applications, hoping to create genetically engineered animals that saved human lives. One enterprise is now delivering on this dream. Welcome to the world of \u0093pharming,\u0094 in which [10] simple genetic tweaks turn animals into living pharmaceutical factories. Many of the proteins that our cells crank out naturally make for good medicine. Our bodies\u0092 own enzymes, hormones, clotting factors, and antibodies [15] are commonly used to treat cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and more. The trouble is that it\u0092s difficult and expensive to make these compounds on an industrial scale, and as a result, patients can face shortages of the medicines they need. Dairy [20] animals, on the other hand, are expert protein producers, their udders swollen with milk. So the creation of the first transgenic animals\u0097first mice, then other species\u0097in the 1980s gave scientists an idea: What if they put the gene for a human antibody [25] or enzyme into a cow, goat, or sheep? If they put the gene in just the right place, under the control of the right molecular switch, maybe they could engineer animals that produced healing human proteins in their milk. Then doctors could collect medicine by [30] the bucketful. Throughout the 1980s and \u009290s, studies provided proof of principle, as scientists created transgenic mice, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and rabbits that did in fact make therapeutic compounds in their milk. [35] At first, this work was merely gee-whiz, scientific geekery, lab-bound thought experiments come true. That all changed with ATryn, a drug produced by the Massachusetts firm GTC Biotherapeutics. ATryn is antithrombin, an anticoagulant that can be used to [40] prevent life-threatening blood clots. The compound, made by our liver cells, plays a key role in keeping our bodies clot-free. It acts as a molecular bouncer, sidling up to clot-forming compounds and escorting them out of the bloodstream. But as many as 1 in [45] 2,000 Americans are born with a genetic mutation that prevents them from making antithrombin. These patients are prone to clots, especially in their legs and lungs, and they are at elevated risk of suffering from fatal complications during surgery [50] and childbirth. Supplemental antithrombin can reduce this risk, and GTC decided to try to manufacture the compound using genetically engineered goats. To create its special herd of goats, GTC used [55] microinjections, the same technique that produced GloFish and AquAdvantage salmon. The company\u0092s scientists took the gene for human antithrombin and injected it directly into fertilized goat eggs. Then they implanted the eggs in the wombs of female goats. [60] When the kids were born, some of them proved to be transgenic, the human gene nestled safely in their cells. The researchers paired the antithrombin gene with a promoter (which is a sequence of DNA that controls gene activity) that is normally active in the [65] goat\u0092s mammary glands during milk production. When the transgenic females lactated, the promoter turned the transgene on and the goats\u0092 udders filled with milk containing antithrombin. All that was left to do was to collect the milk, and extract and purify [70] the protein. Et voil\u00e0\u0097human medicine! And, for GTC, liquid gold. ATryn hit the market in 2006, becoming the world\u0092s first transgenic animal drug. Over the course of a year, the \u0093milking parlors\u0094 on GTC\u0092s 300-acre farm in Massachusetts can collect [75] more than a kilogram of medicine from a single animal.", "textTwo": "28. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:15:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:41:38" }, { "id": "495", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Emily Anthes, Frankenstein's Cat. \u00a92013 by Emily Anthes.\r\n\r\nWhen scientists first learned how to edit the genomes of animals, they began to imagine all the ways they could use this new power. Creating Line brightly colored novelty pets was not a high priority. [5] Instead, most researchers envisioned far more consequential applications, hoping to create genetically engineered animals that saved human lives. One enterprise is now delivering on this dream. Welcome to the world of \u0093pharming,\u0094 in which [10] simple genetic tweaks turn animals into living pharmaceutical factories. Many of the proteins that our cells crank out naturally make for good medicine. Our bodies\u0092 own enzymes, hormones, clotting factors, and antibodies [15] are commonly used to treat cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and more. The trouble is that it\u0092s difficult and expensive to make these compounds on an industrial scale, and as a result, patients can face shortages of the medicines they need. Dairy [20] animals, on the other hand, are expert protein producers, their udders swollen with milk. So the creation of the first transgenic animals\u0097first mice, then other species\u0097in the 1980s gave scientists an idea: What if they put the gene for a human antibody [25] or enzyme into a cow, goat, or sheep? If they put the gene in just the right place, under the control of the right molecular switch, maybe they could engineer animals that produced healing human proteins in their milk. Then doctors could collect medicine by [30] the bucketful. Throughout the 1980s and \u009290s, studies provided proof of principle, as scientists created transgenic mice, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and rabbits that did in fact make therapeutic compounds in their milk. [35] At first, this work was merely gee-whiz, scientific geekery, lab-bound thought experiments come true. That all changed with ATryn, a drug produced by the Massachusetts firm GTC Biotherapeutics. ATryn is antithrombin, an anticoagulant that can be used to [40] prevent life-threatening blood clots. The compound, made by our liver cells, plays a key role in keeping our bodies clot-free. It acts as a molecular bouncer, sidling up to clot-forming compounds and escorting them out of the bloodstream. But as many as 1 in [45] 2,000 Americans are born with a genetic mutation that prevents them from making antithrombin. These patients are prone to clots, especially in their legs and lungs, and they are at elevated risk of suffering from fatal complications during surgery [50] and childbirth. Supplemental antithrombin can reduce this risk, and GTC decided to try to manufacture the compound using genetically engineered goats. To create its special herd of goats, GTC used [55] microinjections, the same technique that produced GloFish and AquAdvantage salmon. The company\u0092s scientists took the gene for human antithrombin and injected it directly into fertilized goat eggs. Then they implanted the eggs in the wombs of female goats. [60] When the kids were born, some of them proved to be transgenic, the human gene nestled safely in their cells. The researchers paired the antithrombin gene with a promoter (which is a sequence of DNA that controls gene activity) that is normally active in the [65] goat\u0092s mammary glands during milk production. When the transgenic females lactated, the promoter turned the transgene on and the goats\u0092 udders filled with milk containing antithrombin. All that was left to do was to collect the milk, and extract and purify [70] the protein. Et voil\u00e0\u0097human medicine! And, for GTC, liquid gold. ATryn hit the market in 2006, becoming the world\u0092s first transgenic animal drug. Over the course of a year, the \u0093milking parlors\u0094 on GTC\u0092s 300-acre farm in Massachusetts can collect [75] more than a kilogram of medicine from a single animal.", "textTwo": "29. Which of the following does the author suggest about the \u0093female goats\u0094 mentioned in line 59?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:18:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:42:02" }, { "id": "496", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Emily Anthes, Frankenstein's Cat. \u00a92013 by Emily Anthes.\r\n\r\nWhen scientists first learned how to edit the genomes of animals, they began to imagine all the ways they could use this new power. Creating Line brightly colored novelty pets was not a high priority. [5] Instead, most researchers envisioned far more consequential applications, hoping to create genetically engineered animals that saved human lives. One enterprise is now delivering on this dream. Welcome to the world of \u0093pharming,\u0094 in which [10] simple genetic tweaks turn animals into living pharmaceutical factories. Many of the proteins that our cells crank out naturally make for good medicine. Our bodies\u0092 own enzymes, hormones, clotting factors, and antibodies [15] are commonly used to treat cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and more. The trouble is that it\u0092s difficult and expensive to make these compounds on an industrial scale, and as a result, patients can face shortages of the medicines they need. Dairy [20] animals, on the other hand, are expert protein producers, their udders swollen with milk. So the creation of the first transgenic animals\u0097first mice, then other species\u0097in the 1980s gave scientists an idea: What if they put the gene for a human antibody [25] or enzyme into a cow, goat, or sheep? If they put the gene in just the right place, under the control of the right molecular switch, maybe they could engineer animals that produced healing human proteins in their milk. Then doctors could collect medicine by [30] the bucketful. Throughout the 1980s and \u009290s, studies provided proof of principle, as scientists created transgenic mice, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and rabbits that did in fact make therapeutic compounds in their milk. [35] At first, this work was merely gee-whiz, scientific geekery, lab-bound thought experiments come true. That all changed with ATryn, a drug produced by the Massachusetts firm GTC Biotherapeutics. ATryn is antithrombin, an anticoagulant that can be used to [40] prevent life-threatening blood clots. The compound, made by our liver cells, plays a key role in keeping our bodies clot-free. It acts as a molecular bouncer, sidling up to clot-forming compounds and escorting them out of the bloodstream. But as many as 1 in [45] 2,000 Americans are born with a genetic mutation that prevents them from making antithrombin. These patients are prone to clots, especially in their legs and lungs, and they are at elevated risk of suffering from fatal complications during surgery [50] and childbirth. Supplemental antithrombin can reduce this risk, and GTC decided to try to manufacture the compound using genetically engineered goats. To create its special herd of goats, GTC used [55] microinjections, the same technique that produced GloFish and AquAdvantage salmon. The company\u0092s scientists took the gene for human antithrombin and injected it directly into fertilized goat eggs. Then they implanted the eggs in the wombs of female goats. [60] When the kids were born, some of them proved to be transgenic, the human gene nestled safely in their cells. The researchers paired the antithrombin gene with a promoter (which is a sequence of DNA that controls gene activity) that is normally active in the [65] goat\u0092s mammary glands during milk production. When the transgenic females lactated, the promoter turned the transgene on and the goats\u0092 udders filled with milk containing antithrombin. All that was left to do was to collect the milk, and extract and purify [70] the protein. Et voil\u00e0\u0097human medicine! And, for GTC, liquid gold. ATryn hit the market in 2006, becoming the world\u0092s first transgenic animal drug. Over the course of a year, the \u0093milking parlors\u0094 on GTC\u0092s 300-acre farm in Massachusetts can collect [75] more than a kilogram of medicine from a single animal.", "textTwo": "30. The most likely purpose of the parenthetical information in lines 63-64 is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:22:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:42:25" }, { "id": "497", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Emily Anthes, Frankenstein's Cat. \u00a92013 by Emily Anthes.\r\n\r\nWhen scientists first learned how to edit the genomes of animals, they began to imagine all the ways they could use this new power. Creating Line brightly colored novelty pets was not a high priority. [5] Instead, most researchers envisioned far more consequential applications, hoping to create genetically engineered animals that saved human lives. One enterprise is now delivering on this dream. Welcome to the world of \u0093pharming,\u0094 in which [10] simple genetic tweaks turn animals into living pharmaceutical factories. Many of the proteins that our cells crank out naturally make for good medicine. Our bodies\u0092 own enzymes, hormones, clotting factors, and antibodies [15] are commonly used to treat cancer, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and more. The trouble is that it\u0092s difficult and expensive to make these compounds on an industrial scale, and as a result, patients can face shortages of the medicines they need. Dairy [20] animals, on the other hand, are expert protein producers, their udders swollen with milk. So the creation of the first transgenic animals\u0097first mice, then other species\u0097in the 1980s gave scientists an idea: What if they put the gene for a human antibody [25] or enzyme into a cow, goat, or sheep? If they put the gene in just the right place, under the control of the right molecular switch, maybe they could engineer animals that produced healing human proteins in their milk. Then doctors could collect medicine by [30] the bucketful. Throughout the 1980s and \u009290s, studies provided proof of principle, as scientists created transgenic mice, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and rabbits that did in fact make therapeutic compounds in their milk. [35] At first, this work was merely gee-whiz, scientific geekery, lab-bound thought experiments come true. That all changed with ATryn, a drug produced by the Massachusetts firm GTC Biotherapeutics. ATryn is antithrombin, an anticoagulant that can be used to [40] prevent life-threatening blood clots. The compound, made by our liver cells, plays a key role in keeping our bodies clot-free. It acts as a molecular bouncer, sidling up to clot-forming compounds and escorting them out of the bloodstream. But as many as 1 in [45] 2,000 Americans are born with a genetic mutation that prevents them from making antithrombin. These patients are prone to clots, especially in their legs and lungs, and they are at elevated risk of suffering from fatal complications during surgery [50] and childbirth. Supplemental antithrombin can reduce this risk, and GTC decided to try to manufacture the compound using genetically engineered goats. To create its special herd of goats, GTC used [55] microinjections, the same technique that produced GloFish and AquAdvantage salmon. The company\u0092s scientists took the gene for human antithrombin and injected it directly into fertilized goat eggs. Then they implanted the eggs in the wombs of female goats. [60] When the kids were born, some of them proved to be transgenic, the human gene nestled safely in their cells. The researchers paired the antithrombin gene with a promoter (which is a sequence of DNA that controls gene activity) that is normally active in the [65] goat\u0092s mammary glands during milk production. When the transgenic females lactated, the promoter turned the transgene on and the goats\u0092 udders filled with milk containing antithrombin. All that was left to do was to collect the milk, and extract and purify [70] the protein. Et voil\u00e0\u0097human medicine! And, for GTC, liquid gold. ATryn hit the market in 2006, becoming the world\u0092s first transgenic animal drug. Over the course of a year, the \u0093milking parlors\u0094 on GTC\u0092s 300-acre farm in Massachusetts can collect [75] more than a kilogram of medicine from a single animal.", "textTwo": "31. The phrase \u0093liquid gold\u0094 (line 71) most directly suggests that", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:24:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:42:52" }, { "id": "498", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following is an equation of a circle in the xy-plane with center (0, 4) and a radius with endpoint (4\/3, 5)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "x^2 + (y-4)^2 = 25\/9", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:25:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 18:56:35" }, { "id": "499", "parentId": "", "textOne": "h = -4.9t^2 + 25t\r\nThe equation above expresses the approximate height h, in meters, of a ball t seconds after it is launched vertically upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 25 meters per second. After approximately how many seconds will the ball hit the ground?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5.0", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:29:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 19:42:01" }, { "id": "500", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Katarina is a botanist studying the production of pears by two types of pear trees. She noticed that Type A trees produced 20 percent more pears than Type B trees did. Based on Katarina\u0092s observation, if the Type A trees produced 144 pears, how many pears did the Type B trees produce?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "120", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:32:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 19:42:43" }, { "id": "501", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A square field measures 10 meters by 10 meters. Ten students each mark off a randomly selected region of the field; each region is square and has side lengths of 1 meter, and no two regions overlap. The students count the earthworms contained in the soil to a depth of 5 centimeters beneath the ground\u0092s surface in each region. The results are shown in the table below.\r\nWhich of the following is a reasonable\r\napproximation of the number of earthworms to a\r\ndepth of 5 centimeters beneath the ground\u0092s surface\r\nin the entire field?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "15,000", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:38:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 19:43:21" }, { "id": "502", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Originally published in 1790. Passage 2 is adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. Originally published in 1791.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nTo avoid . . . the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have {Line} consecrated the state, that no man should approach [5] to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By [10] this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may [15] regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father\u0092s life. Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure\u0097but the state ought not to be [20] considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with [25] other reverence; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. [30] As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. The municipal corporations of [35] that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, [40] unconnected chaos of elementary principles. Passage 2 Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous [45] and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the [50] people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind, or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. [55] Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer [60] any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organized, or how administered. . . Those who have quitted the world, and those who [65] are not yet arrived at it, are as remote from each other, as the utmost stretch of mortal imagination can conceive. What possible obligation, then, can exist between them; what rule or principle can be laid down, that two nonentities, the one out of existence, [70] and the other not in, and who never can meet in this world, that the one should control the other to the end of time? . . . The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and [75] as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to [80] decide, the living, or the dead?", "textTwo": "32. In Passage 1, Burke indicates that a contract between a person and society differs from other contracts mainly in its", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 09:57:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:46:46" }, { "id": "503", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Originally published in 1790. Passage 2 is adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. Originally published in 1791.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nTo avoid . . . the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have {Line} consecrated the state, that no man should approach [5] to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By [10] this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may [15] regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father\u0092s life. Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure\u0097but the state ought not to be [20] considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with [25] other reverence; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. [30] As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. The municipal corporations of [35] that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, [40] unconnected chaos of elementary principles. Passage 2 Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous [45] and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the [50] people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind, or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. [55] Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer [60] any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organized, or how administered. . . Those who have quitted the world, and those who [65] are not yet arrived at it, are as remote from each other, as the utmost stretch of mortal imagination can conceive. What possible obligation, then, can exist between them; what rule or principle can be laid down, that two nonentities, the one out of existence, [70] and the other not in, and who never can meet in this world, that the one should control the other to the end of time? . . . The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and [75] as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to [80] decide, the living, or the dead?", "textTwo": "33. As used in line 4, \u0093state\u0094 most nearly refers to a", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:00:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:47:13" }, { "id": "504", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Originally published in 1790. Passage 2 is adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. Originally published in 1791.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nTo avoid . . . the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have {Line} consecrated the state, that no man should approach [5] to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By [10] this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may [15] regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father\u0092s life. Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure\u0097but the state ought not to be [20] considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with [25] other reverence; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. [30] As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. The municipal corporations of [35] that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, [40] unconnected chaos of elementary principles. Passage 2 Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous [45] and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the [50] people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind, or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. [55] Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer [60] any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organized, or how administered. . . Those who have quitted the world, and those who [65] are not yet arrived at it, are as remote from each other, as the utmost stretch of mortal imagination can conceive. What possible obligation, then, can exist between them; what rule or principle can be laid down, that two nonentities, the one out of existence, [70] and the other not in, and who never can meet in this world, that the one should control the other to the end of time? . . . The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and [75] as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to [80] decide, the living, or the dead?", "textTwo": "34. As used in line 22, \u0093low\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:02:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:47:41" }, { "id": "505", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Originally published in 1790. Passage 2 is adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. Originally published in 1791.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nTo avoid . . . the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have {Line} consecrated the state, that no man should approach [5] to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By [10] this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may [15] regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father\u0092s life. Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure\u0097but the state ought not to be [20] considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with [25] other reverence; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. [30] As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. The municipal corporations of [35] that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, [40] unconnected chaos of elementary principles. Passage 2 Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous [45] and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the [50] people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind, or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. [55] Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer [60] any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organized, or how administered. . . Those who have quitted the world, and those who [65] are not yet arrived at it, are as remote from each other, as the utmost stretch of mortal imagination can conceive. What possible obligation, then, can exist between them; what rule or principle can be laid down, that two nonentities, the one out of existence, [70] and the other not in, and who never can meet in this world, that the one should control the other to the end of time? . . . The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and [75] as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to [80] decide, the living, or the dead?", "textTwo": "35. It can most reasonably be inferred from Passage 2 that Paine views historical precedents as", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:04:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:48:07" }, { "id": "506", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Originally published in 1790. Passage 2 is adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. Originally published in 1791.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nTo avoid . . . the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have {Line} consecrated the state, that no man should approach [5] to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By [10] this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may [15] regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father\u0092s life. Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure\u0097but the state ought not to be [20] considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with [25] other reverence; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. [30] As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. The municipal corporations of [35] that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, [40] unconnected chaos of elementary principles. Passage 2 Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous [45] and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the [50] people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind, or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. [55] Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer [60] any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organized, or how administered. . . Those who have quitted the world, and those who [65] are not yet arrived at it, are as remote from each other, as the utmost stretch of mortal imagination can conceive. What possible obligation, then, can exist between them; what rule or principle can be laid down, that two nonentities, the one out of existence, [70] and the other not in, and who never can meet in this world, that the one should control the other to the end of time? . . . The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and [75] as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to [80] decide, the living, or the dead?", "textTwo": "36. How would Paine most likely respond to Burke\u0092s statement in lines 30-34, Passage 1 (\u0093As the . . . born\u0094)?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:07:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:48:39" }, { "id": "507", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Originally published in 1790. Passage 2 is adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. Originally published in 1791.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nTo avoid . . . the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have {Line} consecrated the state, that no man should approach [5] to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By [10] this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may [15] regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father\u0092s life. Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure\u0097but the state ought not to be [20] considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with [25] other reverence; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. [30] As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. The municipal corporations of [35] that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, [40] unconnected chaos of elementary principles. Passage 2 Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous [45] and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the [50] people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind, or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. [55] Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer [60] any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organized, or how administered. . . Those who have quitted the world, and those who [65] are not yet arrived at it, are as remote from each other, as the utmost stretch of mortal imagination can conceive. What possible obligation, then, can exist between them; what rule or principle can be laid down, that two nonentities, the one out of existence, [70] and the other not in, and who never can meet in this world, that the one should control the other to the end of time? . . . The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and [75] as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to [80] decide, the living, or the dead?", "textTwo": "37. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:09:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:49:06" }, { "id": "508", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Originally published in 1790. Passage 2 is adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. Originally published in 1791.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nTo avoid . . . the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have {Line} consecrated the state, that no man should approach [5] to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By [10] this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may [15] regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father\u0092s life. Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure\u0097but the state ought not to be [20] considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with [25] other reverence; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. [30] As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. The municipal corporations of [35] that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, [40] unconnected chaos of elementary principles. Passage 2 Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous [45] and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the [50] people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind, or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. [55] Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer [60] any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organized, or how administered. . . Those who have quitted the world, and those who [65] are not yet arrived at it, are as remote from each other, as the utmost stretch of mortal imagination can conceive. What possible obligation, then, can exist between them; what rule or principle can be laid down, that two nonentities, the one out of existence, [70] and the other not in, and who never can meet in this world, that the one should control the other to the end of time? . . . The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and [75] as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to [80] decide, the living, or the dead?", "textTwo": "38. Which choice best describes how Burke would most likely have reacted to Paine\u0092s remarks in the final paragraph of Passage 2?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:12:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:49:55" }, { "id": "509", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Originally published in 1790. Passage 2 is adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. Originally published in 1791.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nTo avoid . . . the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have {Line} consecrated the state, that no man should approach [5] to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By [10] this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may [15] regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father\u0092s life. Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure\u0097but the state ought not to be [20] considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with [25] other reverence; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. [30] As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. The municipal corporations of [35] that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, [40] unconnected chaos of elementary principles. Passage 2 Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous [45] and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the [50] people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind, or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. [55] Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer [60] any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organized, or how administered. . . Those who have quitted the world, and those who [65] are not yet arrived at it, are as remote from each other, as the utmost stretch of mortal imagination can conceive. What possible obligation, then, can exist between them; what rule or principle can be laid down, that two nonentities, the one out of existence, [70] and the other not in, and who never can meet in this world, that the one should control the other to the end of time? . . . The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and [75] as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to [80] decide, the living, or the dead?", "textTwo": "39. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:15:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:50:20" }, { "id": "510", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Originally published in 1790. Passage 2 is adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. Originally published in 1791.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nTo avoid . . . the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have {Line} consecrated the state, that no man should approach [5] to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By [10] this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may [15] regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father\u0092s life. Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure\u0097but the state ought not to be [20] considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with [25] other reverence; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. [30] As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. The municipal corporations of [35] that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, [40] unconnected chaos of elementary principles. Passage 2 Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous [45] and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the [50] people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind, or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. [55] Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer [60] any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organized, or how administered. . . Those who have quitted the world, and those who [65] are not yet arrived at it, are as remote from each other, as the utmost stretch of mortal imagination can conceive. What possible obligation, then, can exist between them; what rule or principle can be laid down, that two nonentities, the one out of existence, [70] and the other not in, and who never can meet in this world, that the one should control the other to the end of time? . . . The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and [75] as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to [80] decide, the living, or the dead?", "textTwo": "40. Which choice best states the relationship between the two passages?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:18:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:50:41" }, { "id": "511", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France. Originally published in 1790. Passage 2 is adapted from Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. Originally published in 1791.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nTo avoid . . . the evils of inconstancy and versatility, ten thousand times worse than those of obstinacy and the blindest prejudice, we have {Line} consecrated the state, that no man should approach [5] to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By [10] this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, and wild incantations, they may [15] regenerate the paternal constitution, and renovate their father\u0092s life. Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure\u0097but the state ought not to be [20] considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with [25] other reverence; because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. [30] As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. The municipal corporations of [35] that universal kingdom are not morally at liberty at their pleasure, and on their speculations of a contingent improvement, wholly to separate and tear asunder the bands of their subordinate community, and to dissolve it into an unsocial, uncivil, [40] unconnected chaos of elementary principles. Passage 2 Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself, in all cases, as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave, is the most ridiculous [45] and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the [50] people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind, or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. [55] Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer [60] any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organized, or how administered. . . Those who have quitted the world, and those who [65] are not yet arrived at it, are as remote from each other, as the utmost stretch of mortal imagination can conceive. What possible obligation, then, can exist between them; what rule or principle can be laid down, that two nonentities, the one out of existence, [70] and the other not in, and who never can meet in this world, that the one should control the other to the end of time? . . . The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of men change also; and [75] as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it. That which may be thought right and found convenient in one age, may be thought wrong and found inconvenient in another. In such cases, who is to [80] decide, the living, or the dead?", "textTwo": "41.The main purpose of both passages is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:20:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:51:06" }, { "id": "512", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "42. The main purpose of the passage is to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/822fd7f071986a6ad85cc0d9cf3d6b5c6a0dcd36.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:30:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:55:23" }, { "id": "513", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "43. Over the course of the passage, the focus shifts from", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/106c54fb219ed3d478617816d909e99e315cc689.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:37:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:55:54" }, { "id": "514", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "44. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8366f459e6a70b4bc053d5a6e7e9c1a63cc5143c.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:42:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:56:20" }, { "id": "515", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "45. The author uses the phrase \u0093is written in\u0094 (line 6) most likely to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a229569e83851dc1e85db33230ee913f87b67c23.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:44:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:56:46" }, { "id": "516", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "46. Where does the author indicate the medieval volcanic eruption most probably was located?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/5ba2d67a7bfa46ab8713c10a589d0399cad6749e.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:48:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:57:20" }, { "id": "517", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "47. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/db07e99186d08c0926eebce8401d66f0087f87d0.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:51:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:57:45" }, { "id": "518", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "48. As used in line 68, the phrase \u0093Another possible candidate\u0094 implies that", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/fa7ecb7a68af066f344efa40e271037e469228cc.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:54:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:58:15" }, { "id": "519", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "49. Which choice best supports the claim that Quilotoa was not responsible for the Little Ice Age?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/faa5faec3ad644050218c47de4cd7acc138080fb.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:57:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:58:49" }, { "id": "520", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "50. According to the data in the figure, the greatest below-average temperature variation occurred around what year?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7318e7ac1f414e608c85d1faa7d666f0afe4af88.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:00:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:59:23" }, { "id": "521", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "51. The passage and the figure are in agreement that the onset of the Little Ice Age began", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/58248c6704cc8dc5d4edc73c823a2cf33318a7b2.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:03:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 22:59:50" }, { "id": "522", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Carolyn Gramling, \u0093Source of Mysterious Medieval Eruption Identified.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAbout 750 years ago, a powerful volcano erupted somewhere on Earth, kicking off a centuries-long cold snap known as the Little Ice Age. Identifying the {Line} volcano responsible has been tricky. [5] That a powerful volcano erupted somewhere in the world, sometime in the Middle Ages, is written in polar ice cores in the form of layers of sulfate deposits and tiny shards of volcanic glass. These cores suggest that the amount of sulfur the mystery [10] volcano sent into the stratosphere put it firmly among the ranks of the strongest climate-perturbing eruptions of the current geological epoch, the Holocene, a period that stretches from 10,000 years ago to the present. A haze of stratospheric sulfur [15] cools the climate by reflecting solar energy back into space. In 2012, a team of scientists led by geochemist Gifford Miller strengthened the link between the mystery eruption and the onset of the Little Ice Age [20] by using radiocarbon dating of dead plant material from beneath the ice caps on Baffin Island and Iceland, as well as ice and sediment core data, to determine that the cold summers and ice growth began abruptly between 1275 and 1300 C.E. (and [25] became intensified between 1430 and 1455 C.E.). Such a sudden onset pointed to a huge volcanic eruption injecting sulfur into the stratosphere and starting the cooling. Subsequent, unusually large and frequent eruptions of other volcanoes, as well as [30] sea-ice\/ocean feedbacks persisting long after the aerosols have been removed from the atmosphere, may have prolonged the cooling through the 1700s. Volcanologist Franck Lavigne and colleagues now think they\u0092ve identified the volcano in question: [35] Indonesia\u0092s Samalas. One line of evidence, they note, is historical records. According to Babad Lombok, records of the island written on palm leaves in Old Javanese, Samalas erupted catastrophically before the end of the 13th century, devastating surrounding [40] villages\u0097including Lombok\u0092s capital at the time, Pamatan\u0097with ash and fast-moving sweeps of hot rock and gas called pyroclastic flows. The researchers then began to reconstruct the formation of the large, 800-meter-deep caldera [a [45] basin-shaped volcanic crater] that now sits atop the volcano. They examined 130 outcrops on the flanks of the volcano, exposing sequences of pumice\u0097ash hardened into rock\u0097and other pyroclastic material. The volume of ash deposited, and the estimated [50] height of the eruption plume (43 kilometers above sea level) put the eruption\u0092s magnitude at a minimum of 7 on the volcanic explosivity index (which has a scale of 1 to 8)\u0097making it one of the largest known in the Holocene. 55 The team also performed radiocarbon analyses on carbonized tree trunks and branches buried within the pyroclastic deposits to confirm the date of the eruption; it could not, they concluded, have happened before 1257 C.E., and certainly happened [60] in the 13th century. It\u0092s not a total surprise that an Indonesian volcano might be the source of the eruption, Miller says. \u0093An equatorial eruption is more consistent with the apparent climate impacts.\u0094 And, he adds, with sulfate [65] appearing in both polar ice caps\u0097Arctic and Antarctic\u0097there is \u0093a strong consensus\u0094 that this also supports an equatorial source. Another possible candidate\u0097both in terms of timing and geographical location\u0097is Ecuador\u0092s [70] Quilotoa, estimated to have last erupted between 1147 and 1320 C.E. But when Lavigne\u0092s team examined shards of volcanic glass from this volcano, they found that they didn\u0092t match the chemical composition of the glass found in polar ice cores, [75] whereas the Samalas glass is a much closer match. That, they suggest, further strengthens the case that Samalas was responsible for the medieval \u0093year without summer\u0094 in 1258 C.E.", "textTwo": "52. What statement is best supported by the data presented in the figure?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/725a1c45fe69650f090fed70dcedca16dd819cb5.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:05:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-11 23:01:59" }, { "id": "523", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If the system of inequalities y ? 2x +1 and y > 1\/2x ? 1 is graphed in the xy-plane above, which quadrant contains no solutions to the system?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/ebe023dcc3db09e85c3fc77af6d36218ef83fbb9.png", "answer": "Quadrant IV", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:22:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 19:59:07" }, { "id": "524", "parentId": "", "textOne": "For a polynomial p(x), the value of p(3) is ?2. Which of the following must be true about p(x) ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "The remainder when p(x) is divided by x ? 3 is ?2.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:28:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 19:59:37" }, { "id": "525", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following is an equivalent form of the equation of the graph shown in the xy-plane above, from which the coordinates of vertex A can be identified as constants in the equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/70415fd318533ed28e79f98f2fead7d2b3209ef8.png", "answer": "y = ( x ? 1)^2 ? 16", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:48:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 20:01:18" }, { "id": "526", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Wyatt can husk at least 12 dozen ears of corn per hour and at most 18 dozen ears of corn per hour. Based on this information, what is a possible amount of time, in hours, that it could take Wyatt to husk 72 dozen ears of corn?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4 and 6, inclusive", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:52:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 20:02:12" }, { "id": "527", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The posted weight limit for a covered wooden bridge in Pennsylvania is 6000 pounds. A delivery truck that is carrying x identical boxes each weighing 14 pounds will pass over the bridge. If the combined weight of the empty delivery truck and its driver is 4500 pounds, what is the maximum possible value for x that will keep the combined weight of the truck, driver, and boxes below the bridge\u0092s posted weight limit?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "107", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:54:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 20:03:21" }, { "id": "528", "parentId": "", "textOne": "According to the line graph above, the number of portable media players sold in 2008 is what fraction of the number sold in 2011 ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/726e5e6f4253047fce6f13359071595393702d2b.png", "answer": "5\/8 or 0.625", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:58:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 20:03:53" }, { "id": "529", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A local television station sells time slots for programs in 30-minute intervals. If the station operates 24 hours per day, every day of the week, what is the total number of 30-minute time slots the station can sell for Tuesday and Wednesday?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "96", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:02:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 20:04:33" }, { "id": "530", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A dairy farmer uses a storage silo that is in the shape of the right circular cylinder above. If the volume of the silo is 72? cubic yards, what is the diameter of the base of the cylinder, in yards?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/2f910d0bb10a588d67446d3f9f5354796018070f.png", "answer": "6", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:05:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 20:05:05" }, { "id": "531", "parentId": "", "textOne": "h(x) = 1\/ (x - 5)^2 + 4(x - 5) + 4\r\nFor what value of x is the function h above undefined?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:07:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 20:05:29" }, { "id": "532", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Jessica opened a bank account that earns 2 percent interest compounded annually. Her initial deposit was $100, and she uses the expression $100(x)^t to find the value of the account after t years.\r\nWhat is the value of x in the expression?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1.02", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:10:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 20:06:20" }, { "id": "533", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Jessica opened a bank account that earns 2 percent interest compounded annually. Her initial deposit was $100, and she uses the expression $100(x)^t to find the value of the account after t years.\r\nJessica\u0092s friend Tyshaun found an account that earns 2.5 percent interest compounded annually. Tyshaun made an initial deposit of $100 into this account at the same time Jessica made a deposit of $100 into her account. After 10 years, how much more money will Tyshaun\u0092s initial deposit have earned than Jessica\u0092s initial deposit? (Round your answer to the nearest cent and ignore the dollar sign when gridding your response.)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "6.11", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:14:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-10-29 20:07:24" }, { "id": "534", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If 5x + 6 = 10, what is the value of 10x + 3", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "11", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:27:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 20:49:16" }, { "id": "535", "parentId": "", "textOne": "x + y = 0\r\n3x - 2y = 10\r\nWhich of the following ordered pairs (x, y) satisfies the system of equations above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "(2, -2)", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:33:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 20:49:51" }, { "id": "536", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A landscaping company estimates the price of a job, in dollars, using the expression 60 + 12nh, where n is the number of landscapers who will be working and h is the total number of hours the job will take using n landscapers. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the number 12 in the expression?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "The company charges $12 per hour for each landscaper", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:39:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 20:53:58" }, { "id": "537", "parentId": "", "textOne": "9a^4 + 12a^2b^2 + 4b^4\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the expression shown above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "(3a^2 + 2b^2)^2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:47:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 20:54:23" }, { "id": "538", "parentId": "", "textOne": "? 2k^2 + 7 - x = 0\r\nIf k > 0 and x = 7 in the equation above, what is the value of k ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:56:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 20:54:49" }, { "id": "539", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the xy-plane above, line l is parallel to line k. What is the value of p?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c2719cfd51750b06589a2424acd26867f7c2183d.png", "answer": "10", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:00:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 20:55:11" }, { "id": "540", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If x^a^2\/x^b^2=x^16, x > 1, and a + b = 2, what is the value of a - b?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:04:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 20:55:33" }, { "id": "541", "parentId": "", "textOne": "nA = 360\r\nThe measure A, in degrees, of an exterior angle of a regular polygon is related to the number of sides, n, of the polygon by the formula above. If the measure of an exterior angle of a regular polygon is greater than 50\u00b0, what is the greatest number of sides it can have?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "7", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:12:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 20:55:51" }, { "id": "542", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The graph of a line in the xy-plane has slope 2 and contains the point (1, 8). The graph of a second line passes through the points (1, 2) and (2, 1). If the two lines intersect at the point (a, b), what is the value of a + b?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:15:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 20:56:13" }, { "id": "543", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following equations has a graph in the xy-plane for which y is always greater than or equal to ?1 ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "y = (x - 2)^2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:18:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:04:26" }, { "id": "544", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following complex numbers is equivalent to 3 - 5i\/ 8 + 2i? (Note: i = ? -1)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "7\/34 - 23i\/34", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:13:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:06:24" }, { "id": "545", "parentId": "", "textOne": "R = F\/ N + F\r\nA website uses the formula above to calculate a seller\u0092s rating, R, based on the number of favorable reviews, F, and unfavorable reviews, N. Which of the following expresses the number of favorable reviews in terms of the other variables?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "F = RN\/ 1 - R", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:20:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:06:57" }, { "id": "546", "parentId": "", "textOne": "What is the sum of all values of m that satisfy 2m^2 - 16m + 8 = 0?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:26:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:07:30" }, { "id": "547", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A radioactive substance decays at an annual rate of 13 percent. If the initial amount of the substance is 325 grams, which of the following functions f models the remaining amount of the substance, in grams, t years later?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "f(t) = 325(0.87)^t", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:31:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:07:51" }, { "id": "548", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The expression 5x - 2\/ x + 3 is equivalent to which of the following?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5 - 17\/ x + 3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 23:08:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:13:09" }, { "id": "549", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The sales manager of a company awarded a total of $3000 in bonuses to the most productive salespeople. The bonuses were awarded in amounts of $250 or $750. If at least one $250 bonus and at least one $750 bonus were awarded, what is one possible number of $250 bonuses awarded?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3, 6, or 9", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 23:14:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:13:35" }, { "id": "550", "parentId": "", "textOne": "2x(3x + 5) + 3(3x + 5) = ax^2 + bx + c \r\nIn the equation above, a, b, and c are constants. If the equation is true for all values of x, what is the value of b ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "19", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 23:19:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:13:58" }, { "id": "551", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the figure above, AE ?? CD & and segment AD intersects segment CE at B. What is the length of segment CE ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/2bd2e9bd055104b316fa18812c700fcdf05e934b.png", "answer": "12", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 23:26:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:14:18" }, { "id": "552", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the xy-plane above, O is the center of the circle, and the measure of ?AOB is ?\/a radians. What is the value of a ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "6", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 23:43:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:15:38" }, { "id": "553", "parentId": "", "textOne": "ax + by = 12\r\n2x + 8y = 60\r\nIn the system of equations above, a and b are constants. If the system has infinitely many solutions, what is the value of a\/b?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1\/4 or 0.25", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 23:47:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:29:31" }, { "id": "554", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A musician has a new song available for downloading or streaming. The musician earns $0.09 each time the song is downloaded and $0.002 each time the song is streamed. Which of the following expressions represents the amount, in dollars, that the musician earns if the song is downloaded d times and streamed s times?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "0.09d + 0.002s", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:01:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:29:57" }, { "id": "555", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A quality control manager at a factory selects 7 lightbulbs at random for inspection out of every 400 lightbulbs produced. At this rate, how many lightbulbs will be inspected if the factory produces 20,000 lightbulbs?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "350", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:03:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:30:50" }, { "id": "556", "parentId": "", "textOne": "l = 24 + 3.5m\r\nOne end of a spring is attached to a ceiling. When an object of mass m kilograms is attached to the other end of the spring, the spring stretches to a length of l centimeters as shown in the equation above. What is m when l is 73 ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "14", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:07:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:31:30" }, { "id": "557", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The amount of money a performer earns is directly proportional to the number of people attending the performance. The performer earns $120 at a performance where 8 people attend.\r\nHow much money will the performer earn when 20 people attend a performance?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "$300", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:10:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:32:01" }, { "id": "558", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The amount of money a performer earns is directly proportional to the number of people attending the performance. The performer earns $120 at a performance where 8 people attend.\r\nThe performer uses 43% of the money earned to pay the costs involved in putting on each performance. The rest of the money earned is the performer\u0092s profit. What is the profit the performer makes at a performance where 8 people attend?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "$68.40", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:13:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:34:45" }, { "id": "559", "parentId": "", "textOne": "When 4 times the number x is added to 12, the result is 8. What number results when 2 times x is added to 7 ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:24:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:35:10" }, { "id": "560", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "1.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:43:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:48:20" }, { "id": "561", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "2.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:45:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:48:43" }, { "id": "562", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "3.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:50:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:49:29" }, { "id": "563", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "4. Which choice best connects the sentence with the previous paragraph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:52:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:50:04" }, { "id": "564", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "5.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:55:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:52:23" }, { "id": "565", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "6.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:57:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:52:51" }, { "id": "566", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "7.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:00:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:53:09" }, { "id": "567", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "8.Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:01:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:53:52" }, { "id": "568", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "9.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:07:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:54:09" }, { "id": "569", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "10. Which choice most effectively sets up the information that follows?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:10:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:54:33" }, { "id": "570", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGhost Mural\r\nIn 1932 the well-known Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros was commissioned to paint a mural on the second-story exterior wall of a historic building in downtown Los Angeles. Siqueiros was asked to celebrate tropical America in his work, [1] he accordingly titled it \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical.\u0094 He painted the mural\u0092s first two sections, featuring images of a tropical rainforest and a Maya pyramid, during the day. [2] Also, to avoid scrutiny, Siqueiros painted the final section of the mural, the [3] centerpieces at night.[4] The reason for Siqueiros\u0092s secrecy became clear when the mural was [5] confided. The centerpiece of the work was dominated by images of native people being oppressed and [6] including an eagle symbolizing the United States. Siqueiros\u0092s political message did not please the wealthy citizens who had commissioned his work. They eventually ordered the mural to be literally whitewashed, or painted over with white paint. However, by the 1970s, the white paint had begun to fade, and the bright colors of the mural were beginning to show through. At the same time, a social and civil rights movement for Mexican Americans was working to raise awareness of Mexican American cultural identity. Artists associated with [7] this began to rediscover and promote the work of the Mexican muralists, particularly Siqueiros. To them, \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 was an example of how art in public spaces could be used to celebrate Mexican American heritage while at the same time making a political statement. Inspired by Siqueiros and the other muralists, this new generation of artists strove to emulate the old mural masters. [8] The result was an explosion of mural painting that spread throughout California and the southwestern United States in the 1970s. It was the Chicano mural movement. Hundreds of large, colorful new murals depicting elements of Mexican American life and history appeared during this period, some in designated cultural locations but many more in abandoned lots, on unused buildings, or [9] painted on infrastructure such as highways and bridges. Many of these murals can still be seen today, although some have not been well maintained. Fortunately, a new group of artists has discovered the murals, and efforts are underway to clean, restore, and repaint them. Once again, Siqueiros\u0092s \u0093Am\u00e9rica Tropical\u0094 is [10] leading the way. After a lengthy and complex restoration process, this powerful work is now a tourist attraction, complete with a visitor center and a rooftop viewing platform. [11] Advocates hope that Siqueiros\u0092s mural will once more serve as an inspiration, this time inspiring viewers to save and restore an important cultural and artistic legacy.", "textTwo": "11. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nWhen it was painted in 1932, Siqueiros\u0092s mural was considered offensive, but now it is acclaimed.\r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:13:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:55:02" }, { "id": "571", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "12.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:25:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:57:33" }, { "id": "572", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "13.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:27:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:57:49" }, { "id": "573", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "14.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:31:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:58:09" }, { "id": "574", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "15.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:34:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:58:30" }, { "id": "575", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "16.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:36:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:58:49" }, { "id": "576", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "17.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:38:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 21:59:06" }, { "id": "577", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "18. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nThe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that organic agricultural products are now available in approximately 20,000 markets specializing in natural foods. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:42:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 22:01:00" }, { "id": "578", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "19.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:44:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 22:01:29" }, { "id": "579", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "20. At this point, the writer wants to further reinforce the paragraph\u0092s claim about the safety of nonorganic food. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:47:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 22:01:49" }, { "id": "580", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "21.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:49:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 22:02:15" }, { "id": "581", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Hype of Healthier Organic Food\r\nSome people buy organic food because they believe organically grown crops are more nutritious and safer for consumption than [12] the people who purchase their conventionally grown counterparts, which are usually produced with pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. In the name of health, [13] spending $1.60 for every dollar they would have spent on food that is [14] grown in a manner that is considered conventional. Scientific evidence, [15]therefore, suggests that consumers do not reap significant benefits, in terms of either nutritional value or safety, from organic food. Although advocates of organic food [16] preserve that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce because it has more vitamins and minerals, this assertion is not supported by scientific research. [17] For instance, one review published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition provided analysis of the results of comparative studies conducted over a span of 50 years; researchers consistently found no evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than conventionally grown ones in terms of their vitamin and mineral content. [18] Similarly, Stanford University researchers who examined almost 250 studies comparing the nutritional content of different kinds of organic foods with that of their nonorganic counterparts found very little difference between the two. Evidence also undermines the claim that organic food is safer to eat. While researchers have found lower levels of pesticide residue in organic produce than in nonorganic produce, the pesticide residue detected in conventional produce falls within acceptable safety limits. According to such organizations as the US Environmental Protection Agency, the minute amounts of residue falling within such limits [19] have no negative impact on human health. [20] Based on scientific evidence, organic food offers neither significant nutritional nor safety benefits for consumers. Proponents of organic food, of course, are quick to add that [21] there are numerous other reasons to buy organic [22]food, such as, a desire to protect the environment from potentially damaging pesticides or a preference for the taste of organically grown foods. Research regarding these issues is less conclusive than the findings regarding nutritional content and pesticide residue safety limits. What is clear, though, is this: if a consumer\u0092s goal is to buy the healthiest and safest food to eat, the increased cost of organic food is a waste of money.", "textTwo": "22.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:51:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-13 22:02:32" }, { "id": "582", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say\r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the\r\nUnited States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "23. The writer wants to convey an attitude of genuine interest and to avoid the appearance of mockery. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a1fcb05a0f369230921aa8f256b648a266836620.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:19:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 17:19:48" }, { "id": "583", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say\r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the\r\nUnited States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "24.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f5232c02733045868d6bcd73bf4fc9684c8fee68.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:23:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 17:20:14" }, { "id": "584", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say\r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the United States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "25. Which choice most effectively sets up the contrast in the sentence and is consistent with the information in the rest of the passage?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/0d6b2c50adefb6230551d19f830286f55505f1fe.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:25:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 17:21:23" }, { "id": "585", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say\r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the United States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "26.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3c7eb936b05d02f4f7454b9aec418e1e1d33a344.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:27:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 17:21:45" }, { "id": "586", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say\r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the United States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "27. To improve the cohesion and flow of this paragraph, the writer wants to add the following sentence.\r\nData gathering proved to be the quick part of the project.\r\nThe sentence would most logically be placed after", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8a4c18d3194cffe4fa2e2daf24bb17775bd0428b.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:29:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 17:22:19" }, { "id": "587", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say\r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the United States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "28.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/cd76e93f6d765382b250ba21bf8c215d160f9a9f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:35:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 17:22:45" }, { "id": "588", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say\r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the\r\nUnited States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "29.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/530f1e19d2acfa6a61b36d564c347ee6395e205c.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:37:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 17:23:52" }, { "id": "589", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say\r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the United States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "30.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/796de8dea4151db722a66571a842718ae838b273.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:38:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 17:24:12" }, { "id": "590", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say\r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the United States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "31. The writer wants the information in the passage to correspond as closely as possible with the information in the map. Given that goal and assuming that the rest of the previous sentence would remain unchanged, in which sequence should the three terms for soft drinks be discussed?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/2167f557062c30276275193a2867e80c41b58ca4.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:41:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 17:24:53" }, { "id": "591", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say \r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the United States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "32.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/773a60c26174d3caa1bd09a6bf09dafc900b2770.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:47:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:05:31" }, { "id": "592", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nYou Are Where You Say \r\nResearch on regional variations in English-language use has not only yielded answers to such 23 life-altering questions as how people in different parts of the United States refer to carbonated beverages (\u0093soda\u0094? \u0093pop\u0094? \u0093coke\u0094?) 24 it also illustrates how technology can change the very nature of research. While traditional, human-intensive data collection 25 has all but disappeared in language studies, the explosion of social media has opened new avenues for investigation.[1] Perhaps the epitome of traditional methodology is the Dictionary of American Regional English, colloquially known as DARE. [2] Its fifth and final alphabetical volume\u0097ending with \u0093zydeco\u0094\u0097released in 2012, the dictionary represents decades of arduous work. [3] Over a six-year period from 1965 to 1970, university graduate students conducted interviews in more than a thousand communities across the nation. [4] Their goal was to determine what names people used for such everyday objects and concepts as a submarine sandwich (a \u0093hero\u0094 in New York City but a \u0093dagwood\u0094 in many parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado) and a heavy rainstorm (variously a \u0093gully washer,\u0094 \u0093pour-down,\u0094 or \u0093stump mover\u0094). [5] The work that dictionary founder Frederic G. Cassidy had expected to be finished by 1976 was not, in fact, completed in his lifetime. [6] The wait did not dampen enthusiasm among 26 scholars. Scholars consider the work a signal achievement in linguistics. 27Not all research into regional English varieties 28 requires such time, effort, and resources, however. Today\u0092s researchers have found that the veritable army of trained volunteers traveling the country conducting face-to-face interviews can sometimes be 29 replaced by another army the vast array of individuals volunteering details about their lives\u0097and, inadvertently, their language\u0097through social media. Brice Russ of Ohio State University, for example, has employed software to sort through postings on one social media 30 cite in search of particular words and phrases of interest as well as the location from which users are posting. From these data, he was able, among other things, to confirm regional variations in people\u0092s terms for soft drinks. As the map shows, \u0093soda\u0094 is commonly heard in the middle and western portions of the United States; \u0093pop\u0094 is frequently used in many southern states; and \u0093coke\u0094 is predominant in the northeastern and southwest regions but used elsewhere as well. 31 As interesting as Russ\u0092s findings are, though, 32 they\u0092re true value lies in their reminder that the Internet is not merely a sophisticated tool for collecting data but is also 33 itself a rich source of data.", "textTwo": "33. Which choice most effectively concludes the sentence and paragraph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/5df294069ad4c45d750a2f38995e82cbc75db201.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:49:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:05:57" }, { "id": "593", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "34.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 13:18:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:21:44" }, { "id": "594", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "35.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:09:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:29:00" }, { "id": "595", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "36.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:12:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:29:18" }, { "id": "596", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "37. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nSuccessful communication is essential if a designer\u0092s idea is to become a reality. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:14:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:29:43" }, { "id": "597", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "38. Which choice results in a sentence that best supports the point developed in this paragraph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:19:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:30:07" }, { "id": "598", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "39.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:20:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:30:28" }, { "id": "599", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "40.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:23:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:32:40" }, { "id": "600", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "41.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:24:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:32:58" }, { "id": "601", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "42.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:28:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:33:16" }, { "id": "602", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "43.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:29:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:33:34" }, { "id": "603", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCreating Worlds: A Career in Game Design\r\nIf you love video games and have thought about how the games you play might be changed or improved, or if you\u0092ve imagined creating a video game of your own, you might want to consider a career as a video game designer. There [34] were a number of steps you can take to determine whether game design is the right field for you and, if it is, to prepare yourself for such a career. Before making the choice, you should have some sense of what a video game designer does. Every video game, whether for a console, computer, or mobile device, starts with a concept that originates in the mind of a designer. The designer envisions the game\u0092s fundamental [35] elements: the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique, and is thus a primary creative force behind a video game. Conceptualizing a game is only the beginning of a video game designer\u0092s [36] job, however, no matter how good a concept is, it will never be translated into a video game unless it is communicated effectively to all the other members of the video game development team. [37] A designer must generate extensive documentation and [38] explain his or her ideas clearly in order to ensure that the programmers, artists, and others on the team all share the same vision. [39] Likewise, anyone considering a career as a video game designer must be [40] skilled writers and speakers. In addition, because video game development is a collaborative effort and because the development of any one game may take months or even years, a designer must be an effective team player as well as detail oriented. A basic understanding of computer programming is essential. {2} In fact, many designers [41] initially begin their pursuits as programmers. {3} Consider taking some general computer science courses as well as courses in artificial intelligence and graphics in order to increase your understanding of the technical challenges involved in developing a video game. {4} Courses in psychology and human behavior may help you develop [42] emphatic collaboration skills, while courses in the humanities, such as in literature and film, should give you the background necessary to develop effective narrative structures. {5} A designer also needs careful educational preparation.{6} Finally, because a designer should understand the business aspects of the video game industry, such as budgeting and marketing, you may want to consider taking some business courses. {Although demanding and deadline driven, [43] video game design can be a lucrative and rewarding field for people who love gaming and have prepared themselves with the necessary skills and knowledge. [44]", "textTwo": "44. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:32:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 18:34:00" }, { "id": "604", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf. \u00a91959 by William Maxwell. Originally published\r\nin 1945.\r\nThe Alcazar Restaurant was on Sheridan Road near Devon Avenue. It was long and narrow, with tables for two along the walls and tables for four {Line} down the middle. The decoration was art moderne, [5] except for the series of murals depicting the four seasons, and the sick ferns in the front window. Lymie sat down at the second table from the cash register, and ordered his dinner. The history book, which he propped against the catsup and the glass [10] sugar bowl, had been used by others before him. Blank pages front and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body; also, with names and messages no longer clear and never absolutely legible. On nearly every other [15] page there was some marginal notation, either in ink or in very hard pencil. And unless someone had upset a glass of water, the marks on page 177 were from tears. While Lymie read about the Peace of Paris, signed [20] on the thirtieth of May, 1814, between France and the Allied powers, his right hand managed again and again to bring food up to his mouth. Sometimes he chewed, sometimes he swallowed whole the food that he had no idea he was eating. The Congress of [25] Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent plenipotentiaries. It was by far the most splendid and important assembly ever convoked to discuss and [30] determine the affairs of Europe. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Kings of Bavaria, Denmark, and Wurttemberg, all were present in person at the court of the Emperor Francis I in the Austrian capital. When Lymie put down his fork and [35] began to count them off, one by one, on the fingers of his left hand, the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away. He stopped her. Prince Metternich (his right thumb) presided over the Congress, and [40] Prince Talleyrand (the index finger) represented France. A party of four, two men and two women, came into the restaurant, all talking at once, and took possession of the center table nearest Lymie. [45] The women had shingled hair and short tight skirts which exposed the underside of their knees when they sat down. One of the women had the face of a young boy but disguised by one trick or another (rouge, lipstick, powder, wet bangs plastered against [50] the high forehead, and a pair of long pendent earrings) to look like a woman of thirty-five, which as a matter of fact she was. The men were older. They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for, while they were deciding between soup and shrimp [55] cocktail, and their laughter was too loud. But it was the women\u0092s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the women\u0092s voices which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on them. Fortunately, he realized this and went back. [60] Otherwise he might never have known about the secret treaty concluded between England, France, and Austria, when the pretensions of Prussia and Russia, acting in concert, seemed to threaten a renewal of the attack. The results of the Congress [65] were stated clearly at the bottom of page 67 and at the top of page 68, but before Lymie got halfway through them, a coat that he recognized as his father\u0092s was hung on the hook next to his chair. Lymie closed the book and said, \u0093I didn\u0092t think you [70] were coming.\u0094 Time is probably no unkinder to sporting characters than it is to other people, but physical decay unsustain by respectability is somehow more noticeable. Mr. Peters\u0092 hair was turning gray and his [75] scalp showed through on top. He had lost weight also; he no longer filled out his clothes the way he used to. His color was poor, and the flower had disappeared from his buttonhole. In its place was an American Legion button. [80] Apparently, he himself was not aware that there had been any change. He straightened his tie self-consciously and when Irma handed him a menu, he gestured with it so that the two women at the next table would notice the diamond ring on the fourth [85] finger of his right hand. Both of these things, and also the fact that his hands showed signs of the manicurist, one can blame on the young man who had his picture taken with a derby hat on the back of his head, and also sitting with a girl in the curve of [90] the moon. The young man had never for one second deserted Mr. Peters. He was always there, tugging at Mr. Peters\u0092 elbow, making him do things that were not becoming in a man of forty-five.", "textTwo": "1. Over the course of the passage, the primary focus shifts from", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 08:46:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 11:23:10" }, { "id": "605", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf. \u00a91959 by William Maxwell. Originally published\r\nin 1945.\r\nThe Alcazar Restaurant was on Sheridan Road near Devon Avenue. It was long and narrow, with tables for two along the walls and tables for four {Line} down the middle. The decoration was art moderne, [5] except for the series of murals depicting the four seasons, and the sick ferns in the front window. Lymie sat down at the second table from the cash register, and ordered his dinner. The history book, which he propped against the catsup and the glass [10] sugar bowl, had been used by others before him. Blank pages front and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body; also, with names and messages no longer clear and never absolutely legible. On nearly every other [15] page there was some marginal notation, either in ink or in very hard pencil. And unless someone had upset a glass of water, the marks on page 177 were from tears. While Lymie read about the Peace of Paris, signed [20] on the thirtieth of May, 1814, between France and the Allied powers, his right hand managed again and again to bring food up to his mouth. Sometimes he chewed, sometimes he swallowed whole the food that he had no idea he was eating. The Congress of [25] Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent plenipotentiaries. It was by far the most splendid and important assembly ever convoked to discuss and [30] determine the affairs of Europe. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Kings of Bavaria, Denmark, and Wurttemberg, all were present in person at the court of the Emperor Francis I in the Austrian capital. When Lymie put down his fork and [35] began to count them off, one by one, on the fingers of his left hand, the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away. He stopped her. Prince Metternich (his right thumb) presided over the Congress, and [40] Prince Talleyrand (the index finger) represented France. A party of four, two men and two women, came into the restaurant, all talking at once, and took possession of the center table nearest Lymie. [45] The women had shingled hair and short tight skirts which exposed the underside of their knees when they sat down. One of the women had the face of a young boy but disguised by one trick or another (rouge, lipstick, powder, wet bangs plastered against [50] the high forehead, and a pair of long pendent earrings) to look like a woman of thirty-five, which as a matter of fact she was. The men were older. They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for, while they were deciding between soup and shrimp [55] cocktail, and their laughter was too loud. But it was the women\u0092s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the women\u0092s voices which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on them. Fortunately, he realized this and went back. [60] Otherwise he might never have known about the secret treaty concluded between England, France, and Austria, when the pretensions of Prussia and Russia, acting in concert, seemed to threaten a renewal of the attack. The results of the Congress [65] were stated clearly at the bottom of page 67 and at the top of page 68, but before Lymie got halfway through them, a coat that he recognized as his father\u0092s was hung on the hook next to his chair. Lymie closed the book and said, \u0093I didn\u0092t think you [70] were coming.\u0094 Time is probably no unkinder to sporting characters than it is to other people, but physical decay unsustain by respectability is somehow more noticeable. Mr. Peters\u0092 hair was turning gray and his [75] scalp showed through on top. He had lost weight also; he no longer filled out his clothes the way he used to. His color was poor, and the flower had disappeared from his buttonhole. In its place was an American Legion button. [80] Apparently, he himself was not aware that there had been any change. He straightened his tie self-consciously and when Irma handed him a menu, he gestured with it so that the two women at the next table would notice the diamond ring on the fourth [85] finger of his right hand. Both of these things, and also the fact that his hands showed signs of the manicurist, one can blame on the young man who had his picture taken with a derby hat on the back of his head, and also sitting with a girl in the curve of [90] the moon. The young man had never for one second deserted Mr. Peters. He was always there, tugging at Mr. Peters\u0092 elbow, making him do things that were not becoming in a man of forty-five.", "textTwo": "2. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 08:49:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 11:23:50" }, { "id": "606", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf. \u00a91959 by William Maxwell. Originally published\r\nin 1945.\r\nThe Alcazar Restaurant was on Sheridan Road near Devon Avenue. It was long and narrow, with tables for two along the walls and tables for four {Line} down the middle. The decoration was art moderne, [5] except for the series of murals depicting the four seasons, and the sick ferns in the front window. Lymie sat down at the second table from the cash register, and ordered his dinner. The history book, which he propped against the catsup and the glass [10] sugar bowl, had been used by others before him. Blank pages front and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body; also, with names and messages no longer clear and never absolutely legible. On nearly every other [15] page there was some marginal notation, either in ink or in very hard pencil. And unless someone had upset a glass of water, the marks on page 177 were from tears. While Lymie read about the Peace of Paris, signed [20] on the thirtieth of May, 1814, between France and the Allied powers, his right hand managed again and again to bring food up to his mouth. Sometimes he chewed, sometimes he swallowed whole the food that he had no idea he was eating. The Congress of [25] Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent plenipotentiaries. It was by far the most splendid and important assembly ever convoked to discuss and [30] determine the affairs of Europe. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Kings of Bavaria, Denmark, and Wurttemberg, all were present in person at the court of the Emperor Francis I in the Austrian capital. When Lymie put down his fork and [35] began to count them off, one by one, on the fingers of his left hand, the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away. He stopped her. Prince Metternich (his right thumb) presided over the Congress, and [40] Prince Talleyrand (the index finger) represented France. A party of four, two men and two women, came into the restaurant, all talking at once, and took possession of the center table nearest Lymie. [45] The women had shingled hair and short tight skirts which exposed the underside of their knees when they sat down. One of the women had the face of a young boy but disguised by one trick or another (rouge, lipstick, powder, wet bangs plastered against [50] the high forehead, and a pair of long pendent earrings) to look like a woman of thirty-five, which as a matter of fact she was. The men were older. They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for, while they were deciding between soup and shrimp [55] cocktail, and their laughter was too loud. But it was the women\u0092s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the women\u0092s voices which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on them. Fortunately, he realized this and went back. [60] Otherwise he might never have known about the secret treaty concluded between England, France, and Austria, when the pretensions of Prussia and Russia, acting in concert, seemed to threaten a renewal of the attack. The results of the Congress [65] were stated clearly at the bottom of page 67 and at the top of page 68, but before Lymie got halfway through them, a coat that he recognized as his father\u0092s was hung on the hook next to his chair. Lymie closed the book and said, \u0093I didn\u0092t think you [70] were coming.\u0094 Time is probably no unkinder to sporting characters than it is to other people, but physical decay unsustain by respectability is somehow more noticeable. Mr. Peters\u0092 hair was turning gray and his [75] scalp showed through on top. He had lost weight also; he no longer filled out his clothes the way he used to. His color was poor, and the flower had disappeared from his buttonhole. In its place was an American Legion button. [80] Apparently, he himself was not aware that there had been any change. He straightened his tie self-consciously and when Irma handed him a menu, he gestured with it so that the two women at the next table would notice the diamond ring on the fourth [85] finger of his right hand. Both of these things, and also the fact that his hands showed signs of the manicurist, one can blame on the young man who had his picture taken with a derby hat on the back of his head, and also sitting with a girl in the curve of [90] the moon. The young man had never for one second deserted Mr. Peters. He was always there, tugging at Mr. Peters\u0092 elbow, making him do things that were not becoming in a man of forty-five.", "textTwo": "3. It can reasonably be inferred that Irma, the waitress, thinks Lymie is \u0093through eating\u0094 (line 37) because", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 08:52:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 11:24:31" }, { "id": "607", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf. \u00a91959 by William Maxwell. Originally published\r\nin 1945.\r\nThe Alcazar Restaurant was on Sheridan Road near Devon Avenue. It was long and narrow, with tables for two along the walls and tables for four {Line} down the middle. The decoration was art moderne, [5] except for the series of murals depicting the four seasons, and the sick ferns in the front window. Lymie sat down at the second table from the cash register, and ordered his dinner. The history book, which he propped against the catsup and the glass [10] sugar bowl, had been used by others before him. Blank pages front and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body; also, with names and messages no longer clear and never absolutely legible. On nearly every other [15] page there was some marginal notation, either in ink or in very hard pencil. And unless someone had upset a glass of water, the marks on page 177 were from tears. While Lymie read about the Peace of Paris, signed [20] on the thirtieth of May, 1814, between France and the Allied powers, his right hand managed again and again to bring food up to his mouth. Sometimes he chewed, sometimes he swallowed whole the food that he had no idea he was eating. The Congress of [25] Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent plenipotentiaries. It was by far the most splendid and important assembly ever convoked to discuss and [30] determine the affairs of Europe. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Kings of Bavaria, Denmark, and Wurttemberg, all were present in person at the court of the Emperor Francis I in the Austrian capital. When Lymie put down his fork and [35] began to count them off, one by one, on the fingers of his left hand, the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away. He stopped her. Prince Metternich (his right thumb) presided over the Congress, and [40] Prince Talleyrand (the index finger) represented France. A party of four, two men and two women, came into the restaurant, all talking at once, and took possession of the center table nearest Lymie. [45] The women had shingled hair and short tight skirts which exposed the underside of their knees when they sat down. One of the women had the face of a young boy but disguised by one trick or another (rouge, lipstick, powder, wet bangs plastered against [50] the high forehead, and a pair of long pendent earrings) to look like a woman of thirty-five, which as a matter of fact she was. The men were older. They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for, while they were deciding between soup and shrimp [55] cocktail, and their laughter was too loud. But it was the women\u0092s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the women\u0092s voices which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on them. Fortunately, he realized this and went back. [60] Otherwise he might never have known about the secret treaty concluded between England, France, and Austria, when the pretensions of Prussia and Russia, acting in concert, seemed to threaten a renewal of the attack. The results of the Congress [65] were stated clearly at the bottom of page 67 and at the top of page 68, but before Lymie got halfway through them, a coat that he recognized as his father\u0092s was hung on the hook next to his chair. Lymie closed the book and said, \u0093I didn\u0092t think you [70] were coming.\u0094 Time is probably no unkinder to sporting characters than it is to other people, but physical decay unsustain by respectability is somehow more noticeable. Mr. Peters\u0092 hair was turning gray and his [75] scalp showed through on top. He had lost weight also; he no longer filled out his clothes the way he used to. His color was poor, and the flower had disappeared from his buttonhole. In its place was an American Legion button. [80] Apparently, he himself was not aware that there had been any change. He straightened his tie self-consciously and when Irma handed him a menu, he gestured with it so that the two women at the next table would notice the diamond ring on the fourth [85] finger of his right hand. Both of these things, and also the fact that his hands showed signs of the manicurist, one can blame on the young man who had his picture taken with a derby hat on the back of his head, and also sitting with a girl in the curve of [90] the moon. The young man had never for one second deserted Mr. Peters. He was always there, tugging at Mr. Peters\u0092 elbow, making him do things that were not becoming in a man of forty-five.", "textTwo": "4. Lymie\u0092s primary impression of the \u0093party of four\u0094 (line 42) is that they", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 08:55:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 11:25:02" }, { "id": "608", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf. \u00a91959 by William Maxwell. Originally published\r\nin 1945.\r\nThe Alcazar Restaurant was on Sheridan Road near Devon Avenue. It was long and narrow, with tables for two along the walls and tables for four {Line} down the middle. The decoration was art moderne, [5] except for the series of murals depicting the four seasons, and the sick ferns in the front window. Lymie sat down at the second table from the cash register, and ordered his dinner. The history book, which he propped against the catsup and the glass [10] sugar bowl, had been used by others before him. Blank pages front and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body; also, with names and messages no longer clear and never absolutely legible. On nearly every other [15] page there was some marginal notation, either in ink or in very hard pencil. And unless someone had upset a glass of water, the marks on page 177 were from tears. While Lymie read about the Peace of Paris, signed [20] on the thirtieth of May, 1814, between France and the Allied powers, his right hand managed again and again to bring food up to his mouth. Sometimes he chewed, sometimes he swallowed whole the food that he had no idea he was eating. The Congress of [25] Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent plenipotentiaries. It was by far the most splendid and important assembly ever convoked to discuss and [30] determine the affairs of Europe. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Kings of Bavaria, Denmark, and Wurttemberg, all were present in person at the court of the Emperor Francis I in the Austrian capital. When Lymie put down his fork and [35] began to count them off, one by one, on the fingers of his left hand, the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away. He stopped her. Prince Metternich (his right thumb) presided over the Congress, and [40] Prince Talleyrand (the index finger) represented France. A party of four, two men and two women, came into the restaurant, all talking at once, and took possession of the center table nearest Lymie. [45] The women had shingled hair and short tight skirts which exposed the underside of their knees when they sat down. One of the women had the face of a young boy but disguised by one trick or another (rouge, lipstick, powder, wet bangs plastered against [50] the high forehead, and a pair of long pendent earrings) to look like a woman of thirty-five, which as a matter of fact she was. The men were older. They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for, while they were deciding between soup and shrimp [55] cocktail, and their laughter was too loud. But it was the women\u0092s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the women\u0092s voices which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on them. Fortunately, he realized this and went back. [60] Otherwise he might never have known about the secret treaty concluded between England, France, and Austria, when the pretensions of Prussia and Russia, acting in concert, seemed to threaten a renewal of the attack. The results of the Congress [65] were stated clearly at the bottom of page 67 and at the top of page 68, but before Lymie got halfway through them, a coat that he recognized as his father\u0092s was hung on the hook next to his chair. Lymie closed the book and said, \u0093I didn\u0092t think you [70] were coming.\u0094 Time is probably no unkinder to sporting characters than it is to other people, but physical decay unsustain by respectability is somehow more noticeable. Mr. Peters\u0092 hair was turning gray and his [75] scalp showed through on top. He had lost weight also; he no longer filled out his clothes the way he used to. His color was poor, and the flower had disappeared from his buttonhole. In its place was an American Legion button. [80] Apparently, he himself was not aware that there had been any change. He straightened his tie self-consciously and when Irma handed him a menu, he gestured with it so that the two women at the next table would notice the diamond ring on the fourth [85] finger of his right hand. Both of these things, and also the fact that his hands showed signs of the manicurist, one can blame on the young man who had his picture taken with a derby hat on the back of his head, and also sitting with a girl in the curve of [90] the moon. The young man had never for one second deserted Mr. Peters. He was always there, tugging at Mr. Peters\u0092 elbow, making him do things that were not becoming in a man of forty-five.", "textTwo": "5. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 08:58:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 11:25:31" }, { "id": "609", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf. \u00a91959 by William Maxwell. Originally published\r\nin 1945.\r\nThe Alcazar Restaurant was on Sheridan Road near Devon Avenue. It was long and narrow, with tables for two along the walls and tables for four {Line} down the middle. The decoration was art moderne, [5] except for the series of murals depicting the four seasons, and the sick ferns in the front window. Lymie sat down at the second table from the cash register, and ordered his dinner. The history book, which he propped against the catsup and the glass [10] sugar bowl, had been used by others before him. Blank pages front and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body; also, with names and messages no longer clear and never absolutely legible. On nearly every other [15] page there was some marginal notation, either in ink or in very hard pencil. And unless someone had upset a glass of water, the marks on page 177 were from tears. While Lymie read about the Peace of Paris, signed [20] on the thirtieth of May, 1814, between France and the Allied powers, his right hand managed again and again to bring food up to his mouth. Sometimes he chewed, sometimes he swallowed whole the food that he had no idea he was eating. The Congress of [25] Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent plenipotentiaries. It was by far the most splendid and important assembly ever convoked to discuss and [30] determine the affairs of Europe. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Kings of Bavaria, Denmark, and Wurttemberg, all were present in person at the court of the Emperor Francis I in the Austrian capital. When Lymie put down his fork and [35] began to count them off, one by one, on the fingers of his left hand, the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away. He stopped her. Prince Metternich (his right thumb) presided over the Congress, and [40] Prince Talleyrand (the index finger) represented France. A party of four, two men and two women, came into the restaurant, all talking at once, and took possession of the center table nearest Lymie. [45] The women had shingled hair and short tight skirts which exposed the underside of their knees when they sat down. One of the women had the face of a young boy but disguised by one trick or another (rouge, lipstick, powder, wet bangs plastered against [50] the high forehead, and a pair of long pendent earrings) to look like a woman of thirty-five, which as a matter of fact she was. The men were older. They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for, while they were deciding between soup and shrimp [55] cocktail, and their laughter was too loud. But it was the women\u0092s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the women\u0092s voices which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on them. Fortunately, he realized this and went back. [60] Otherwise he might never have known about the secret treaty concluded between England, France, and Austria, when the pretensions of Prussia and Russia, acting in concert, seemed to threaten a renewal of the attack. The results of the Congress [65] were stated clearly at the bottom of page 67 and at the top of page 68, but before Lymie got halfway through them, a coat that he recognized as his father\u0092s was hung on the hook next to his chair. Lymie closed the book and said, \u0093I didn\u0092t think you [70] were coming.\u0094 Time is probably no unkinder to sporting characters than it is to other people, but physical decay unsustain by respectability is somehow more noticeable. Mr. Peters\u0092 hair was turning gray and his [75] scalp showed through on top. He had lost weight also; he no longer filled out his clothes the way he used to. His color was poor, and the flower had disappeared from his buttonhole. In its place was an American Legion button. [80] Apparently, he himself was not aware that there had been any change. He straightened his tie self-consciously and when Irma handed him a menu, he gestured with it so that the two women at the next table would notice the diamond ring on the fourth [85] finger of his right hand. Both of these things, and also the fact that his hands showed signs of the manicurist, one can blame on the young man who had his picture taken with a derby hat on the back of his head, and also sitting with a girl in the curve of [90] the moon. The young man had never for one second deserted Mr. Peters. He was always there, tugging at Mr. Peters\u0092 elbow, making him do things that were not becoming in a man of forty-five.", "textTwo": "6. The narrator indicates that Lymie finally closes the history book because", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 08:59:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:10:38" }, { "id": "610", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). Questions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf. \u00a91959 by William Maxwell. Originally published in 1945. The Alcazar Restaurant was on Sheridan Road near Devon Avenue. It was long and narrow, with tables for two along the walls and tables for four {Line} down the middle. The decoration was art moderne, [5] except for the series of murals depicting the four seasons, and the sick ferns in the front window. Lymie sat down at the second table from the cash register, and ordered his dinner. The history book, which he propped against the catsup and the glass [10] sugar bowl, had been used by others before him. Blank pages front and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body; also, with names and messages no longer clear and never absolutely legible. On nearly every other [15] page there was some marginal notation, either in ink or in very hard pencil. And unless someone had upset a glass of water, the marks on page 177 were from tears. While Lymie read about the Peace of Paris, signed [20] on the thirtieth of May, 1814, between France and the Allied powers, his right hand managed again and again to bring food up to his mouth. Sometimes he chewed, sometimes he swallowed whole the food that he had no idea he was eating. The Congress of [25] Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent plenipotentiaries. It was by far the most splendid and important assembly ever convoked to discuss and [30] determine the affairs of Europe. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Kings of Bavaria, Denmark, and Wurttemberg, all were present in person at the court of the Emperor Francis I in the Austrian capital. When Lymie put down his fork and [35] began to count them off, one by one, on the fingers of his left hand, the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away. He stopped her. Prince Metternich (his right thumb) presided over the Congress, and [40] Prince Talleyrand (the index finger) represented France. A party of four, two men and two women, came into the restaurant, all talking at once, and took possession of the center table nearest Lymie. [45] The women had shingled hair and short tight skirts which exposed the underside of their knees when they sat down. One of the women had the face of a young boy but disguised by one trick or another (rouge, lipstick, powder, wet bangs plastered against [50] the high forehead, and a pair of long pendent earrings) to look like a woman of thirty-five, which as a matter of fact she was. The men were older. They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for, while they were deciding between soup and shrimp [55] cocktail, and their laughter was too loud. But it was the women\u0092s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the women\u0092s voices which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on them. Fortunately, he realized this and went back. [60] Otherwise he might never have known about the secret treaty concluded between England, France, and Austria, when the pretensions of Prussia and Russia, acting in concert, seemed to threaten a renewal of the attack. The results of the Congress [65] were stated clearly at the bottom of page 67 and at the top of page 68, but before Lymie got halfway through them, a coat that he recognized as his father\u0092s was hung on the hook next to his chair. Lymie closed the book and said, \u0093I didn\u0092t think you [70] were coming.\u0094 Time is probably no unkinder to sporting characters than it is to other people, but physical decay unsustain by respectability is somehow more noticeable. Mr. Peters\u0092 hair was turning gray and his [75] scalp showed through on top. He had lost weight also; he no longer filled out his clothes the way he used to. His color was poor, and the flower had disappeared from his buttonhole. In its place was an American Legion button. [80] Apparently, he himself was not aware that there had been any change. He straightened his tie self-consciously and when Irma handed him a menu, he gestured with it so that the two women at the next table would notice the diamond ring on the fourth [85] finger of his right hand. Both of these things, and also the fact that his hands showed signs of the manicurist, one can blame on the young man who had his picture taken with a derby hat on the back of his head, and also sitting with a girl in the curve of [90] the moon. The young man had never for one second deserted Mr. Peters. He was always there, tugging at Mr. Peters\u0092 elbow, making him do things that were not becoming in a man of forty-five.", "textTwo": "7. The primary impression created by the narrator\u0092s description of Mr. Peters in lines 74-79 is that he is", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:03:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:14:20" }, { "id": "611", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). Questions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf. \u00a91959 by William Maxwell. Originally published in 1945. The Alcazar Restaurant was on Sheridan Road near Devon Avenue. It was long and narrow, with tables for two along the walls and tables for four {Line} down the middle. The decoration was art moderne, [5] except for the series of murals depicting the four seasons, and the sick ferns in the front window. Lymie sat down at the second table from the cash register, and ordered his dinner. The history book, which he propped against the catsup and the glass [10] sugar bowl, had been used by others before him. Blank pages front and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body; also, with names and messages no longer clear and never absolutely legible. On nearly every other [15] page there was some marginal notation, either in ink or in very hard pencil. And unless someone had upset a glass of water, the marks on page 177 were from tears. While Lymie read about the Peace of Paris, signed [20] on the thirtieth of May, 1814, between France and the Allied powers, his right hand managed again and again to bring food up to his mouth. Sometimes he chewed, sometimes he swallowed whole the food that he had no idea he was eating. The Congress of [25] Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent plenipotentiaries. It was by far the most splendid and important assembly ever convoked to discuss and [30] determine the affairs of Europe. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Kings of Bavaria, Denmark, and Wurttemberg, all were present in person at the court of the Emperor Francis I in the Austrian capital. When Lymie put down his fork and [35] began to count them off, one by one, on the fingers of his left hand, the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away. He stopped her. Prince Metternich (his right thumb) presided over the Congress, and [40] Prince Talleyrand (the index finger) represented France. A party of four, two men and two women, came into the restaurant, all talking at once, and took possession of the center table nearest Lymie. [45] The women had shingled hair and short tight skirts which exposed the underside of their knees when they sat down. One of the women had the face of a young boy but disguised by one trick or another (rouge, lipstick, powder, wet bangs plastered against [50] the high forehead, and a pair of long pendent earrings) to look like a woman of thirty-five, which as a matter of fact she was. The men were older. They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for, while they were deciding between soup and shrimp [55] cocktail, and their laughter was too loud. But it was the women\u0092s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the women\u0092s voices which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on them. Fortunately, he realized this and went back. [60] Otherwise he might never have known about the secret treaty concluded between England, France, and Austria, when the pretensions of Prussia and Russia, acting in concert, seemed to threaten a renewal of the attack. The results of the Congress [65] were stated clearly at the bottom of page 67 and at the top of page 68, but before Lymie got halfway through them, a coat that he recognized as his father\u0092s was hung on the hook next to his chair. Lymie closed the book and said, \u0093I didn\u0092t think you [70] were coming.\u0094 Time is probably no unkinder to sporting characters than it is to other people, but physical decay unsustain by respectability is somehow more noticeable. Mr. Peters\u0092 hair was turning gray and his [75] scalp showed through on top. He had lost weight also; he no longer filled out his clothes the way he used to. His color was poor, and the flower had disappeared from his buttonhole. In its place was an American Legion button. [80] Apparently, he himself was not aware that there had been any change. He straightened his tie self-consciously and when Irma handed him a menu, he gestured with it so that the two women at the next table would notice the diamond ring on the fourth [85] finger of his right hand. Both of these things, and also the fact that his hands showed signs of the manicurist, one can blame on the young man who had his picture taken with a derby hat on the back of his head, and also sitting with a girl in the curve of [90] the moon. The young man had never for one second deserted Mr. Peters. He was always there, tugging at Mr. Peters\u0092 elbow, making him do things that were not becoming in a man of forty-five.", "textTwo": "8. The main idea of the last paragraph is that Mr. Peters", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:06:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:15:05" }, { "id": "612", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf. \u00a91959 by William Maxwell. Originally published in 1945. \r\n\r\nThe Alcazar Restaurant was on Sheridan Road near Devon Avenue. It was long and narrow, with tables for two along the walls and tables for four {Line} down the middle. The decoration was art moderne, [5] except for the series of murals depicting the four seasons, and the sick ferns in the front window. Lymie sat down at the second table from the cash register, and ordered his dinner. The history book, which he propped against the catsup and the glass [10] sugar bowl, had been used by others before him. Blank pages front and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body; also, with names and messages no longer clear and never absolutely legible. On nearly every other [15] page there was some marginal notation, either in ink or in very hard pencil. And unless someone had upset a glass of water, the marks on page 177 were from tears. While Lymie read about the Peace of Paris, signed [20] on the thirtieth of May, 1814, between France and the Allied powers, his right hand managed again and again to bring food up to his mouth. Sometimes he chewed, sometimes he swallowed whole the food that he had no idea he was eating. The Congress of [25] Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent plenipotentiaries. It was by far the most splendid and important assembly ever convoked to discuss and [30] determine the affairs of Europe. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Kings of Bavaria, Denmark, and Wurttemberg, all were present in person at the court of the Emperor Francis I in the Austrian capital. When Lymie put down his fork and [35] began to count them off, one by one, on the fingers of his left hand, the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away. He stopped her. Prince Metternich (his right thumb) presided over the Congress, and [40] Prince Talleyrand (the index finger) represented France. A party of four, two men and two women, came into the restaurant, all talking at once, and took possession of the center table nearest Lymie. [45] The women had shingled hair and short tight skirts which exposed the underside of their knees when they sat down. One of the women had the face of a young boy but disguised by one trick or another (rouge, lipstick, powder, wet bangs plastered against [50] the high forehead, and a pair of long pendent earrings) to look like a woman of thirty-five, which as a matter of fact she was. The men were older. They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for, while they were deciding between soup and shrimp [55] cocktail, and their laughter was too loud. But it was the women\u0092s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the women\u0092s voices which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on them. Fortunately, he realized this and went back. [60] Otherwise he might never have known about the secret treaty concluded between England, France, and Austria, when the pretensions of Prussia and Russia, acting in concert, seemed to threaten a renewal of the attack. The results of the Congress [65] were stated clearly at the bottom of page 67 and at the top of page 68, but before Lymie got halfway through them, a coat that he recognized as his father\u0092s was hung on the hook next to his chair. Lymie closed the book and said, \u0093I didn\u0092t think you [70] were coming.\u0094 Time is probably no unkinder to sporting characters than it is to other people, but physical decay unsustain by respectability is somehow more noticeable. Mr. Peters\u0092 hair was turning gray and his [75] scalp showed through on top. He had lost weight also; he no longer filled out his clothes the way he used to. His color was poor, and the flower had disappeared from his buttonhole. In its place was an American Legion button. [80] Apparently, he himself was not aware that there had been any change. He straightened his tie self-consciously and when Irma handed him a menu, he gestured with it so that the two women at the next table would notice the diamond ring on the fourth [85] finger of his right hand. Both of these things, and also the fact that his hands showed signs of the manicurist, one can blame on the young man who had his picture taken with a derby hat on the back of his head, and also sitting with a girl in the curve of [90] the moon. The young man had never for one second deserted Mr. Peters. He was always there, tugging at Mr. Peters\u0092 elbow, making him do things that were not becoming in a man of forty-five.", "textTwo": "9. Which choice best supports the conclusion that Mr. Peters wants to attract attention?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:09:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:16:40" }, { "id": "613", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from William Maxwell, The Folded Leaf. \u00a91959 by William Maxwell. Originally published in 1945. \r\n\r\nThe Alcazar Restaurant was on Sheridan Road near Devon Avenue. It was long and narrow, with tables for two along the walls and tables for four {Line} down the middle. The decoration was art moderne, [5] except for the series of murals depicting the four seasons, and the sick ferns in the front window. Lymie sat down at the second table from the cash register, and ordered his dinner. The history book, which he propped against the catsup and the glass [10] sugar bowl, had been used by others before him. Blank pages front and back were filled in with maps, drawings, dates, comic cartoons, and organs of the body; also, with names and messages no longer clear and never absolutely legible. On nearly every other [15] page there was some marginal notation, either in ink or in very hard pencil. And unless someone had upset a glass of water, the marks on page 177 were from tears. While Lymie read about the Peace of Paris, signed [20] on the thirtieth of May, 1814, between France and the Allied powers, his right hand managed again and again to bring food up to his mouth. Sometimes he chewed, sometimes he swallowed whole the food that he had no idea he was eating. The Congress of [25] Vienna met, with some allowance for delays, early in November of the same year, and all the powers engaged in the war on either side sent plenipotentiaries. It was by far the most splendid and important assembly ever convoked to discuss and [30] determine the affairs of Europe. The Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Kings of Bavaria, Denmark, and Wurttemberg, all were present in person at the court of the Emperor Francis I in the Austrian capital. When Lymie put down his fork and [35] began to count them off, one by one, on the fingers of his left hand, the waitress, whose name was Irma, thought he was through eating and tried to take his plate away. He stopped her. Prince Metternich (his right thumb) presided over the Congress, and [40] Prince Talleyrand (the index finger) represented France. A party of four, two men and two women, came into the restaurant, all talking at once, and took possession of the center table nearest Lymie. [45] The women had shingled hair and short tight skirts which exposed the underside of their knees when they sat down. One of the women had the face of a young boy but disguised by one trick or another (rouge, lipstick, powder, wet bangs plastered against [50] the high forehead, and a pair of long pendent earrings) to look like a woman of thirty-five, which as a matter of fact she was. The men were older. They laughed more than there seemed any occasion for, while they were deciding between soup and shrimp [55] cocktail, and their laughter was too loud. But it was the women\u0092s voices, the terrible not quite sober pitch of the women\u0092s voices which caused Lymie to skim over two whole pages without knowing what was on them. Fortunately, he realized this and went back. [60] Otherwise he might never have known about the secret treaty concluded between England, France, and Austria, when the pretensions of Prussia and Russia, acting in concert, seemed to threaten a renewal of the attack. The results of the Congress [65] were stated clearly at the bottom of page 67 and at the top of page 68, but before Lymie got halfway through them, a coat that he recognized as his father\u0092s was hung on the hook next to his chair. Lymie closed the book and said, \u0093I didn\u0092t think you [70] were coming.\u0094 Time is probably no unkinder to sporting characters than it is to other people, but physical decay unsustain by respectability is somehow more noticeable. Mr. Peters\u0092 hair was turning gray and his [75] scalp showed through on top. He had lost weight also; he no longer filled out his clothes the way he used to. His color was poor, and the flower had disappeared from his buttonhole. In its place was an American Legion button. [80] Apparently, he himself was not aware that there had been any change. He straightened his tie self-consciously and when Irma handed him a menu, he gestured with it so that the two women at the next table would notice the diamond ring on the fourth [85] finger of his right hand. Both of these things, and also the fact that his hands showed signs of the manicurist, one can blame on the young man who had his picture taken with a derby hat on the back of his head, and also sitting with a girl in the curve of [90] the moon. The young man had never for one second deserted Mr. Peters. He was always there, tugging at Mr. Peters\u0092 elbow, making him do things that were not becoming in a man of forty-five.", "textTwo": "10. As used in line 93, \u0093becoming\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:11:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:17:22" }, { "id": "614", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views.\r\nPassage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement.\r\nPassage 2\r\nThe investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live.\r\n1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "11. In Passage 1, Beecher makes which point about the status of women relative to that of men?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:49:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:18:35" }, { "id": "615", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views. Passage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement. Passage 2 The investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. 1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "12. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:52:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:19:40" }, { "id": "616", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views. Passage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement. Passage 2 The investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. 1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "13. In Passage 1, Beecher implies that women\u0092s effect on public life is largely", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:55:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:20:48" }, { "id": "617", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views. Passage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement. Passage 2 The investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. 1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "14. As used in line 2, \u0093station\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:57:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:21:47" }, { "id": "618", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views. Passage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement. Passage 2 The investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. 1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "15. As used in line 12, \u0093peculiar\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:01:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:22:33" }, { "id": "619", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views. Passage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement. Passage 2 The investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. 1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "16.What is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s central claim in Passage 2?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:04:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:27:21" }, { "id": "620", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views. Passage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement. Passage 2 The investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. 1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "17. In Passage 2, Grimk\u00e9 makes which point about human rights?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:07:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:29:19" }, { "id": "621", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views. Passage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement. Passage 2 The investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. 1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "18. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:09:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:29:57" }, { "id": "622", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views. Passage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement. Passage 2 The investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. 1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "19. Which choice best states the relationship between the two passages?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:12:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:30:35" }, { "id": "623", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views. Passage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement. Passage 2 The investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. 1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "20. Based on the passages, both authors would agree with which of the following claims?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:14:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:31:21" }, { "id": "624", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passages. \r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Catharine Beecher, Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism. Originally published in 1837. Passage 2 is adapted from Angelina E. Grimk\u00e9, Letters to Catharine Beecher. Originally published in 1838. Grimk\u00e9 encouraged Southern women to oppose slavery publicly. Passage 1 is Beecher\u0092s response to Grimk\u00e9\u0092s views. Passage 2 is Grimk\u00e9\u0092s response to Beecher. \r\n\r\nPassage 1 \r\nHeaven has appointed to one sex the superior, and to the other the subordinate station, and this without any reference to the character or conduct of {Line} either. It is therefore as much for the dignity as it is [5] for the interest of females, in all respects to conform to the duties of this relation but while woman holds a subordinate relation in society to the other sex, it is not because it was designed that her duties or her influence should be any the less important, or [10] all-pervading. But it was designed that the mode of gaining influence and of exercising power should be altogether different and peculiar. . .. A man may act on society by the collision of intellect, in public debate; he may urge his measures [15] by a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest; he may coerce by the combination of public sentiment; he may drive by physical force, and he does not outstep the boundaries of his sphere. But all the power, and all the conquests that are lawful to [20] women, are those only which appeal to the kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent principles. Woman is to win everything by peace and love; by making herself so much respected, esteemed and loved, that to yield to her opinions and to gratify her [25] wishes, will be the free-will offering of the heart. But this is to be all accomplished in the domestic and social circle. There let every woman become so cultivated and refined in intellect, that her taste and judgment will be respected; so benevolent in feeling [30] and action; that her motives will be reverenced;\u0097so unassuming and unambitious, that collision and competition will be banished;\u0097so \u0093gentle and easy to be entreated,\u0094 as that every heart will repose in her presence; then, the fathers, the husbands, and the [35] sons, will find an influence thrown around them, to which they will yield not only willingly but proudly. . . . A woman may seek the aid of co-operation and combination among her own sex, to assist her in her [40] appropriate offices of piety, charity, maternal and domestic duty; but whatever, in any measure, throws a woman into the attitude of a combatant, either for herself or others\u0097whatever binds her in a party conflict\u0097whatever obliges her in any way to exert [45] coercive influences, throws her out of her appropriate sphere. If these general principles are correct, they are entirely opposed to the plan of arraying females in any Abolition movement. Passage 2 The investigation of the rights of the slave has led [50] me to a better understanding of my own. I have found the Anti-Slavery cause to be the high school of morals in our land\u0097the school in which human rights are more fully investigated, and better understood and taught, than in any other. Here a [55] great fundamental principle is uplifted and illuminated, and from this central light, rays\u0092 innumerable stream all around. Human beings have rights, because they are moral beings: the rights of all men grow out of their moral [60] nature; and as all men have the same moral nature, they have essentially the same rights. These rights may be wrested from the slave, but they cannot be alienated: his title to himself is as perfect now, as is that of Lyman Beecher:1 it is stamped on his moral [65] being, and is, like it, imperishable. Now if rights are founded in the nature of our moral being, then the mere circumstance of sex does not give to man higher rights and responsibilities, than to woman. To suppose that it does, would be to deny the [70] self-evident truths, that the \u0093physical constitution is the mere instrument of the moral nature.\u0094 To suppose that it does, would be to break up utterly the relations, of the two natures, and to reverse their functions, exalting the animal nature into a monarch, [75] and humbling the moral into a slave; making the former a proprietor, and the latter its property. When human beings are regarded as moral beings, sex, instead of being enthroned upon the summit, administering upon rights and [80] responsibilities, sinks into insignificance and nothingness. My doctrine then is, that whatever it is morally right for man to do, it is morally right for woman to do. Our duties originate, not from difference of sex, but from the diversity of our [85] relations in life, the various gifts and talents committed to our care, and the different eras in which we live. 1 Lyman Beecher was a famous minister and the father of Catharine Beecher.", "textTwo": "21. Beecher would most likely have reacted to lines 65-68 (\u0093Now . . . woman\u0094) of Passage 2 with", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:17:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:32:04" }, { "id": "625", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Bryan Walsh, \u0093Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable.\u0094\r\n\u00a92012 by Time Inc.\r\nWhen it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, {Line} even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get [5] there. Energy efficiency allows us to get more out of our given resources, which is good for the economy and (mostly) good for the environment as well. In an increasingly hot and crowded world, the only sustainable way to live is to get more out of less [10] Every environmentalist would agree. But change the conversation to food, and suddenly efficiency doesn\u0092t look so good. Conventional industrial agriculture has become incredibly efficient on a simple land to food basis. [15] Thanks to fertilizers, mechanization and irrigation, each American farmer feeds over 155 people worldwide. Conventional farming gets more and more crop per square foot of cultivated land\u0097 over 170 bushels of corn per acre in Iowa, for [20] examples\u0097which can mean less territory needs to be converted from wilderness to farmland. And since a third of the planet is already used for agriculture\u0097destroying forests and other wild habitats along the way\u0097anything that could help us [25] produce more food on less land would seem to be good for the environment. Of course, that\u0092s not how most environmentalists regard their arugula [a leafy green]. They have embraced organic food as better for the planet\u0097and [30] healthier and tastier, too\u0097than the stuff produced by agricultural corporations. Environmentalists disdain the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming, while organic practices\u0097forgoing artificial fertilizers and chemical [35] pesticides\u0097are considered far more sustainable. Sales of organic food rose 7.7% in 2010, up to $26.7 billion\u0097and people are making those purchases for their consciences as much as their taste buds. Yet a new meta-analysis in Nature does the math [40] and comes to a hard conclusion: organic farming yields 25% fewer crops on average than conventional agriculture. More land is therefore needed to produce fewer crops\u0097and that means organic farming may not be as good for the planet as [45] we think. In the Nature analysis, scientists from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota performed an analysis of 66 studies comparing conventional and organic methods across [50] 34 different crop species, from fruits to grains to legumes. They found that organic farming delivered a lower yield for every crop type, though the disparity varied widely. For rain-watered legume crops like beans or perennial crops like fruit trees, organic [55] trailed conventional agriculture by just 5%. Yet for major cereal crops like corn or wheat, as well as most vegetables\u0097all of which provide the bulk of the world\u0092s calories\u0097conventional agriculture outperformed organics by more than 25%. [60] The main difference is nitrogen, the chemical key to plant growth. Conventional agriculture makes use of 171 million metric tons of synthetic fertilizer each year, and all that nitrogen enables much faster plant growth than the slower release of nitrogen from the [65] compost or cover crops used in organic farming. When we talk about a Green Revolution, we really mean a nitrogen revolution\u0097along with a lot of water. But not all the nitrogen used in conventional [70] fertilizer ends up in crops\u0097much of it ends up running off the soil and into the oceans, creating vast polluted dead zones. We\u0092re already putting more nitrogen into the soil than the planet can stand over the long term. And conventional agriculture also [75] depends heavily on chemical pesticides, which can have unintended side effects. What that means is that while conventional agriculture is more efficient\u0097sometimes much more efficient\u0097than organic farming, there are trade-offs [80] with each. So, an ideal global agriculture system, in the views of the study\u0092s authors, may borrow the best from both systems, as Jonathan Foley of the University of Minnesota explained: The bottom line? Today\u0092s organic farming [85] practices are probably best deployed in fruit and vegetable farms, where growing nutrition (not just bulk calories) is the primary goal. But for delivering sheer calories, especially in our staple crops of wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and so on, [90]\tconventional farms have the advantage right now. Looking forward, I think we will need to deploy different kinds of practices (especially new, mixed approaches that take the best of organic [95] and conventional farming systems) where they are best suited\u0097geographically, economically, socially, etc.", "textTwo": "22. As used in line 14, \u0093simple\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/39be4b7f4899bb59660aed4d38d5d3de20ca9cfb.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:25:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:34:07" }, { "id": "626", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Bryan Walsh, \u0093Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable.\u0094\r\n\u00a92012 by Time Inc.\r\nWhen it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, {Line} even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get [5] there. Energy efficiency allows us to get more out of our given resources, which is good for the economy and (mostly) good for the environment as well. In an increasingly hot and crowded world, the only sustainable way to live is to get more out of less [10] Every environmentalist would agree. But change the conversation to food, and suddenly efficiency doesn\u0092t look so good. Conventional industrial agriculture has become incredibly efficient on a simple land to food basis. [15] Thanks to fertilizers, mechanization and irrigation, each American farmer feeds over 155 people worldwide. Conventional farming gets more and more crop per square foot of cultivated land\u0097 over 170 bushels of corn per acre in Iowa, for [20] examples\u0097which can mean less territory needs to be converted from wilderness to farmland. And since a third of the planet is already used for agriculture\u0097destroying forests and other wild habitats along the way\u0097anything that could help us [25] produce more food on less land would seem to be good for the environment. Of course, that\u0092s not how most environmentalists regard their arugula [a leafy green]. They have embraced organic food as better for the planet\u0097and [30] healthier and tastier, too\u0097than the stuff produced by agricultural corporations. Environmentalists disdain the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming, while organic practices\u0097forgoing artificial fertilizers and chemical [35] pesticides\u0097are considered far more sustainable. Sales of organic food rose 7.7% in 2010, up to $26.7 billion\u0097and people are making those purchases for their consciences as much as their taste buds. Yet a new meta-analysis in Nature does the math [40] and comes to a hard conclusion: organic farming yields 25% fewer crops on average than conventional agriculture. More land is therefore needed to produce fewer crops\u0097and that means organic farming may not be as good for the planet as [45] we think. In the Nature analysis, scientists from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota performed an analysis of 66 studies comparing conventional and organic methods across [50] 34 different crop species, from fruits to grains to legumes. They found that organic farming delivered a lower yield for every crop type, though the disparity varied widely. For rain-watered legume crops like beans or perennial crops like fruit trees, organic [55] trailed conventional agriculture by just 5%. Yet for major cereal crops like corn or wheat, as well as most vegetables\u0097all of which provide the bulk of the world\u0092s calories\u0097conventional agriculture outperformed organics by more than 25%. [60] The main difference is nitrogen, the chemical key to plant growth. Conventional agriculture makes use of 171 million metric tons of synthetic fertilizer each year, and all that nitrogen enables much faster plant growth than the slower release of nitrogen from the [65] compost or cover crops used in organic farming. When we talk about a Green Revolution, we really mean a nitrogen revolution\u0097along with a lot of water. But not all the nitrogen used in conventional [70] fertilizer ends up in crops\u0097much of it ends up running off the soil and into the oceans, creating vast polluted dead zones. We\u0092re already putting more nitrogen into the soil than the planet can stand over the long term. And conventional agriculture also [75] depends heavily on chemical pesticides, which can have unintended side effects. What that means is that while conventional agriculture is more efficient\u0097sometimes much more efficient\u0097than organic farming, there are trade-offs [80] with each. So, an ideal global agriculture system, in the views of the study\u0092s authors, may borrow the best from both systems, as Jonathan Foley of the University of Minnesota explained: The bottom line? Today\u0092s organic farming [85] practices are probably best deployed in fruit and vegetable farms, where growing nutrition (not just bulk calories) is the primary goal. But for delivering sheer calories, especially in our staple crops of wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and so on, [90]\tconventional farms have the advantage right now. Looking forward, I think we will need to deploy different kinds of practices (especially new, mixed approaches that take the best of organic [95] and conventional farming systems) where they are best suited\u0097geographically, economically, socially, etc.", "textTwo": "23. According to the passage, a significant attribute of conventional agriculture is its ability to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/fd84b5635f70e5743ee81ab3f9081a8a29ca8ce5.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:27:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:34:45" }, { "id": "627", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Bryan Walsh, \u0093Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable.\u0094\r\n\u00a92012 by Time Inc.\r\nWhen it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, {Line} even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get [5] there. Energy efficiency allows us to get more out of our given resources, which is good for the economy and (mostly) good for the environment as well. In an increasingly hot and crowded world, the only sustainable way to live is to get more out of less [10] Every environmentalist would agree. But change the conversation to food, and suddenly efficiency doesn\u0092t look so good. Conventional industrial agriculture has become incredibly efficient on a simple land to food basis. [15] Thanks to fertilizers, mechanization and irrigation, each American farmer feeds over 155 people worldwide. Conventional farming gets more and more crop per square foot of cultivated land\u0097 over 170 bushels of corn per acre in Iowa, for [20] examples\u0097which can mean less territory needs to be converted from wilderness to farmland. And since a third of the planet is already used for agriculture\u0097destroying forests and other wild habitats along the way\u0097anything that could help us [25] produce more food on less land would seem to be good for the environment. Of course, that\u0092s not how most environmentalists regard their arugula [a leafy green]. They have embraced organic food as better for the planet\u0097and [30] healthier and tastier, too\u0097than the stuff produced by agricultural corporations. Environmentalists disdain the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming, while organic practices\u0097forgoing artificial fertilizers and chemical [35] pesticides\u0097are considered far more sustainable. Sales of organic food rose 7.7% in 2010, up to $26.7 billion\u0097and people are making those purchases for their consciences as much as their taste buds. Yet a new meta-analysis in Nature does the math [40] and comes to a hard conclusion: organic farming yields 25% fewer crops on average than conventional agriculture. More land is therefore needed to produce fewer crops\u0097and that means organic farming may not be as good for the planet as [45] we think. In the Nature analysis, scientists from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota performed an analysis of 66 studies comparing conventional and organic methods across [50] 34 different crop species, from fruits to grains to legumes. They found that organic farming delivered a lower yield for every crop type, though the disparity varied widely. For rain-watered legume crops like beans or perennial crops like fruit trees, organic [55] trailed conventional agriculture by just 5%. Yet for major cereal crops like corn or wheat, as well as most vegetables\u0097all of which provide the bulk of the world\u0092s calories\u0097conventional agriculture outperformed organics by more than 25%. [60] The main difference is nitrogen, the chemical key to plant growth. Conventional agriculture makes use of 171 million metric tons of synthetic fertilizer each year, and all that nitrogen enables much faster plant growth than the slower release of nitrogen from the [65] compost or cover crops used in organic farming. When we talk about a Green Revolution, we really mean a nitrogen revolution\u0097along with a lot of water. But not all the nitrogen used in conventional [70] fertilizer ends up in crops\u0097much of it ends up running off the soil and into the oceans, creating vast polluted dead zones. We\u0092re already putting more nitrogen into the soil than the planet can stand over the long term. And conventional agriculture also [75] depends heavily on chemical pesticides, which can have unintended side effects. What that means is that while conventional agriculture is more efficient\u0097sometimes much more efficient\u0097than organic farming, there are trade-offs [80] with each. So, an ideal global agriculture system, in the views of the study\u0092s authors, may borrow the best from both systems, as Jonathan Foley of the University of Minnesota explained: The bottom line? Today\u0092s organic farming [85] practices are probably best deployed in fruit and vegetable farms, where growing nutrition (not just bulk calories) is the primary goal. But for delivering sheer calories, especially in our staple crops of wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and so on, [90]\tconventional farms have the advantage right now. Looking forward, I think we will need to deploy different kinds of practices (especially new, mixed approaches that take the best of organic [95] and conventional farming systems) where they are best suited\u0097geographically, economically, socially, etc.", "textTwo": "24. Which choice best reflects the perspective of the \u0093environmentalists\u0094 (line 27) on conventional agriculture?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d06dcc8d3d5de243bbfbf27cd849c548430730cc.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:29:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:38:10" }, { "id": "628", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Bryan Walsh, \u0093Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable.\u0094\r\n\u00a92012 by Time Inc.\r\nWhen it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, {Line} even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get [5] there. Energy efficiency allows us to get more out of our given resources, which is good for the economy and (mostly) good for the environment as well. In an increasingly hot and crowded world, the only sustainable way to live is to get more out of less [10] Every environmentalist would agree. But change the conversation to food, and suddenly efficiency doesn\u0092t look so good. Conventional industrial agriculture has become incredibly efficient on a simple land to food basis. [15] Thanks to fertilizers, mechanization and irrigation, each American farmer feeds over 155 people worldwide. Conventional farming gets more and more crop per square foot of cultivated land\u0097 over 170 bushels of corn per acre in Iowa, for [20] examples\u0097which can mean less territory needs to be converted from wilderness to farmland. And since a third of the planet is already used for agriculture\u0097destroying forests and other wild habitats along the way\u0097anything that could help us [25] produce more food on less land would seem to be good for the environment. Of course, that\u0092s not how most environmentalists regard their arugula [a leafy green]. They have embraced organic food as better for the planet\u0097and [30] healthier and tastier, too\u0097than the stuff produced by agricultural corporations. Environmentalists disdain the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming, while organic practices\u0097forgoing artificial fertilizers and chemical [35] pesticides\u0097are considered far more sustainable. Sales of organic food rose 7.7% in 2010, up to $26.7 billion\u0097and people are making those purchases for their consciences as much as their taste buds. Yet a new meta-analysis in Nature does the math [40] and comes to a hard conclusion: organic farming yields 25% fewer crops on average than conventional agriculture. More land is therefore needed to produce fewer crops\u0097and that means organic farming may not be as good for the planet as [45] we think. In the Nature analysis, scientists from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota performed an analysis of 66 studies comparing conventional and organic methods across [50] 34 different crop species, from fruits to grains to legumes. They found that organic farming delivered a lower yield for every crop type, though the disparity varied widely. For rain-watered legume crops like beans or perennial crops like fruit trees, organic [55] trailed conventional agriculture by just 5%. Yet for major cereal crops like corn or wheat, as well as most vegetables\u0097all of which provide the bulk of the world\u0092s calories\u0097conventional agriculture outperformed organics by more than 25%. [60] The main difference is nitrogen, the chemical key to plant growth. Conventional agriculture makes use of 171 million metric tons of synthetic fertilizer each year, and all that nitrogen enables much faster plant growth than the slower release of nitrogen from the [65] compost or cover crops used in organic farming. When we talk about a Green Revolution, we really mean a nitrogen revolution\u0097along with a lot of water. But not all the nitrogen used in conventional [70] fertilizer ends up in crops\u0097much of it ends up running off the soil and into the oceans, creating vast polluted dead zones. We\u0092re already putting more nitrogen into the soil than the planet can stand over the long term. And conventional agriculture also [75] depends heavily on chemical pesticides, which can have unintended side effects. What that means is that while conventional agriculture is more efficient\u0097sometimes much more efficient\u0097than organic farming, there are trade-offs [80] with each. So, an ideal global agriculture system, in the views of the study\u0092s authors, may borrow the best from both systems, as Jonathan Foley of the University of Minnesota explained: The bottom line? Today\u0092s organic farming [85] practices are probably best deployed in fruit and vegetable farms, where growing nutrition (not just bulk calories) is the primary goal. But for delivering sheer calories, especially in our staple crops of wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and so on, [90]\tconventional farms have the advantage right now. Looking forward, I think we will need to deploy different kinds of practices (especially new, mixed approaches that take the best of organic [95] and conventional farming systems) where they are best suited\u0097geographically, economically, socially, etc.", "textTwo": "25. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/819277eb9c95fce080c460383b14b96802e08a15.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:33:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:39:09" }, { "id": "629", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Bryan Walsh, \u0093Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable.\u0094\r\n\u00a92012 by Time Inc.\r\nWhen it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, {Line} even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get [5] there. Energy efficiency allows us to get more out of our given resources, which is good for the economy and (mostly) good for the environment as well. In an increasingly hot and crowded world, the only sustainable way to live is to get more out of less [10] Every environmentalist would agree. But change the conversation to food, and suddenly efficiency doesn\u0092t look so good. Conventional industrial agriculture has become incredibly efficient on a simple land to food basis. [15] Thanks to fertilizers, mechanization and irrigation, each American farmer feeds over 155 people worldwide. Conventional farming gets more and more crop per square foot of cultivated land\u0097 over 170 bushels of corn per acre in Iowa, for [20] examples\u0097which can mean less territory needs to be converted from wilderness to farmland. And since a third of the planet is already used for agriculture\u0097destroying forests and other wild habitats along the way\u0097anything that could help us [25] produce more food on less land would seem to be good for the environment. Of course, that\u0092s not how most environmentalists regard their arugula [a leafy green]. They have embraced organic food as better for the planet\u0097and [30] healthier and tastier, too\u0097than the stuff produced by agricultural corporations. Environmentalists disdain the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming, while organic practices\u0097forgoing artificial fertilizers and chemical [35] pesticides\u0097are considered far more sustainable. Sales of organic food rose 7.7% in 2010, up to $26.7 billion\u0097and people are making those purchases for their consciences as much as their taste buds. Yet a new meta-analysis in Nature does the math [40] and comes to a hard conclusion: organic farming yields 25% fewer crops on average than conventional agriculture. More land is therefore needed to produce fewer crops\u0097and that means organic farming may not be as good for the planet as [45] we think. In the Nature analysis, scientists from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota performed an analysis of 66 studies comparing conventional and organic methods across [50] 34 different crop species, from fruits to grains to legumes. They found that organic farming delivered a lower yield for every crop type, though the disparity varied widely. For rain-watered legume crops like beans or perennial crops like fruit trees, organic [55] trailed conventional agriculture by just 5%. Yet for major cereal crops like corn or wheat, as well as most vegetables\u0097all of which provide the bulk of the world\u0092s calories\u0097conventional agriculture outperformed organics by more than 25%. [60] The main difference is nitrogen, the chemical key to plant growth. Conventional agriculture makes use of 171 million metric tons of synthetic fertilizer each year, and all that nitrogen enables much faster plant growth than the slower release of nitrogen from the [65] compost or cover crops used in organic farming. When we talk about a Green Revolution, we really mean a nitrogen revolution\u0097along with a lot of water. But not all the nitrogen used in conventional [70] fertilizer ends up in crops\u0097much of it ends up running off the soil and into the oceans, creating vast polluted dead zones. We\u0092re already putting more nitrogen into the soil than the planet can stand over the long term. And conventional agriculture also [75] depends heavily on chemical pesticides, which can have unintended side effects. What that means is that while conventional agriculture is more efficient\u0097sometimes much more efficient\u0097than organic farming, there are trade-offs [80] with each. So, an ideal global agriculture system, in the views of the study\u0092s authors, may borrow the best from both systems, as Jonathan Foley of the University of Minnesota explained: The bottom line? Today\u0092s organic farming [85] practices are probably best deployed in fruit and vegetable farms, where growing nutrition (not just bulk calories) is the primary goal. But for delivering sheer calories, especially in our staple crops of wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and so on, [90]\tconventional farms have the advantage right now. Looking forward, I think we will need to deploy different kinds of practices (especially new, mixed approaches that take the best of organic [95] and conventional farming systems) where they are best suited\u0097geographically, economically, socially, etc.", "textTwo": "26. Which statement best expresses a relationship between organic farming and conventional farming that is presented in the passage?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/aa55b55d29bc4e4a15ad9dad690638488ae3c537.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:36:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:39:43" }, { "id": "630", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Bryan Walsh, \u0093Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable.\u0094\r\n\u00a92012 by Time Inc.\r\nWhen it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, {Line} even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get [5] there. Energy efficiency allows us to get more out of our given resources, which is good for the economy and (mostly) good for the environment as well. In an increasingly hot and crowded world, the only sustainable way to live is to get more out of less [10] Every environmentalist would agree. But change the conversation to food, and suddenly efficiency doesn\u0092t look so good. Conventional industrial agriculture has become incredibly efficient on a simple land to food basis. [15] Thanks to fertilizers, mechanization and irrigation, each American farmer feeds over 155 people worldwide. Conventional farming gets more and more crop per square foot of cultivated land\u0097 over 170 bushels of corn per acre in Iowa, for [20] examples\u0097which can mean less territory needs to be converted from wilderness to farmland. And since a third of the planet is already used for agriculture\u0097destroying forests and other wild habitats along the way\u0097anything that could help us [25] produce more food on less land would seem to be good for the environment. Of course, that\u0092s not how most environmentalists regard their arugula [a leafy green]. They have embraced organic food as better for the planet\u0097and [30] healthier and tastier, too\u0097than the stuff produced by agricultural corporations. Environmentalists disdain the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming, while organic practices\u0097forgoing artificial fertilizers and chemical [35] pesticides\u0097are considered far more sustainable. Sales of organic food rose 7.7% in 2010, up to $26.7 billion\u0097and people are making those purchases for their consciences as much as their taste buds. Yet a new meta-analysis in Nature does the math [40] and comes to a hard conclusion: organic farming yields 25% fewer crops on average than conventional agriculture. More land is therefore needed to produce fewer crops\u0097and that means organic farming may not be as good for the planet as [45] we think. In the Nature analysis, scientists from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota performed an analysis of 66 studies comparing conventional and organic methods across [50] 34 different crop species, from fruits to grains to legumes. They found that organic farming delivered a lower yield for every crop type, though the disparity varied widely. For rain-watered legume crops like beans or perennial crops like fruit trees, organic [55] trailed conventional agriculture by just 5%. Yet for major cereal crops like corn or wheat, as well as most vegetables\u0097all of which provide the bulk of the world\u0092s calories\u0097conventional agriculture outperformed organics by more than 25%. [60] The main difference is nitrogen, the chemical key to plant growth. Conventional agriculture makes use of 171 million metric tons of synthetic fertilizer each year, and all that nitrogen enables much faster plant growth than the slower release of nitrogen from the [65] compost or cover crops used in organic farming. When we talk about a Green Revolution, we really mean a nitrogen revolution\u0097along with a lot of water. But not all the nitrogen used in conventional [70] fertilizer ends up in crops\u0097much of it ends up running off the soil and into the oceans, creating vast polluted dead zones. We\u0092re already putting more nitrogen into the soil than the planet can stand over the long term. And conventional agriculture also [75] depends heavily on chemical pesticides, which can have unintended side effects. What that means is that while conventional agriculture is more efficient\u0097sometimes much more efficient\u0097than organic farming, there are trade-offs [80] with each. So, an ideal global agriculture system, in the views of the study\u0092s authors, may borrow the best from both systems, as Jonathan Foley of the University of Minnesota explained: The bottom line? Today\u0092s organic farming [85] practices are probably best deployed in fruit and vegetable farms, where growing nutrition (not just bulk calories) is the primary goal. But for delivering sheer calories, especially in our staple crops of wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and so on, [90]\tconventional farms have the advantage right now. Looking forward, I think we will need to deploy different kinds of practices (especially new, mixed approaches that take the best of organic [95] and conventional farming systems) where they are best suited\u0097geographically, economically, socially, etc.", "textTwo": "27. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d9079f26bf36505840e56a6cfd70ede94add86ec.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:38:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:40:16" }, { "id": "631", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Bryan Walsh, \u0093Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable.\u0094\r\n\u00a92012 by Time Inc.\r\nWhen it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, {Line} even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get [5] there. Energy efficiency allows us to get more out of our given resources, which is good for the economy and (mostly) good for the environment as well. In an increasingly hot and crowded world, the only sustainable way to live is to get more out of less [10] Every environmentalist would agree. But change the conversation to food, and suddenly efficiency doesn\u0092t look so good. Conventional industrial agriculture has become incredibly efficient on a simple land to food basis. [15] Thanks to fertilizers, mechanization and irrigation, each American farmer feeds over 155 people worldwide. Conventional farming gets more and more crop per square foot of cultivated land\u0097 over 170 bushels of corn per acre in Iowa, for [20] examples\u0097which can mean less territory needs to be converted from wilderness to farmland. And since a third of the planet is already used for agriculture\u0097destroying forests and other wild habitats along the way\u0097anything that could help us [25] produce more food on less land would seem to be good for the environment. Of course, that\u0092s not how most environmentalists regard their arugula [a leafy green]. They have embraced organic food as better for the planet\u0097and [30] healthier and tastier, too\u0097than the stuff produced by agricultural corporations. Environmentalists disdain the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming, while organic practices\u0097forgoing artificial fertilizers and chemical [35] pesticides\u0097are considered far more sustainable. Sales of organic food rose 7.7% in 2010, up to $26.7 billion\u0097and people are making those purchases for their consciences as much as their taste buds. Yet a new meta-analysis in Nature does the math [40] and comes to a hard conclusion: organic farming yields 25% fewer crops on average than conventional agriculture. More land is therefore needed to produce fewer crops\u0097and that means organic farming may not be as good for the planet as [45] we think. In the Nature analysis, scientists from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota performed an analysis of 66 studies comparing conventional and organic methods across [50] 34 different crop species, from fruits to grains to legumes. They found that organic farming delivered a lower yield for every crop type, though the disparity varied widely. For rain-watered legume crops like beans or perennial crops like fruit trees, organic [55] trailed conventional agriculture by just 5%. Yet for major cereal crops like corn or wheat, as well as most vegetables\u0097all of which provide the bulk of the world\u0092s calories\u0097conventional agriculture outperformed organics by more than 25%. [60] The main difference is nitrogen, the chemical key to plant growth. Conventional agriculture makes use of 171 million metric tons of synthetic fertilizer each year, and all that nitrogen enables much faster plant growth than the slower release of nitrogen from the [65] compost or cover crops used in organic farming. When we talk about a Green Revolution, we really mean a nitrogen revolution\u0097along with a lot of water. But not all the nitrogen used in conventional [70] fertilizer ends up in crops\u0097much of it ends up running off the soil and into the oceans, creating vast polluted dead zones. We\u0092re already putting more nitrogen into the soil than the planet can stand over the long term. And conventional agriculture also [75] depends heavily on chemical pesticides, which can have unintended side effects. What that means is that while conventional agriculture is more efficient\u0097sometimes much more efficient\u0097than organic farming, there are trade-offs [80] with each. So, an ideal global agriculture system, in the views of the study\u0092s authors, may borrow the best from both systems, as Jonathan Foley of the University of Minnesota explained: The bottom line? Today\u0092s organic farming [85] practices are probably best deployed in fruit and vegetable farms, where growing nutrition (not just bulk calories) is the primary goal. But for delivering sheer calories, especially in our staple crops of wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and so on, [90]\tconventional farms have the advantage right now. Looking forward, I think we will need to deploy different kinds of practices (especially new, mixed approaches that take the best of organic [95] and conventional farming systems) where they are best suited\u0097geographically, economically, socially, etc.", "textTwo": "28. According to Foley, an \u0093ideal global agriculture system\u0094 (line 80)", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/61753cf921302dc3ee184c7181ce7ee30dc59d9a.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:41:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:40:39" }, { "id": "632", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Bryan Walsh, \u0093Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable.\u0094\r\n\u00a92012 by Time Inc.\r\nWhen it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, {Line} even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get [5] there. Energy efficiency allows us to get more out of our given resources, which is good for the economy and (mostly) good for the environment as well. In an increasingly hot and crowded world, the only sustainable way to live is to get more out of less [10] Every environmentalist would agree. But change the conversation to food, and suddenly efficiency doesn\u0092t look so good. Conventional industrial agriculture has become incredibly efficient on a simple land to food basis. [15] Thanks to fertilizers, mechanization and irrigation, each American farmer feeds over 155 people worldwide. Conventional farming gets more and more crop per square foot of cultivated land\u0097 over 170 bushels of corn per acre in Iowa, for [20] examples\u0097which can mean less territory needs to be converted from wilderness to farmland. And since a third of the planet is already used for agriculture\u0097destroying forests and other wild habitats along the way\u0097anything that could help us [25] produce more food on less land would seem to be good for the environment. Of course, that\u0092s not how most environmentalists regard their arugula [a leafy green]. They have embraced organic food as better for the planet\u0097and [30] healthier and tastier, too\u0097than the stuff produced by agricultural corporations. Environmentalists disdain the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming, while organic practices\u0097forgoing artificial fertilizers and chemical [35] pesticides\u0097are considered far more sustainable. Sales of organic food rose 7.7% in 2010, up to $26.7 billion\u0097and people are making those purchases for their consciences as much as their taste buds. Yet a new meta-analysis in Nature does the math [40] and comes to a hard conclusion: organic farming yields 25% fewer crops on average than conventional agriculture. More land is therefore needed to produce fewer crops\u0097and that means organic farming may not be as good for the planet as [45] we think. In the Nature analysis, scientists from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota performed an analysis of 66 studies comparing conventional and organic methods across [50] 34 different crop species, from fruits to grains to legumes. They found that organic farming delivered a lower yield for every crop type, though the disparity varied widely. For rain-watered legume crops like beans or perennial crops like fruit trees, organic [55] trailed conventional agriculture by just 5%. Yet for major cereal crops like corn or wheat, as well as most vegetables\u0097all of which provide the bulk of the world\u0092s calories\u0097conventional agriculture outperformed organics by more than 25%. [60] The main difference is nitrogen, the chemical key to plant growth. Conventional agriculture makes use of 171 million metric tons of synthetic fertilizer each year, and all that nitrogen enables much faster plant growth than the slower release of nitrogen from the [65] compost or cover crops used in organic farming. When we talk about a Green Revolution, we really mean a nitrogen revolution\u0097along with a lot of water. But not all the nitrogen used in conventional [70] fertilizer ends up in crops\u0097much of it ends up running off the soil and into the oceans, creating vast polluted dead zones. We\u0092re already putting more nitrogen into the soil than the planet can stand over the long term. And conventional agriculture also [75] depends heavily on chemical pesticides, which can have unintended side effects. What that means is that while conventional agriculture is more efficient\u0097sometimes much more efficient\u0097than organic farming, there are trade-offs [80] with each. So, an ideal global agriculture system, in the views of the study\u0092s authors, may borrow the best from both systems, as Jonathan Foley of the University of Minnesota explained: The bottom line? Today\u0092s organic farming [85] practices are probably best deployed in fruit and vegetable farms, where growing nutrition (not just bulk calories) is the primary goal. But for delivering sheer calories, especially in our staple crops of wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and so on, [90]\tconventional farms have the advantage right now. Looking forward, I think we will need to deploy different kinds of practices (especially new, mixed approaches that take the best of organic [95] and conventional farming systems) where they are best suited\u0097geographically, economically, socially, etc.", "textTwo": "29. In line 88, \u0093sheer\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/65c9370a4acab229dfa876c5effc0f57180a42ac.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:44:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:41:04" }, { "id": "633", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Bryan Walsh, \u0093Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable.\u0094\r\n\u00a92012 by Time Inc.\r\nWhen it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, {Line} even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get [5] there. Energy efficiency allows us to get more out of our given resources, which is good for the economy and (mostly) good for the environment as well. In an increasingly hot and crowded world, the only sustainable way to live is to get more out of less [10] Every environmentalist would agree. But change the conversation to food, and suddenly efficiency doesn\u0092t look so good. Conventional industrial agriculture has become incredibly efficient on a simple land to food basis. [15] Thanks to fertilizers, mechanization and irrigation, each American farmer feeds over 155 people worldwide. Conventional farming gets more and more crop per square foot of cultivated land\u0097 over 170 bushels of corn per acre in Iowa, for [20] examples\u0097which can mean less territory needs to be converted from wilderness to farmland. And since a third of the planet is already used for agriculture\u0097destroying forests and other wild habitats along the way\u0097anything that could help us [25] produce more food on less land would seem to be good for the environment. Of course, that\u0092s not how most environmentalists regard their arugula [a leafy green]. They have embraced organic food as better for the planet\u0097and [30] healthier and tastier, too\u0097than the stuff produced by agricultural corporations. Environmentalists disdain the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming, while organic practices\u0097forgoing artificial fertilizers and chemical [35] pesticides\u0097are considered far more sustainable. Sales of organic food rose 7.7% in 2010, up to $26.7 billion\u0097and people are making those purchases for their consciences as much as their taste buds. Yet a new meta-analysis in Nature does the math [40] and comes to a hard conclusion: organic farming yields 25% fewer crops on average than conventional agriculture. More land is therefore needed to produce fewer crops\u0097and that means organic farming may not be as good for the planet as [45] we think. In the Nature analysis, scientists from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota performed an analysis of 66 studies comparing conventional and organic methods across [50] 34 different crop species, from fruits to grains to legumes. They found that organic farming delivered a lower yield for every crop type, though the disparity varied widely. For rain-watered legume crops like beans or perennial crops like fruit trees, organic [55] trailed conventional agriculture by just 5%. Yet for major cereal crops like corn or wheat, as well as most vegetables\u0097all of which provide the bulk of the world\u0092s calories\u0097conventional agriculture outperformed organics by more than 25%. [60] The main difference is nitrogen, the chemical key to plant growth. Conventional agriculture makes use of 171 million metric tons of synthetic fertilizer each year, and all that nitrogen enables much faster plant growth than the slower release of nitrogen from the [65] compost or cover crops used in organic farming. When we talk about a Green Revolution, we really mean a nitrogen revolution\u0097along with a lot of water. But not all the nitrogen used in conventional [70] fertilizer ends up in crops\u0097much of it ends up running off the soil and into the oceans, creating vast polluted dead zones. We\u0092re already putting more nitrogen into the soil than the planet can stand over the long term. And conventional agriculture also [75] depends heavily on chemical pesticides, which can have unintended side effects. What that means is that while conventional agriculture is more efficient\u0097sometimes much more efficient\u0097than organic farming, there are trade-offs [80] with each. So, an ideal global agriculture system, in the views of the study\u0092s authors, may borrow the best from both systems, as Jonathan Foley of the University of Minnesota explained: The bottom line? Today\u0092s organic farming [85] practices are probably best deployed in fruit and vegetable farms, where growing nutrition (not just bulk calories) is the primary goal. But for delivering sheer calories, especially in our staple crops of wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and so on, [90]\tconventional farms have the advantage right now. Looking forward, I think we will need to deploy different kinds of practices (especially new, mixed approaches that take the best of organic [95] and conventional farming systems) where they are best suited\u0097geographically, economically, socially, etc.", "textTwo": "30. Which statement is best supported by the information provided in figure 1?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7c63f07fe430eb99ff97486cb8acc0ed045ed03b.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:46:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:41:28" }, { "id": "634", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Bryan Walsh, \u0093Whole Food Blues: Why Organic Agriculture May Not Be So Sustainable.\u0094\r\n\u00a92012 by Time Inc.\r\nWhen it comes to energy, everyone loves efficiency. Cutting energy waste is one of those goals that both sides of the political divide can agree on, {Line} even if they sometimes diverge on how best to get [5] there. Energy efficiency allows us to get more out of our given resources, which is good for the economy and (mostly) good for the environment as well. In an increasingly hot and crowded world, the only sustainable way to live is to get more out of less [10] Every environmentalist would agree. But change the conversation to food, and suddenly efficiency doesn\u0092t look so good. Conventional industrial agriculture has become incredibly efficient on a simple land to food basis. [15] Thanks to fertilizers, mechanization and irrigation, each American farmer feeds over 155 people worldwide. Conventional farming gets more and more crop per square foot of cultivated land\u0097 over 170 bushels of corn per acre in Iowa, for [20] examples\u0097which can mean less territory needs to be converted from wilderness to farmland. And since a third of the planet is already used for agriculture\u0097destroying forests and other wild habitats along the way\u0097anything that could help us [25] produce more food on less land would seem to be good for the environment. Of course, that\u0092s not how most environmentalists regard their arugula [a leafy green]. They have embraced organic food as better for the planet\u0097and [30] healthier and tastier, too\u0097than the stuff produced by agricultural corporations. Environmentalists disdain the enormous amounts of energy needed and waste created by conventional farming, while organic practices\u0097forgoing artificial fertilizers and chemical [35] pesticides\u0097are considered far more sustainable. Sales of organic food rose 7.7% in 2010, up to $26.7 billion\u0097and people are making those purchases for their consciences as much as their taste buds. Yet a new meta-analysis in Nature does the math [40] and comes to a hard conclusion: organic farming yields 25% fewer crops on average than conventional agriculture. More land is therefore needed to produce fewer crops\u0097and that means organic farming may not be as good for the planet as [45] we think. In the Nature analysis, scientists from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota performed an analysis of 66 studies comparing conventional and organic methods across [50] 34 different crop species, from fruits to grains to legumes. They found that organic farming delivered a lower yield for every crop type, though the disparity varied widely. For rain-watered legume crops like beans or perennial crops like fruit trees, organic [55] trailed conventional agriculture by just 5%. Yet for major cereal crops like corn or wheat, as well as most vegetables\u0097all of which provide the bulk of the world\u0092s calories\u0097conventional agriculture outperformed organics by more than 25%. [60] The main difference is nitrogen, the chemical key to plant growth. Conventional agriculture makes use of 171 million metric tons of synthetic fertilizer each year, and all that nitrogen enables much faster plant growth than the slower release of nitrogen from the [65] compost or cover crops used in organic farming. When we talk about a Green Revolution, we really mean a nitrogen revolution\u0097along with a lot of water. But not all the nitrogen used in conventional [70] fertilizer ends up in crops\u0097much of it ends up running off the soil and into the oceans, creating vast polluted dead zones. We\u0092re already putting more nitrogen into the soil than the planet can stand over the long term. And conventional agriculture also [75] depends heavily on chemical pesticides, which can have unintended side effects. What that means is that while conventional agriculture is more efficient\u0097sometimes much more efficient\u0097than organic farming, there are trade-offs [80] with each. So, an ideal global agriculture system, in the views of the study\u0092s authors, may borrow the best from both systems, as Jonathan Foley of the University of Minnesota explained: The bottom line? Today\u0092s organic farming [85] practices are probably best deployed in fruit and vegetable farms, where growing nutrition (not just bulk calories) is the primary goal. But for delivering sheer calories, especially in our staple crops of wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and so on, [90]\tconventional farms have the advantage right now. Looking forward, I think we will need to deploy different kinds of practices (especially new, mixed approaches that take the best of organic [95] and conventional farming systems) where they are best suited\u0097geographically, economically, socially, etc.", "textTwo": "31. Which of the following claims is supported by figure 2?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b59c0ec4534a201e93e7fb6ba005bd5eda6164cd.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:48:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 14:49:13" }, { "id": "635", "parentId": "", "textOne": "y = x\u00b2 - 6x + 8\r\nThe equation above represents a parabola in the xy-plane. Which of the following equivalent forms of the equation displays the x intercepts of the parabola as constants or coefficients?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "y = (x-2)(x-4)", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:18:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:29:37" }, { "id": "636", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In a video game, each player starts the game with k points and loses 2 points each time a task is not completed. If a player who gains no additional points and fails to complete 100 tasks has a score of 200 points, what is the value of k ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "400", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:21:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:30:45" }, { "id": "637", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A worker uses a forklift to move boxes that weigh either 40 pounds or 65 pounds each. Let x be the number of 40-pound boxes and y be the number of 65-pound boxes. The forklift can carry up to either 45 boxes or a weight of 2,400 pounds. Which of the following systems of inequalities represents this relationship?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:27:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:31:32" }, { "id": "638", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from John Bohannon, \u0093Why You Shouldn\u0092t Trust Internet Comments.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\nThe \u0093wisdom of crowds\u0094 has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on online merchant {Line} Amazon. But a new study suggests that such online [5] scores don\u0092t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational \u0093herd behavior\u0094\u0097and that the herd can be manipulated. Sometimes the crowd really is wiser than you. The [10] classic examples are guessing the weight of a bull or the number of gumballs in a jar. Your guess is probably going to be far from the mark, whereas the average of many people\u0092s choices is remarkably close to the true number. [15] But what happens when the goal is to judge something less tangible, such as the quality or worth of a product? According to one theory, the wisdom of the crowd still holds\u0097measuring the aggregate of people\u0092s opinions produces a stable, reliable [20] value. Skeptics, however, argue that people\u0092s opinions are easily swayed by those of others. So, nudging a crowd early on by presenting contrary opinions\u0097for example, exposing them to some very good or very bad attitudes\u0097will steer the crowd in a [25] different direction. To test which hypothesis is true, you would need to manipulate huge numbers of people, exposing them to false information and determining how it affects their opinions. A team led by Sinan Aral, a network scientist at [30] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, did exactly that. Aral has been secretly working with a popular website that aggregates news stories. The website allows users to make comments about news stories and vote each other\u0092s comments [35] up or down. The vote tallies are visible as a number next to each comment, and the position of the comments is chronological. (Stories on the site get an average of about ten comments and about three votes per comment.) It\u0092s a follow-up to his experiment [40] using people\u0092s ratings of movies to measure how much individual people influence each other online (answer: a lot). This time, he wanted to know how much the crowd influences the individual, and whether it can be controlled from outside. [45] For five months, every comment submitted by a user randomly received an \u0093up\u0094 vote (positive); a \u0093down\u0094 vote (negative); or as a control, no vote at all. The team then observed how users rated those comments. The users generated more than [50] 100,000 comments that were viewed more than 10 million times and rated more than 300,000 times by other users. At least when it comes to comments on news sites, the crowd is more herdlike than wise. [55] Comments that received fake positive votes from the researchers were 32% more likely to receive more positive votes compared with a control, the team reports. And those comments were no more likely than the control to be down-voted by the next viewer [60] to see them. By the end of the study, positively manipulated comments got an overall boost of about 25%. However, the same did not hold true for negative manipulation. The ratings of comments that got a fake down vote were usually negated by an up [65] votes by the next user to see them. \u0093Our experiment does not reveal the psychology behind people\u0092s decisions,\u0094 Aral says, \u0093but an intuitive explanation is that people are more skeptical of negative social influence. They\u0092re more [70] willing to go along with positive opinions from other people.\u0094 Duncan Watts, a network scientist at Microsoft Research in New York City, agrees with that conclusion. \u0093[But] one question is whether the [75] positive [herding] bias is specific to this site\u0094 or true in general, Watts says. He points out that the category of the news items in the experiment had a strong effect on how much people could be manipulated. \u0093I would have thought that \u0091business\u0092 is [80] pretty similar to \u0091economics,\u0092 yet they find a much stronger effect (almost 50% stronger) for the former than the latter. What explains this difference? If we\u0092re going to apply these findings in the real world, we\u0092ll need to know the answers.\u0094 [85] Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale? \u0093That is easier said than done,\u0094 Watts says. If people detect\u0097or learn\u0097that comments on a website are being manipulated, the herd may spook and leave [90] entirely.", "textTwo": "32. Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from a discussion of an experiment and its results to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/13b5572dee861568c9a4331f6c572115cd39fca2.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:13:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:38:12" }, { "id": "639", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from John Bohannon, \u0093Why You Shouldn\u0092t Trust Internet Comments.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\nThe \u0093wisdom of crowds\u0094 has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on online merchant {Line} Amazon. But a new study suggests that such online [5] scores don\u0092t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational \u0093herd behavior\u0094\u0097and that the herd can be manipulated. Sometimes the crowd really is wiser than you. The [10] classic examples are guessing the weight of a bull or the number of gumballs in a jar. Your guess is probably going to be far from the mark, whereas the average of many people\u0092s choices is remarkably close to the true number. [15] But what happens when the goal is to judge something less tangible, such as the quality or worth of a product? According to one theory, the wisdom of the crowd still holds\u0097measuring the aggregate of people\u0092s opinions produces a stable, reliable [20] value. Skeptics, however, argue that people\u0092s opinions are easily swayed by those of others. So, nudging a crowd early on by presenting contrary opinions\u0097for example, exposing them to some very good or very bad attitudes\u0097will steer the crowd in a [25] different direction. To test which hypothesis is true, you would need to manipulate huge numbers of people, exposing them to false information and determining how it affects their opinions. A team led by Sinan Aral, a network scientist at [30] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, did exactly that. Aral has been secretly working with a popular website that aggregates news stories. The website allows users to make comments about news stories and vote each other\u0092s comments [35] up or down. The vote tallies are visible as a number next to each comment, and the position of the comments is chronological. (Stories on the site get an average of about ten comments and about three votes per comment.) It\u0092s a follow-up to his experiment [40] using people\u0092s ratings of movies to measure how much individual people influence each other online (answer: a lot). This time, he wanted to know how much the crowd influences the individual, and whether it can be controlled from outside. [45] For five months, every comment submitted by a user randomly received an \u0093up\u0094 vote (positive); a \u0093down\u0094 vote (negative); or as a control, no vote at all. The team then observed how users rated those comments. The users generated more than [50] 100,000 comments that were viewed more than 10 million times and rated more than 300,000 times by other users. At least when it comes to comments on news sites, the crowd is more herdlike than wise. [55] Comments that received fake positive votes from the researchers were 32% more likely to receive more positive votes compared with a control, the team reports. And those comments were no more likely than the control to be down-voted by the next viewer [60] to see them. By the end of the study, positively manipulated comments got an overall boost of about 25%. However, the same did not hold true for negative manipulation. The ratings of comments that got a fake down vote were usually negated by an up [65] votes by the next user to see them. \u0093Our experiment does not reveal the psychology behind people\u0092s decisions,\u0094 Aral says, \u0093but an intuitive explanation is that people are more skeptical of negative social influence. They\u0092re more [70] willing to go along with positive opinions from other people.\u0094 Duncan Watts, a network scientist at Microsoft Research in New York City, agrees with that conclusion. \u0093[But] one question is whether the [75] positive [herding] bias is specific to this site\u0094 or true in general, Watts says. He points out that the category of the news items in the experiment had a strong effect on how much people could be manipulated. \u0093I would have thought that \u0091business\u0092 is [80] pretty similar to \u0091economics,\u0092 yet they find a much stronger effect (almost 50% stronger) for the former than the latter. What explains this difference? If we\u0092re going to apply these findings in the real world, we\u0092ll need to know the answers.\u0094 [85] Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale? \u0093That is easier said than done,\u0094 Watts says. If people detect\u0097or learn\u0097that comments on a website are being manipulated, the herd may spook and leave [90] entirely.", "textTwo": "33. The author of the passage suggests that crowds may be more effective at", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3ec4b69812b298f544902f451d1030ec660f58ad.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:16:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:42:29" }, { "id": "640", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from John Bohannon, \u0093Why You Shouldn\u0092t Trust Internet Comments.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\nThe \u0093wisdom of crowds\u0094 has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on online merchant {Line} Amazon. But a new study suggests that such online [5] scores don\u0092t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational \u0093herd behavior\u0094\u0097and that the herd can be manipulated. Sometimes the crowd really is wiser than you. The [10] classic examples are guessing the weight of a bull or the number of gumballs in a jar. Your guess is probably going to be far from the mark, whereas the average of many people\u0092s choices is remarkably close to the true number. [15] But what happens when the goal is to judge something less tangible, such as the quality or worth of a product? According to one theory, the wisdom of the crowd still holds\u0097measuring the aggregate of people\u0092s opinions produces a stable, reliable [20] value. Skeptics, however, argue that people\u0092s opinions are easily swayed by those of others. So, nudging a crowd early on by presenting contrary opinions\u0097for example, exposing them to some very good or very bad attitudes\u0097will steer the crowd in a [25] different direction. To test which hypothesis is true, you would need to manipulate huge numbers of people, exposing them to false information and determining how it affects their opinions. A team led by Sinan Aral, a network scientist at [30] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, did exactly that. Aral has been secretly working with a popular website that aggregates news stories. The website allows users to make comments about news stories and vote each other\u0092s comments [35] up or down. The vote tallies are visible as a number next to each comment, and the position of the comments is chronological. (Stories on the site get an average of about ten comments and about three votes per comment.) It\u0092s a follow-up to his experiment [40] using people\u0092s ratings of movies to measure how much individual people influence each other online (answer: a lot). This time, he wanted to know how much the crowd influences the individual, and whether it can be controlled from outside. [45] For five months, every comment submitted by a user randomly received an \u0093up\u0094 vote (positive); a \u0093down\u0094 vote (negative); or as a control, no vote at all. The team then observed how users rated those comments. The users generated more than [50] 100,000 comments that were viewed more than 10 million times and rated more than 300,000 times by other users. At least when it comes to comments on news sites, the crowd is more herdlike than wise. [55] Comments that received fake positive votes from the researchers were 32% more likely to receive more positive votes compared with a control, the team reports. And those comments were no more likely than the control to be down-voted by the next viewer [60] to see them. By the end of the study, positively manipulated comments got an overall boost of about 25%. However, the same did not hold true for negative manipulation. The ratings of comments that got a fake down vote were usually negated by an up [65] votes by the next user to see them. \u0093Our experiment does not reveal the psychology behind people\u0092s decisions,\u0094 Aral says, \u0093but an intuitive explanation is that people are more skeptical of negative social influence. They\u0092re more [70] willing to go along with positive opinions from other people.\u0094 Duncan Watts, a network scientist at Microsoft Research in New York City, agrees with that conclusion. \u0093[But] one question is whether the [75] positive [herding] bias is specific to this site\u0094 or true in general, Watts says. He points out that the category of the news items in the experiment had a strong effect on how much people could be manipulated. \u0093I would have thought that \u0091business\u0092 is [80] pretty similar to \u0091economics,\u0092 yet they find a much stronger effect (almost 50% stronger) for the former than the latter. What explains this difference? If we\u0092re going to apply these findings in the real world, we\u0092ll need to know the answers.\u0094 [85] Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale? \u0093That is easier said than done,\u0094 Watts says. If people detect\u0097or learn\u0097that comments on a website are being manipulated, the herd may spook and leave [90] entirely.", "textTwo": "34. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1dfc62148a04e8cf9b996ca5bcc5815e9eb3c7c2.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:20:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:43:20" }, { "id": "641", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from John Bohannon, \u0093Why You Shouldn\u0092t Trust Internet Comments.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\nThe \u0093wisdom of crowds\u0094 has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on online merchant {Line} Amazon. But a new study suggests that such online [5] scores don\u0092t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational \u0093herd behavior\u0094\u0097and that the herd can be manipulated. Sometimes the crowd really is wiser than you. The [10] classic examples are guessing the weight of a bull or the number of gumballs in a jar. Your guess is probably going to be far from the mark, whereas the average of many people\u0092s choices is remarkably close to the true number. [15] But what happens when the goal is to judge something less tangible, such as the quality or worth of a product? According to one theory, the wisdom of the crowd still holds\u0097measuring the aggregate of people\u0092s opinions produces a stable, reliable [20] value. Skeptics, however, argue that people\u0092s opinions are easily swayed by those of others. So, nudging a crowd early on by presenting contrary opinions\u0097for example, exposing them to some very good or very bad attitudes\u0097will steer the crowd in a [25] different direction. To test which hypothesis is true, you would need to manipulate huge numbers of people, exposing them to false information and determining how it affects their opinions. A team led by Sinan Aral, a network scientist at [30] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, did exactly that. Aral has been secretly working with a popular website that aggregates news stories. The website allows users to make comments about news stories and vote each other\u0092s comments [35] up or down. The vote tallies are visible as a number next to each comment, and the position of the comments is chronological. (Stories on the site get an average of about ten comments and about three votes per comment.) It\u0092s a follow-up to his experiment [40] using people\u0092s ratings of movies to measure how much individual people influence each other online (answer: a lot). This time, he wanted to know how much the crowd influences the individual, and whether it can be controlled from outside. [45] For five months, every comment submitted by a user randomly received an \u0093up\u0094 vote (positive); a \u0093down\u0094 vote (negative); or as a control, no vote at all. The team then observed how users rated those comments. The users generated more than [50] 100,000 comments that were viewed more than 10 million times and rated more than 300,000 times by other users. At least when it comes to comments on news sites, the crowd is more herdlike than wise. [55] Comments that received fake positive votes from the researchers were 32% more likely to receive more positive votes compared with a control, the team reports. And those comments were no more likely than the control to be down-voted by the next viewer [60] to see them. By the end of the study, positively manipulated comments got an overall boost of about 25%. However, the same did not hold true for negative manipulation. The ratings of comments that got a fake down vote were usually negated by an up [65] votes by the next user to see them. \u0093Our experiment does not reveal the psychology behind people\u0092s decisions,\u0094 Aral says, \u0093but an intuitive explanation is that people are more skeptical of negative social influence. They\u0092re more [70] willing to go along with positive opinions from other people.\u0094 Duncan Watts, a network scientist at Microsoft Research in New York City, agrees with that conclusion. \u0093[But] one question is whether the [75] positive [herding] bias is specific to this site\u0094 or true in general, Watts says. He points out that the category of the news items in the experiment had a strong effect on how much people could be manipulated. \u0093I would have thought that \u0091business\u0092 is [80] pretty similar to \u0091economics,\u0092 yet they find a much stronger effect (almost 50% stronger) for the former than the latter. What explains this difference? If we\u0092re going to apply these findings in the real world, we\u0092ll need to know the answers.\u0094 [85] Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale? \u0093That is easier said than done,\u0094 Watts says. If people detect\u0097or learn\u0097that comments on a website are being manipulated, the herd may spook and leave [90] entirely.", "textTwo": "35. Which choice best supports the view of the \u0093skeptics\u0094 (line 20)?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d2ce2b6b57e7224e605ec598f3dad63134f1d16d.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:22:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:44:00" }, { "id": "642", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from John Bohannon, \u0093Why You Shouldn\u0092t Trust Internet Comments.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\nThe \u0093wisdom of crowds\u0094 has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on online merchant {Line} Amazon. But a new study suggests that such online [5] scores don\u0092t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational \u0093herd behavior\u0094\u0097and that the herd can be manipulated. Sometimes the crowd really is wiser than you. The [10] classic examples are guessing the weight of a bull or the number of gumballs in a jar. Your guess is probably going to be far from the mark, whereas the average of many people\u0092s choices is remarkably close to the true number. [15] But what happens when the goal is to judge something less tangible, such as the quality or worth of a product? According to one theory, the wisdom of the crowd still holds\u0097measuring the aggregate of people\u0092s opinions produces a stable, reliable [20] value. Skeptics, however, argue that people\u0092s opinions are easily swayed by those of others. So, nudging a crowd early on by presenting contrary opinions\u0097for example, exposing them to some very good or very bad attitudes\u0097will steer the crowd in a [25] different direction. To test which hypothesis is true, you would need to manipulate huge numbers of people, exposing them to false information and determining how it affects their opinions. A team led by Sinan Aral, a network scientist at [30] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, did exactly that. Aral has been secretly working with a popular website that aggregates news stories. The website allows users to make comments about news stories and vote each other\u0092s comments [35] up or down. The vote tallies are visible as a number next to each comment, and the position of the comments is chronological. (Stories on the site get an average of about ten comments and about three votes per comment.) It\u0092s a follow-up to his experiment [40] using people\u0092s ratings of movies to measure how much individual people influence each other online (answer: a lot). This time, he wanted to know how much the crowd influences the individual, and whether it can be controlled from outside. [45] For five months, every comment submitted by a user randomly received an \u0093up\u0094 vote (positive); a \u0093down\u0094 vote (negative); or as a control, no vote at all. The team then observed how users rated those comments. The users generated more than [50] 100,000 comments that were viewed more than 10 million times and rated more than 300,000 times by other users. At least when it comes to comments on news sites, the crowd is more herdlike than wise. [55] Comments that received fake positive votes from the researchers were 32% more likely to receive more positive votes compared with a control, the team reports. And those comments were no more likely than the control to be down-voted by the next viewer [60] to see them. By the end of the study, positively manipulated comments got an overall boost of about 25%. However, the same did not hold true for negative manipulation. The ratings of comments that got a fake down vote were usually negated by an up [65] votes by the next user to see them. \u0093Our experiment does not reveal the psychology behind people\u0092s decisions,\u0094 Aral says, \u0093but an intuitive explanation is that people are more skeptical of negative social influence. They\u0092re more [70] willing to go along with positive opinions from other people.\u0094 Duncan Watts, a network scientist at Microsoft Research in New York City, agrees with that conclusion. \u0093[But] one question is whether the [75] positive [herding] bias is specific to this site\u0094 or true in general, Watts says. He points out that the category of the news items in the experiment had a strong effect on how much people could be manipulated. \u0093I would have thought that \u0091business\u0092 is [80] pretty similar to \u0091economics,\u0092 yet they find a much stronger effect (almost 50% stronger) for the former than the latter. What explains this difference? If we\u0092re going to apply these findings in the real world, we\u0092ll need to know the answers.\u0094 [85] Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale? \u0093That is easier said than done,\u0094 Watts says. If people detect\u0097or learn\u0097that comments on a website are being manipulated, the herd may spook and leave [90] entirely.", "textTwo": "36. Which action would best address a question Watts raises about the study?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/054aba547088622e31097cdc6b741e218039b860.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:24:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:44:48" }, { "id": "643", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from John Bohannon, \u0093Why You Shouldn\u0092t Trust Internet Comments.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\nThe \u0093wisdom of crowds\u0094 has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on online merchant {Line} Amazon. But a new study suggests that such online [5] scores don\u0092t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational \u0093herd behavior\u0094\u0097and that the herd can be manipulated. Sometimes the crowd really is wiser than you. The [10] classic examples are guessing the weight of a bull or the number of gumballs in a jar. Your guess is probably going to be far from the mark, whereas the average of many people\u0092s choices is remarkably close to the true number. [15] But what happens when the goal is to judge something less tangible, such as the quality or worth of a product? According to one theory, the wisdom of the crowd still holds\u0097measuring the aggregate of people\u0092s opinions produces a stable, reliable [20] value. Skeptics, however, argue that people\u0092s opinions are easily swayed by those of others. So, nudging a crowd early on by presenting contrary opinions\u0097for example, exposing them to some very good or very bad attitudes\u0097will steer the crowd in a [25] different direction. To test which hypothesis is true, you would need to manipulate huge numbers of people, exposing them to false information and determining how it affects their opinions. A team led by Sinan Aral, a network scientist at [30] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, did exactly that. Aral has been secretly working with a popular website that aggregates news stories. The website allows users to make comments about news stories and vote each other\u0092s comments [35] up or down. The vote tallies are visible as a number next to each comment, and the position of the comments is chronological. (Stories on the site get an average of about ten comments and about three votes per comment.) It\u0092s a follow-up to his experiment [40] using people\u0092s ratings of movies to measure how much individual people influence each other online (answer: a lot). This time, he wanted to know how much the crowd influences the individual, and whether it can be controlled from outside. [45] For five months, every comment submitted by a user randomly received an \u0093up\u0094 vote (positive); a \u0093down\u0094 vote (negative); or as a control, no vote at all. The team then observed how users rated those comments. The users generated more than [50] 100,000 comments that were viewed more than 10 million times and rated more than 300,000 times by other users. At least when it comes to comments on news sites, the crowd is more herdlike than wise. [55] Comments that received fake positive votes from the researchers were 32% more likely to receive more positive votes compared with a control, the team reports. And those comments were no more likely than the control to be down-voted by the next viewer [60] to see them. By the end of the study, positively manipulated comments got an overall boost of about 25%. However, the same did not hold true for negative manipulation. The ratings of comments that got a fake down vote were usually negated by an up [65] votes by the next user to see them. \u0093Our experiment does not reveal the psychology behind people\u0092s decisions,\u0094 Aral says, \u0093but an intuitive explanation is that people are more skeptical of negative social influence. They\u0092re more [70] willing to go along with positive opinions from other people.\u0094 Duncan Watts, a network scientist at Microsoft Research in New York City, agrees with that conclusion. \u0093[But] one question is whether the [75] positive [herding] bias is specific to this site\u0094 or true in general, Watts says. He points out that the category of the news items in the experiment had a strong effect on how much people could be manipulated. \u0093I would have thought that \u0091business\u0092 is [80] pretty similar to \u0091economics,\u0092 yet they find a much stronger effect (almost 50% stronger) for the former than the latter. What explains this difference? If we\u0092re going to apply these findings in the real world, we\u0092ll need to know the answers.\u0094 [85] Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale? \u0093That is easier said than done,\u0094 Watts says. If people detect\u0097or learn\u0097that comments on a website are being manipulated, the herd may spook and leave [90] entirely.", "textTwo": "37. As used in line 85, \u0093boost\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/e199e0f13884de5cd0f85d2e0f34b369e9869b34.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:26:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:45:31" }, { "id": "644", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from John Bohannon, \u0093Why You Shouldn\u0092t Trust Internet Comments.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\nThe \u0093wisdom of crowds\u0094 has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on online merchant {Line} Amazon. But a new study suggests that such online [5] scores don\u0092t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational \u0093herd behavior\u0094\u0097and that the herd can be manipulated. Sometimes the crowd really is wiser than you. The [10] classic examples are guessing the weight of a bull or the number of gumballs in a jar. Your guess is probably going to be far from the mark, whereas the average of many people\u0092s choices is remarkably close to the true number. [15] But what happens when the goal is to judge something less tangible, such as the quality or worth of a product? According to one theory, the wisdom of the crowd still holds\u0097measuring the aggregate of people\u0092s opinions produces a stable, reliable [20] value. Skeptics, however, argue that people\u0092s opinions are easily swayed by those of others. So, nudging a crowd early on by presenting contrary opinions\u0097for example, exposing them to some very good or very bad attitudes\u0097will steer the crowd in a [25] different direction. To test which hypothesis is true, you would need to manipulate huge numbers of people, exposing them to false information and determining how it affects their opinions. A team led by Sinan Aral, a network scientist at [30] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, did exactly that. Aral has been secretly working with a popular website that aggregates news stories. The website allows users to make comments about news stories and vote each other\u0092s comments [35] up or down. The vote tallies are visible as a number next to each comment, and the position of the comments is chronological. (Stories on the site get an average of about ten comments and about three votes per comment.) It\u0092s a follow-up to his experiment [40] using people\u0092s ratings of movies to measure how much individual people influence each other online (answer: a lot). This time, he wanted to know how much the crowd influences the individual, and whether it can be controlled from outside. [45] For five months, every comment submitted by a user randomly received an \u0093up\u0094 vote (positive); a \u0093down\u0094 vote (negative); or as a control, no vote at all. The team then observed how users rated those comments. The users generated more than [50] 100,000 comments that were viewed more than 10 million times and rated more than 300,000 times by other users. At least when it comes to comments on news sites, the crowd is more herdlike than wise. [55] Comments that received fake positive votes from the researchers were 32% more likely to receive more positive votes compared with a control, the team reports. And those comments were no more likely than the control to be down-voted by the next viewer [60] to see them. By the end of the study, positively manipulated comments got an overall boost of about 25%. However, the same did not hold true for negative manipulation. The ratings of comments that got a fake down vote were usually negated by an up [65] votes by the next user to see them. \u0093Our experiment does not reveal the psychology behind people\u0092s decisions,\u0094 Aral says, \u0093but an intuitive explanation is that people are more skeptical of negative social influence. They\u0092re more [70] willing to go along with positive opinions from other people.\u0094 Duncan Watts, a network scientist at Microsoft Research in New York City, agrees with that conclusion. \u0093[But] one question is whether the [75] positive [herding] bias is specific to this site\u0094 or true in general, Watts says. He points out that the category of the news items in the experiment had a strong effect on how much people could be manipulated. \u0093I would have thought that \u0091business\u0092 is [80] pretty similar to \u0091economics,\u0092 yet they find a much stronger effect (almost 50% stronger) for the former than the latter. What explains this difference? If we\u0092re going to apply these findings in the real world, we\u0092ll need to know the answers.\u0094 [85] Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale? \u0093That is easier said than done,\u0094 Watts says. If people detect\u0097or learn\u0097that comments on a website are being manipulated, the herd may spook and leave [90] entirely.", "textTwo": "38. As used in line 86, \u0093scale\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/964e777c27b865b52750711b5b8ff3838ee59592.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:28:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:46:06" }, { "id": "645", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from John Bohannon, \u0093Why You Shouldn\u0092t Trust Internet Comments.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\nThe \u0093wisdom of crowds\u0094 has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on online merchant {Line} Amazon. But a new study suggests that such online [5] scores don\u0092t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational \u0093herd behavior\u0094\u0097and that the herd can be manipulated. Sometimes the crowd really is wiser than you. The [10] classic examples are guessing the weight of a bull or the number of gumballs in a jar. Your guess is probably going to be far from the mark, whereas the average of many people\u0092s choices is remarkably close to the true number. [15] But what happens when the goal is to judge something less tangible, such as the quality or worth of a product? According to one theory, the wisdom of the crowd still holds\u0097measuring the aggregate of people\u0092s opinions produces a stable, reliable [20] value. Skeptics, however, argue that people\u0092s opinions are easily swayed by those of others. So, nudging a crowd early on by presenting contrary opinions\u0097for example, exposing them to some very good or very bad attitudes\u0097will steer the crowd in a [25] different direction. To test which hypothesis is true, you would need to manipulate huge numbers of people, exposing them to false information and determining how it affects their opinions. A team led by Sinan Aral, a network scientist at [30] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, did exactly that. Aral has been secretly working with a popular website that aggregates news stories. The website allows users to make comments about news stories and vote each other\u0092s comments [35] up or down. The vote tallies are visible as a number next to each comment, and the position of the comments is chronological. (Stories on the site get an average of about ten comments and about three votes per comment.) It\u0092s a follow-up to his experiment [40] using people\u0092s ratings of movies to measure how much individual people influence each other online (answer: a lot). This time, he wanted to know how much the crowd influences the individual, and whether it can be controlled from outside. [45] For five months, every comment submitted by a user randomly received an \u0093up\u0094 vote (positive); a \u0093down\u0094 vote (negative); or as a control, no vote at all. The team then observed how users rated those comments. The users generated more than [50] 100,000 comments that were viewed more than 10 million times and rated more than 300,000 times by other users. At least when it comes to comments on news sites, the crowd is more herdlike than wise. [55] Comments that received fake positive votes from the researchers were 32% more likely to receive more positive votes compared with a control, the team reports. And those comments were no more likely than the control to be down-voted by the next viewer [60] to see them. By the end of the study, positively manipulated comments got an overall boost of about 25%. However, the same did not hold true for negative manipulation. The ratings of comments that got a fake down vote were usually negated by an up [65] votes by the next user to see them. \u0093Our experiment does not reveal the psychology behind people\u0092s decisions,\u0094 Aral says, \u0093but an intuitive explanation is that people are more skeptical of negative social influence. They\u0092re more [70] willing to go along with positive opinions from other people.\u0094 Duncan Watts, a network scientist at Microsoft Research in New York City, agrees with that conclusion. \u0093[But] one question is whether the [75] positive [herding] bias is specific to this site\u0094 or true in general, Watts says. He points out that the category of the news items in the experiment had a strong effect on how much people could be manipulated. \u0093I would have thought that \u0091business\u0092 is [80] pretty similar to \u0091economics,\u0092 yet they find a much stronger effect (almost 50% stronger) for the former than the latter. What explains this difference? If we\u0092re going to apply these findings in the real world, we\u0092ll need to know the answers.\u0094 [85] Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale? \u0093That is easier said than done,\u0094 Watts says. If people detect\u0097or learn\u0097that comments on a website are being manipulated, the herd may spook and leave [90] entirely.", "textTwo": "39. In the figure, which category of news has an artificially up-voted mean score of 2.5?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1bfb32d77a24cc940af6ad8e0a99de25de5f3965.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:32:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:47:01" }, { "id": "646", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from John Bohannon, \u0093Why You Shouldn\u0092t Trust Internet Comments.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\nThe \u0093wisdom of crowds\u0094 has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on online merchant {Line} Amazon. But a new study suggests that such online [5] scores don\u0092t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational \u0093herd behavior\u0094\u0097and that the herd can be manipulated. Sometimes the crowd really is wiser than you. The [10] classic examples are guessing the weight of a bull or the number of gumballs in a jar. Your guess is probably going to be far from the mark, whereas the average of many people\u0092s choices is remarkably close to the true number. [15] But what happens when the goal is to judge something less tangible, such as the quality or worth of a product? According to one theory, the wisdom of the crowd still holds\u0097measuring the aggregate of people\u0092s opinions produces a stable, reliable [20] value. Skeptics, however, argue that people\u0092s opinions are easily swayed by those of others. So, nudging a crowd early on by presenting contrary opinions\u0097for example, exposing them to some very good or very bad attitudes\u0097will steer the crowd in a [25] different direction. To test which hypothesis is true, you would need to manipulate huge numbers of people, exposing them to false information and determining how it affects their opinions. A team led by Sinan Aral, a network scientist at [30] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, did exactly that. Aral has been secretly working with a popular website that aggregates news stories. The website allows users to make comments about news stories and vote each other\u0092s comments [35] up or down. The vote tallies are visible as a number next to each comment, and the position of the comments is chronological. (Stories on the site get an average of about ten comments and about three votes per comment.) It\u0092s a follow-up to his experiment [40] using people\u0092s ratings of movies to measure how much individual people influence each other online (answer: a lot). This time, he wanted to know how much the crowd influences the individual, and whether it can be controlled from outside. [45] For five months, every comment submitted by a user randomly received an \u0093up\u0094 vote (positive); a \u0093down\u0094 vote (negative); or as a control, no vote at all. The team then observed how users rated those comments. The users generated more than [50] 100,000 comments that were viewed more than 10 million times and rated more than 300,000 times by other users. At least when it comes to comments on news sites, the crowd is more herdlike than wise. [55] Comments that received fake positive votes from the researchers were 32% more likely to receive more positive votes compared with a control, the team reports. And those comments were no more likely than the control to be down-voted by the next viewer [60] to see them. By the end of the study, positively manipulated comments got an overall boost of about 25%. However, the same did not hold true for negative manipulation. The ratings of comments that got a fake down vote were usually negated by an up [65] votes by the next user to see them. \u0093Our experiment does not reveal the psychology behind people\u0092s decisions,\u0094 Aral says, \u0093but an intuitive explanation is that people are more skeptical of negative social influence. They\u0092re more [70] willing to go along with positive opinions from other people.\u0094 Duncan Watts, a network scientist at Microsoft Research in New York City, agrees with that conclusion. \u0093[But] one question is whether the [75] positive [herding] bias is specific to this site\u0094 or true in general, Watts says. He points out that the category of the news items in the experiment had a strong effect on how much people could be manipulated. \u0093I would have thought that \u0091business\u0092 is [80] pretty similar to \u0091economics,\u0092 yet they find a much stronger effect (almost 50% stronger) for the former than the latter. What explains this difference? If we\u0092re going to apply these findings in the real world, we\u0092ll need to know the answers.\u0094 [85] Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale? \u0093That is easier said than done,\u0094 Watts says. If people detect\u0097or learn\u0097that comments on a website are being manipulated, the herd may spook and leave [90] entirely.", "textTwo": "40. According to the figure, which category of news showed the smallest difference in mean score between artificially up-voted comments and control comments?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/5d7a7de1d2819adc711bc46e9c7a1834afafe460.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:34:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:47:36" }, { "id": "647", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from John Bohannon, \u0093Why You Shouldn\u0092t Trust Internet Comments.\u0094 \u00a92013 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\nThe \u0093wisdom of crowds\u0094 has become a mantra of the Internet age. Need to choose a new vacuum cleaner? Check out the reviews on online merchant {Line} Amazon. But a new study suggests that such online [5] scores don\u0092t always reveal the best choice. A massive controlled experiment of Web users finds that such ratings are highly susceptible to irrational \u0093herd behavior\u0094\u0097and that the herd can be manipulated. Sometimes the crowd really is wiser than you. The [10] classic examples are guessing the weight of a bull or the number of gumballs in a jar. Your guess is probably going to be far from the mark, whereas the average of many people\u0092s choices is remarkably close to the true number. [15] But what happens when the goal is to judge something less tangible, such as the quality or worth of a product? According to one theory, the wisdom of the crowd still holds\u0097measuring the aggregate of people\u0092s opinions produces a stable, reliable [20] value. Skeptics, however, argue that people\u0092s opinions are easily swayed by those of others. So, nudging a crowd early on by presenting contrary opinions\u0097for example, exposing them to some very good or very bad attitudes\u0097will steer the crowd in a [25] different direction. To test which hypothesis is true, you would need to manipulate huge numbers of people, exposing them to false information and determining how it affects their opinions. A team led by Sinan Aral, a network scientist at [30] the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, did exactly that. Aral has been secretly working with a popular website that aggregates news stories. The website allows users to make comments about news stories and vote each other\u0092s comments [35] up or down. The vote tallies are visible as a number next to each comment, and the position of the comments is chronological. (Stories on the site get an average of about ten comments and about three votes per comment.) It\u0092s a follow-up to his experiment [40] using people\u0092s ratings of movies to measure how much individual people influence each other online (answer: a lot). This time, he wanted to know how much the crowd influences the individual, and whether it can be controlled from outside. [45] For five months, every comment submitted by a user randomly received an \u0093up\u0094 vote (positive); a \u0093down\u0094 vote (negative); or as a control, no vote at all. The team then observed how users rated those comments. The users generated more than [50] 100,000 comments that were viewed more than 10 million times and rated more than 300,000 times by other users. At least when it comes to comments on news sites, the crowd is more herdlike than wise. [55] Comments that received fake positive votes from the researchers were 32% more likely to receive more positive votes compared with a control, the team reports. And those comments were no more likely than the control to be down-voted by the next viewer [60] to see them. By the end of the study, positively manipulated comments got an overall boost of about 25%. However, the same did not hold true for negative manipulation. The ratings of comments that got a fake down vote were usually negated by an up [65] votes by the next user to see them. \u0093Our experiment does not reveal the psychology behind people\u0092s decisions,\u0094 Aral says, \u0093but an intuitive explanation is that people are more skeptical of negative social influence. They\u0092re more [70] willing to go along with positive opinions from other people.\u0094 Duncan Watts, a network scientist at Microsoft Research in New York City, agrees with that conclusion. \u0093[But] one question is whether the [75] positive [herding] bias is specific to this site\u0094 or true in general, Watts says. He points out that the category of the news items in the experiment had a strong effect on how much people could be manipulated. \u0093I would have thought that \u0091business\u0092 is [80] pretty similar to \u0091economics,\u0092 yet they find a much stronger effect (almost 50% stronger) for the former than the latter. What explains this difference? If we\u0092re going to apply these findings in the real world, we\u0092ll need to know the answers.\u0094 [85] Will companies be able to boost their products by manipulating online ratings on a massive scale? \u0093That is easier said than done,\u0094 Watts says. If people detect\u0097or learn\u0097that comments on a website are being manipulated, the herd may spook and leave [90] entirely.", "textTwo": "41. Data presented in the figure most directly support which idea from the passage?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7db18f62784525d33190e6522a5d94e52c406c9a.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:37:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:51:55" }, { "id": "648", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything.\r\n\u00a92011 by Joshua Foer.\r\n\r\nIn 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "42. According to the passage, Maguire\u0092s findings regarding taxi drivers are significant because they", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:51:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:52:49" }, { "id": "649", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. \u00a92011 by Joshua Foer. In 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "43.Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:54:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 16:58:50" }, { "id": "650", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. \u00a92011 by Joshua Foer. \r\n\r\nIn 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "44. As used in line 24, \u0093basic\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:56:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:00:32" }, { "id": "651", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. \u00a92011 by Joshua Foer. \r\n\r\nIn 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "45. Which question was Maguire\u0092s study of mental athletes primarily intended to answer?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:01:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:03:38" }, { "id": "652", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. \u00a92011 by Joshua Foer. \r\n\r\nIn 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "46. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:04:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:04:10" }, { "id": "653", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. \u00a92011 by Joshua Foer. \r\nIn 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "47. As used in line 39, \u0093matched\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:07:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:17:00" }, { "id": "654", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. \u00a92011 by Joshua Foer. \r\nIn 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "48. The main purpose of the fifth paragraph (lines 57-65) is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:09:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:17:31" }, { "id": "655", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. \u00a92011 by Joshua Foer. \r\nIn 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "49. According to the passage, when compared to mental athletes, the individuals in the control group in Maguire\u0092s second study", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:12:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:27:55" }, { "id": "656", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. \u00a92011 by Joshua Foer. \r\nIn 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "50. The passage most strongly suggests that mental athletes are successful at memorization because they", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:17:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:30:12" }, { "id": "657", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. \u00a92011 by Joshua Foer. \r\nIn 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "51. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:19:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:30:51" }, { "id": "658", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything. \u00a92011 by Joshua Foer. \r\nIn 2000, a neuroscientist at University College London named Eleanor Maguire wanted to find out what effect, if any, all that driving around the {Line} labyrinthine streets of London might have on [5] cabbies\u0092 brains. When she brought sixteen taxi drivers into her lab and examined their brains in an MRI scanner, she found one surprising and important difference. The right posterior hippocampus, a part of the brain known to be [10] involved in spatial navigation, was 7 percent larger than normal in the cabbies\u0097a small but very significant difference. Maguire concluded that all of that way-finding around London had physically altered the gross structure of their brains. The more [15] years a cabbie had been on the road, the more pronounced the effect. The brain is a mutable organ, capable\u0097within limits\u0097of reorganizing itself and readapting to new kinds of sensory input, a phenomenon known as [20] neuroplasticity. It had long been thought that the adult brain was incapable of spawning new neurons\u0097that while learning caused synapses to rearrange themselves and new links between brain cells to form, the brain\u0092s basic anatomical structure [25] was more or less static. Maguire\u0092s study suggested the old inherited wisdom was simply not true. After her groundbreaking study of London cabbies, Maguire decided to turn her attention to mental athletes. She teamed up with Elizabeth [30] Valentine and John Wilding, authors of the academic monograph Superior Memory, to study ten individuals who had finished near the top of the World Memory Championship. They wanted to find out if the memorizers\u0092 brains were\u0097like the London [35] cabbies\u0092\u0097structurally different from the rest of ours, or if they were somehow just making better use of memory abilities that we all possess. The researchers put both the mental athletes and a group of matched control subjects into MRI scanners [40] and asked them to memorize three-digit numbers, black-and-white photographs of people\u0092s faces, and magnified images of snowflakes, while their brains were being scanned. Maguire and her team thought it was possible that they might discover anatomical [45] differences in the brains of the memory champs, evidence that their brains had somehow reorganized themselves in the process of doing all that intensive remembering. But when the researchers reviewed the imaging data, not a single significant structural [50] difference turned up. The brains of the mental athletes appeared to be indistinguishable from those of the control subjects. What\u0092s more, on every single test of general cognitive ability, the mental athletes\u0092 scores came back well within the normal range. The [55] memory champs weren\u0092t smarter, and they didn\u0092t have special brains. But there was one telling difference between the brains of the mental athletes and the control subjects: When the researchers looked at which parts of the [60] brain were lighting up when the mental athletes were memorizing, they found that they were activating entirely different circuitry. According to the functional MRIs [fMRIs], regions of the brain that were less active in the control subjects seemed to be [65] working in overdrive for the mental athletes. Surprisingly, when the mental athletes were learning new information, they were engaging several regions of the brain known to be involved in two specific tasks: visual memory and spatial [70] navigation, including the same right posterior hippocampal region that the London cabbies had enlarged with all their daily way-finding. At first glance, this wouldn\u0092t seem to make any sense. Why would mental athletes be conjuring images in [75] their mind\u0092s eye when they were trying to learn three-digit numbers? Why should they be navigating like London cabbies when they\u0092re supposed to be remembering the shapes of snowflakes? Maguire and her team asked the mental athletes [80] to describe exactly what was going through their minds as they memorized. The mental athletes said they were consciously converting the information they were being asked to memorize into images, and distributing those images along familiar spatial [85] journeys. They weren\u0092t doing this automatically, or because it was an inborn talent they\u0092d nurtured since childhood. Rather, the unexpected patterns of neural activity that Maguire\u0092s fMRIs turned up were the result of training and practice.", "textTwo": "52. The questions in lines 74-78 primarily serve to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:21:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:31:16" }, { "id": "659", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "1. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nFossils provide paleontologists with a convenient way of estimating the age of the rock in which the fossils are found.\r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 11:45:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:34:40" }, { "id": "660", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "2.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 11:47:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:35:05" }, { "id": "661", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "3. The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 11:51:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:41:41" }, { "id": "662", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "4.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 11:54:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:42:09" }, { "id": "663", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "5.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 11:56:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:43:42" }, { "id": "664", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "6.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 11:58:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:45:41" }, { "id": "665", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "7. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 2 should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:01:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:46:25" }, { "id": "666", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "8.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:03:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:47:03" }, { "id": "667", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "9.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:05:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:48:31" }, { "id": "668", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "10. Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:10:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:49:01" }, { "id": "669", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\n\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nPrehistoric Printing\r\nPaleontologists are using modern technology to gain a greater understanding of the distant past. With the aid of computed tomography (CT) scanning and 3-D printing, researchers are able to create accurate models of prehistoric fossils. [1] These models have expanded researchers\u0092 knowledge of ancient species and [2] swear to advance the field of paleontology in the years to come. CT scanners use X-rays to map the surface of a fossil in minute detail, recording as many as one million data points to create a digital blueprint. A 3-D printer then builds a polymer model based on this blueprint, much as a regular computer printer reproduces digital documents on paper. [3] Whereas the head of an ordinary computer printer moves back and forth while printing ink onto paper, the corresponding part of a 3-D printer moves in multiple dimensions while squirting out thin layers of melted polymer plastic. The plastic hardens quickly, [4] it allows the printer to build the layers of the final model. Compared with older ways of modeling fossils, scanning and printing in this way is extremely versatile. {1} One significant benefit of 3-D printing technology is its ability to create scale reproductions of fossils. {2} But now 3-D scale models can be rearranged with ease, which is a huge boon to scientists. {3} A team led by Drexel University professor Kenneth Lacovara is making models of dinosaur bones one-tenth the bones\u0092 original sizes [5] in order to learn how they fit together when the animals were alive. {4} In the past, such research was limited by the weight and bulk of the fossils as well as [6] its preciousness and fragility. {5} In many cases, scientists had to rearrange bones virtually, using artists\u0092 renderings. [7] Because CT scanners can map objects that are impossible to excavate, CT scanning and 3-D printing can also be used to reproduce fossils that scientists cannot observe firsthand. [8] By contrast, researchers from the National Museum of Brazil [9] has relied on this technique to study a fossilized skeleton that was discovered protruding from a rock at an old S\u00e3o Paulo railroad site. [10] The fossil was too delicate to be removed from the rock. Because of the fossil\u0092s delicate nature, the team dug up a block of stone around the fossil and brought it to their lab. With the aid of a CT scanner and a 3-D printer, they were able to produce a resin model of the fossil. Examining the model, the researchers determined that [11] one had found a new species, a 75-million-year-old crocodile. While not every discovery will be as dramatic as this one, paleontologists anticipate further expanding their knowledge of ancient life-forms as CT scanning and 3-D printing continue to make fossils more accessible.", "textTwo": "11.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:13:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:49:35" }, { "id": "670", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "12.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:18:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:56:04" }, { "id": "671", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "13. Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:20:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:57:14" }, { "id": "672", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "14.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:24:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 17:58:14" }, { "id": "673", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "15.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:25:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 18:01:22" }, { "id": "674", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "16. The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:28:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 18:01:59" }, { "id": "675", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "17.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:30:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 18:19:52" }, { "id": "676", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "18.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:33:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 18:20:15" }, { "id": "677", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "19.Which choice adds the most relevant supporting information to the paragraph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:35:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 18:21:09" }, { "id": "678", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "20.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:38:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 18:22:24" }, { "id": "679", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "21.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:40:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 18:22:46" }, { "id": "680", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThomas Nast, the Crusading Cartoonist\r\n\u0093Stop them pictures!\u0094 Legend has it that the corrupt politician William \u0093Boss\u0094 Tweed once used those words when ordering someone to offer a bribe to Thomas Nast, an artist who had become famous for cartoons that called for reforms to end corruption. [12] As a result, Tweed\u0092s attempt to silence the artist failed, and Nast\u0092s cartoons, published in magazines like Harper\u0092s Weekly, actually played a key role in bringing Boss Tweed and his cronies to justice. [13] There were powerful political organizations in the 1860s and the 1870s. The organizations were known as \u0093political machines\u0094 and started taking control of city governments. These political machines were able to pack legislatures and courts with hand-picked supporters by purchasing [14] votes, a form of election fraud involving the exchange of money or favors for votes. Once a political machine had control of enough important positions, its members were able to use public funds to enrich themselves and their friends. Boss Tweed\u0092s Tammany Hall group, which controlled New York [15] City in the 1860s\u0097stole more than $30 million, the equivalent of more than $365 million today. [16] Tweed had been elected to a single two-year term in Congress in 1852. Tammany Hall was so powerful and [17] corrupt that, the New York Times, commented \u0093There is absolutely nothing . . . in the city which is beyond the reach of the insatiable gang.\u0094Given the extent of Tweed\u0092s power, it is remarkable that a single cartoonist could have played such a significant role in bringing about his downfall. Nast\u0092s cartoons depicted Tweed as a great big bloated thief. One of the artist\u0092s most [18] famous images showed Tweed with a bag of money in place of his [19] head. Another featured Tweed leaning against a ballot box with the caption \u0093As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?\u0094 These cartoons were so effective in part because many of the citizens who supported Tweed were illiterate and thus could not read the newspaper accounts of his criminal activities. Nast\u0092s cartoons, though, widely exposed the public to the injustice of Tweed\u0092s political machine. Nast\u0092s campaign to bring down Tweed and the Tammany Hall gang was ultimately successful. In the elections of 1871, the public voted against most of the Tammany Hall candidates, greatly weakening Tweed\u0092s power. Eventually, Tweed and his gang were [20] persecuted for a number of charges, including fraud and larceny, and many of them were sent to jail. In 1875 Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain and unwittingly [21] brought about one final [22] pinnacle for the power of political cartoons: A Spanish police officer recognized Tweed from one of Nast\u0092s cartoons. Consequently, Tweed was sent back to jail, and Nast was hailed as the man who toppled the great Tammany Hall machine.", "textTwo": "22.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:42:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 18:24:41" }, { "id": "681", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A function f satisfies f(2) = 3 and f(3) = 5. A function g satisfies g(3) = 2 and g(5) = 6. What is the value of f(g(3))?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:14:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:36:03" }, { "id": "682", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Tony is planning to read a novel. The table above shows information about the novel, Tony\u0092s reading speed, and the amount of time he plans to spend reading the novel each day. If Tony reads at the rates given in the table, which of the following is closest to the number of days it would take Tony to read the entire novel?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7cadc9b2d334609112b585e241e36f73aa889aea.png", "answer": "8", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:21:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:47:36" }, { "id": "683", "parentId": "", "textOne": "On January 1, 2000, there were 175,000 tons of trash in a landfill that had a capacity of 325,000 tons. Each year since then, the amount of trash in the landfill increased by 7,500 tons. If y represents the time, in years, after January 1, 2000, which of the following inequalities describes the set of years where the landfill is at or above capacity?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "175,000 + 7,500y ? 325,000", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:24:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:50:04" }, { "id": "684", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A researcher conducted a survey to determine whether people in a certain large town prefer watching sports on television to attending the sporting event. The researcher asked 117 people who visited a local restaurant on a Saturday, and 7 people refused to respond. Which of the following factors makes it least likely that a reliable conclusion can be drawn about the sports-watching preferences of all people in the town?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Where the survey was given", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:31:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:50:31" }, { "id": "685", "parentId": "", "textOne": "According to the line of best fit in the scatterplot above, which of the following best approximates the year in which the number of miles traveled by air passengers in Country X was estimated to be 550 billion?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/82ea78234a2e0b675998e86d838447790e6a21a6.png", "answer": "2003", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:36:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:50:59" }, { "id": "686", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The distance traveled by Earth in one orbit around the Sun is about 580,000,000 miles. Earth makes one complete orbit around the Sun in one year. Of the following, which is closest to the average speed of Earth, in miles per hour, as it orbits the Sun?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "66,000", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:43:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:55:55" }, { "id": "687", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The table above summarizes the results of 200 law school graduates who took the bar exam. If one of the surveyed graduates who passed the bar exam is chosen at random for an interview, what is the probability that the person chosen did not take the review course?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/21eb5a7d916e771bf22b14d30bfe1a5cb70db817.png", "answer": "7\/25", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:46:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:56:24" }, { "id": "688", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The atomic weight of an unknown element, in atomic mass units (amu), is approximately 20% less than that of calcium. The atomic weight of calcium is 40 amu. Which of the following best approximates the atomic weight, in amu, of the unknown element?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "32", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:49:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:56:51" }, { "id": "689", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A survey was taken of the value of homes in a county, and it was found that the mean home value was $165,000 and the median home value was $125,000. Which of the following situations could explain the difference between the mean and median home values in the county?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "There are a few homes that are valued much more than the rest.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:52:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:57:24" }, { "id": "690", "parentId": "", "textOne": "What is the median number of siblings for all the students surveyed?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/415925f67135060ce6b857138ef4abff93a98aac.png", "answer": "1", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:58:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:57:56" }, { "id": "691", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Based on the survey data, which of the following most accurately compares the expected total number of students with 4 siblings at the two schools?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8c39d6819cac9593133acfe47b12122a6ffb7c8c.png", "answer": "The total number of students with 4 siblings at Washington School is expected to be 30 more than at Lincoln School.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:03:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:58:20" }, { "id": "692", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A project manager estimates that a project will take x hours to complete, where x > 100. The goal is for the estimate to be within 10 hours of the time it will actually take to complete the project. If the manager meets the goal and it takes y hours to complete the project, which of the following inequalities represents the relationship between the estimated time and the actual completion time?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "?10 < y ? x < 10", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:08:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 20:59:41" }, { "id": "693", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following expresses the square of the distance from the radio antenna in terms of the intensity of the radio signal and the power of the signal?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/2448d7f3e44daf6e884d22fab6d258f73af92a29.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:19:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:00:05" }, { "id": "694", "parentId": "", "textOne": "For the same signal emitted by a radio antenna, Observer A measures its intensity to be 16 times the intensity measured by Observer B. The distance of Observer A from the radio antenna is what fraction of the distance of Observer B from the radio antenna?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/acc04397492741613761c5e8b6e872ac81519f1b.png", "answer": "1\/4", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:26:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:01:59" }, { "id": "695", "parentId": "", "textOne": "x^2 + y^2 + 4x - 2y = -1\r\nThe equation of a circle in the xy-plane is shown above. What is the radius of the circle?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:31:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:02:52" }, { "id": "696", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The graph of the linear function f has intercepts at (a, 0) and (0, b) in the xy-plane. If a + b = 0 and a ? b , which of the following is true about the slope of the graph of f?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "It is positive", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:44:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:05:41" }, { "id": "697", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The complete graph of the function f is shown in the xy-plane above. Which of the following are equal to 1?\r\nI. f (?4)\r\nII. f (3\/2)\r\nIII. f (3)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "I, II and III", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:21:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:06:07" }, { "id": "698", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Two samples of water of equal mass are heated to 60 degrees Celsius (\u00b0C). One sample is poured into an insulated container, and the other sample is poured into a non-insulated container. The samples are then left for 70 minutes to cool in a room having a temperature of 25\u00b0C. The graph above shows the temperature of each sample at 10-minute intervals. Which of the following statements correctly compares the average rates at which the temperatures of the two samples change?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/78ce2e62c8da48e22142add848fe14408db1eb63.png", "answer": "In the intervals from 0 to 10 minutes and from 10 to 20 minutes, the rates of change of temperature of the non-insulated sample are of greater magnitude, whereas in the intervals from 40 to 50 minutes and from 50 to 60 minutes, the rates of change of temp", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:25:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:07:02" }, { "id": "699", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the xy-plane above, ABCD is a square and point E is the center of the square. The coordinates of points C and E are (7, 2) and (1, 0), respectively. Which of the following is an equation of the line that passes through points B and D ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/37761afbaf4ee80c3e54fec798b3eaa851f876bd.png", "answer": "y = ?3(x ? 1)", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:30:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:07:31" }, { "id": "700", "parentId": "", "textOne": "y = 3\r\ny = ax^2 + b\r\nIn the system of equations above, a and b are constants. For which of the following values of a and b does the system of equations have exactly two real solutions?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "a = ?2, b = 4", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:37:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:07:52" }, { "id": "701", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The figure above shows a regular hexagon with sides of length a and a square with sides of length a. If the area of the hexagon is 384? 3 square inches, what is the area, in square inches, of the square?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/97f88be83c3d1e9bc5bb64102f97bc3999569dc1.png", "answer": "256", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:43:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:08:21" }, { "id": "702", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A coastal geologist estimates that a certain country\u0092s beaches are eroding at a rate of 1.5 feet per year. According to the geologist\u0092s estimate, how long will it take, in years, for the country\u0092s beaches to erode by 21 feet?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "14", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:50:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:09:13" }, { "id": "703", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If h hours and 30 minutes is equal to 450 minutes, what is the value of h?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "7", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:51:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:09:40" }, { "id": "704", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the xy-plane, the point (3, 6) lies on the graph of the function f(x) = 3x^2 ? bx + 12. What is the value of b?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "11", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:52:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:10:23" }, { "id": "705", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In one semester, Doug and Laura spent a combined 250 hours in the tutoring lab. If Doug spent 40 more hours in the lab than Laura did, how many hours did Laura spend in the lab?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "105", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:53:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:10:48" }, { "id": "706", "parentId": "", "textOne": "a = 18t + 15\r\nJane made an initial deposit to a savings account. Each week thereafter she deposited a fixed amount to the account. The equation above models the amount a, in dollars, that Jane has deposited after t weekly deposits. According to the model, how many dollars was Jane\u0092s initial deposit? (Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "15", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:54:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:11:13" }, { "id": "707", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the figure above, point O is the center of the circle, line segments LM and MN are tangent to the circle at points L and N, respectively, and the segments intersect at point M as shown. If the circumference of the circle is 96, what is the length of minor arc LN ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/04fb52b5449261da7cb62927a22fd23d576389e3.png", "answer": "32", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:57:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:11:44" }, { "id": "708", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "23.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a59517926450a36c51ac40e559e99fdaeee83d16.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:52:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 20:56:57" }, { "id": "709", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "24. Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/e90e6d8976ca63ec7a2d47225932d2affbf0c7dc.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:54:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 20:57:28" }, { "id": "710", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "25.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/e5139a6e1e91dcf7d94d45a3815f8819417f108f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:56:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 20:58:17" }, { "id": "711", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "26.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/00dd96e5d03a89c9284287cb469f3174e95cf82f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:04:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 20:58:55" }, { "id": "712", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "27. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nCrowdfunding tends to attract contributors from a wide variety of professional fields. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c000daa84ae6550df3f42e7cb588696cb0c73eb8.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:07:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 21:04:55" }, { "id": "713", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "28.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/fd2683124e746d2bcedf41dbf592f91c396a5a04.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:10:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 21:20:24" }, { "id": "714", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "29.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/da3c4ee32c12b7537f107a47b2287ad1d8298d20.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:12:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 21:20:46" }, { "id": "715", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "30.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8cc4c89756a0b6f780a113639932ab648586f3c9.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:16:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 21:22:20" }, { "id": "716", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "31.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/53e54bbb2b5c858fa31055b099df12b81e890a67.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:22:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 21:24:13" }, { "id": "717", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "32. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 2 should be placed", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/fafdbb156acfbc2ff38d64b37938cf6551d9f48a.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:24:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 21:26:26" }, { "id": "718", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nRethinking Crowdfunding in the Arts\r\nCrowdfunding is a popular way to raise money using the Internet. The process sounds simple: an artist, entrepreneur, or other innovator takes his or her ideas straight to the public via a crowdfunding website. The innovator creates a video about the project and offers, in exchange for donations, a series of \u0093perks,\u0094 from acknowledgment on a social media site to a small piece of art. Many crowdfunding programs are all-or-nothing; in other words, the innovator must garner 100 percent funding for the project or the money is refunded to the donors. At [23] it\u0092s best, the system can give creators direct access to millions of potential backers. The home page of one leading crowdfunding site features a project to manufacture pinhole cameras on a 3?D printer.[24] The idea is obviously very attractive. An obscure method of photography may be made available to many with little expense. Within weeks, the project was 621 percent funded. In contrast, on the same page, a small Brooklyn performance venue is attempting to raise money for its current season. The venue features work of performance art showcased in a storefront window. Those who have seen the space consider it vital. [25]However, that group may not be large enough; with just fourteen days to go in the fund-raising period, the campaign is only 46 percent funded. Artists such as these Brooklyn performers find that crowdfunding exacerbates problems that already exist. [26] Work, that is easily understood and appreciated, is supported, while more complex work goes unnoticed. [ 27] Time that could be used creating art is spent devising clever perks to draw the attention of potential contributors. [28] In addition, audiences may contain many \u0093free[29] riders,\u0094 they did not make contributions. Ironically, the success of crowdfunding may weaken overall funding for the arts if people begin to feel that paying for the art [30] loved by them is someone else\u0092s responsibility. {1}One innovative playwright has woven the deficiencies of the system into her crowdfunding model. {2} Though the price for her tickets was higher than that of tickets for comparable shows, it was still affordable to most theatergoers\u0097and reflected the real cost of the performance. {3} She presented the total cost for producing her play on a crowdfunding site. {4} Then she divided the total cost by the number of people she expected to attend the performance. {5} The result of the calculation was the minimum donor price, and only donors who paid at least the minimum ticket price were allowed to attend the performance. {6} By subverting the presumption that money used for her project is an altruistic donation, the playwright showed that[[31] our work has monetary value to those who enjoy it. [32]", "textTwo": "33. Which choice offers an accurate interpretation of the data in the graphs?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c60e268c1e233fbb9b4ad4c828128ffeef788eb4.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:27:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 21:27:57" }, { "id": "719", "parentId": "", "textOne": "According to the formula, what will be the number of plants two years from now if K = 4000? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/0664c94640f2ff59c709f7e6736319f8a9512e30.png", "answer": "3484", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:37:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:17:44" }, { "id": "720", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The botanist would like to increase the number of plants that the environment can support so that the population of the species will increase more rapidly. If the botanist\u0092s goal is that the number of plants will increase from 3000 this year to 3360 next year, how many plants must the modified environment support?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a062c12076f04579246d4e8dedc7c53ff9ec7668.png", "answer": "7500", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:38:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:18:50" }, { "id": "721", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A painter will paint n walls with the same size and shape in a building using a specific brand of paint. The painter\u0092s fee can be calculated by the expression nKlh, where n is the number of walls, K is a constant with units of dollars per square foot, l is the length of each wall in feet, and h is the height of each wall in feet. If the customer asks the painter to use a more expensive brand of paint, which of the factors in the expression would change?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "K", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:05:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 13:20:03" }, { "id": "722", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "34. For the sake of the logic and cohesion of the paragraph, sentence 3 should be", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:06:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:38:39" }, { "id": "723", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "35.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:08:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:40:21" }, { "id": "724", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "36.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:10:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:40:56" }, { "id": "725", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "37.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:14:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:41:16" }, { "id": "726", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "38. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nIn 1954, Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly produced episodes of the CBS television show See It Now that contributed to the end of\r\nUS senator Joseph McCarthy\u0092s anticommunist \u0093witch hunts.\u0094 \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:16:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:42:08" }, { "id": "727", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "39.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:19:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:42:44" }, { "id": "728", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "40. Which choice most effectively suggests that the \u0093end of investigative journalism\u0094 is a real possibility but one that can be prevented?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:21:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:43:45" }, { "id": "729", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "41. Which choice most effectively sets up the examples in the following sentences?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:24:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:44:13" }, { "id": "730", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "42.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:26:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:44:45" }, { "id": "731", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "43.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:28:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:45:54" }, { "id": "732", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nInvestigative Journalism: An Evolving American Tradition\r\n{1} The recent precipitous decline of print journalism as a viable profession has exacerbated long-held concerns about the state of investigative reporting in the United States. {2} Facing lower print circulation and diminished advertising revenue, many major newspapers have reduced or eliminated investigative resources. {3} Newspapers, the traditional nurturing ground for investigative journalism, have been hit especially hard by the widespread availability of free news online. {4} To survive, investigative journalism must continue to adapt to the digital age. [34] It is not difficult to understand why a cash-strapped, understaffed publication might feel pressure to cut teams of investigative [35] reporter\u0092s\u0097their work is expensive and time-consuming.[36] Taking on the public interest, investigative journalism involves original, often long-form reporting on such topics as [37] illegal activities, street crime, corporate wrongdoing, and political corruption. An investigative story involves one or more experienced journalists dedicating their full energy and the resources of the publisher to a piece for a prolonged period of time. Expensive legal battles may ensue. The results of this work, though costly, have helped keep those in power accountable. The exposure by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of government misconduct in the Watergate scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974. More recently, Seymour Hersh, reporting for the New Yorker in 2004, helped publicize the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners by US personnel at Abu Ghraib during the Iraq War. [38] In these and other cases, exposure from reporters has served as an important [39] blockade to or scolding of malfeasance. While worrisome, the decline of traditional print media [40] could not entail the end of investigative journalism.[41] Although many newsrooms have reduced their staff, some still employ investigative reporters. Nonprofit [42] enterprises such as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project have begun to fill the void created by staff losses at newspapers and magazines. Enterprising freelance reporters, newly funded by nonprofits, make extensive use of social media, including blogs and Twitter, to foster a public conversation about key issues. The Help Me Investigate project, [43] for example, solicited readers to submit tips and information related to ongoing stories to its website. Far from marking the end of investigative journalism, [44] cooperation among journalists and ordinary citizens has been facilitated by the advent of the digital age through an increase in the number of potential investigators.", "textTwo": "44.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:32:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-01 22:46:14" }, { "id": "733", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If 3r = 18, what is the value of 6r + 3?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "39", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:55:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:29:05" }, { "id": "734", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following is equal to a^2\/3, for all values of a?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 22:57:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:29:28" }, { "id": "735", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The number of states that joined the United States between 1776 and 1849 is twice the number of states that joined between 1850 and 1900. If 30 states joined the United States between 1776 and 1849 and x states joined between 1850 and 1900, which of the following equations is true?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2x = 30", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:03:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:29:59" }, { "id": "736", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If 5\/x = 15\/ x + 20, what is the value of x\/5?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:06:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:26:33" }, { "id": "737", "parentId": "", "textOne": "2x - 3y = -14\r\n3x - 2y = -6\r\nIf (x, y) is a solution to the system of equations above, what is the value of x ? y?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-4", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:08:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:30:41" }, { "id": "738", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The function f is defined by a polynomial. Some values of x and f(x) are shown in the table above. Which of the following must be a factor of f(x)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "x - 4", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:14:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:20:04" }, { "id": "739", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The line y = kx + 4, where k is a constant, is graphed in the xy-plane. If the line contains the point (c, d), where c ? 0 and d ? 0, what is the slope of the line in terms of c and d?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "d-4\/ c", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:16:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:32:35" }, { "id": "740", "parentId": "", "textOne": "kx - 3y = 4\r\n4x - 5y = 7\r\nIn the system of equations above, k is a constant and x and y are variables. For what value of k will the system of equations have no solution?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "12\/5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:22:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:33:05" }, { "id": "741", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the xy-plane, the parabola with equation y = (x ? 11)^2 intersects the line with equation y = 25 at two points, A and B. What is the length of line AB?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "10", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:26:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:33:41" }, { "id": "742", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the figure above, lines k, l , and m intersect at a point. If x + y = u + w, which of the following must be true?\r\nI. x = z\r\nII. y = w\r\nIII. z = t", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/39686941bf83e36d7b44c696e8ae544ce190043b.png", "answer": "I and III only", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:30:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:34:19" }, { "id": "743", "parentId": "", "textOne": "y = a(x ? 2)(x + 4)\r\nIn the quadratic equation above, a is a non-zero constant. The graph of the equation in the xy-plane is a parabola with vertex (c, d). Which of the following is equal to d?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-9a", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:33:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:34:50" }, { "id": "744", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The equation 24x^2+25x-47\/ax-2 = -8x -3 - 53\/ax-2 is true for all values of x ? 2\/a, where a is a constant.\r\nWhat is the value of a?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1cc0fdf93ef06fdbd61ecbe239d865fc96b3db87.png", "answer": "-3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:36:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-18 22:38:16" }, { "id": "745", "parentId": "", "textOne": "What are the solutions to 3x^2 + 12x + 6 = 0?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:38:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:36:00" }, { "id": "746", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The equation above shows how a temperature F, measured in degrees Fahrenheit, relates to a temperature C, measured in degrees Celsius. Based on the equation, which of the following must be true?\r\nI. A temperature increase of 1 degree Fahrenheit is equivalent to a temperature increase of 5\/9 degree Celsius.\r\nII. A temperature increase of 1 degree Celsius is equivalent to a temperature increase of 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit.\r\nIII. A temperature increase of 5\/9 degree Fahrenheit is equivalent to a temperature increase of 1 degree Celsius.", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/02da84ab026ff4c6bcea60bf4993ef458dce05e9.png", "answer": "I and II only", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:45:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:36:40" }, { "id": "747", "parentId": "", "textOne": "x^3(x^2 - 5) = -4x\r\nIf x > 0, what is one possible solution to the equation above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1 or 2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:12:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:37:17" }, { "id": "748", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If 7\/9x - 4\/9x = 1\/4 + 5\/12, what is the value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:19:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:37:45" }, { "id": "749", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Two isosceles triangles are shown above. If 180 ? z = 2y and y = 75, what is the value of x ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9d98f857e09ddf2c7ad6307aa89290c3ee8af2c6.png", "answer": "105", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:28:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:38:13" }, { "id": "750", "parentId": "", "textOne": "At a lunch stand, each hamburger has 50 more calories than each order of fries. If 2 hamburgers and 3 orders of fries have a total of 1700 calories, how many calories does a hamburger have?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "370", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:29:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:38:43" }, { "id": "751", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In triangle ABC, the measure of ?B is 90\u00b0, BC = 16, and AC = 20. Triangle DEF is similar to triangle ABC, where vertices D, E, and F correspond to vertices A, B, and C, respectively, and each side of triangle DEF is 1\/3 the length of the corresponding side of triangle ABC. What is the value of sin F?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3\/5 or 6", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:31:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:41:30" }, { "id": "752", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The graph above shows Marilyn\u0092s distance from her campsite during a 3?hour hike. She stopped for 30 minutes during her hike to have lunch. Based on the graph, which of the following is closest to the time she finished lunch and continued her hike?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/35ffae263fddd408d247be01abc6d32e57804c8d.png", "answer": "1:40 P.M.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:36:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:42:13" }, { "id": "753", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The table above shows the distribution of age and gender for 25 people who entered a contest. If the contest winner will be selected at random, what is the probability that the winner will be either a female under age 40 or a male age 40 or older?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/e66ea5b4aa53047b6bdcc94e74ea5a3d0621c245.png", "answer": "10\/25", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:40:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:42:51" }, { "id": "754", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Based on the graph, which of the following best describes the general trend in music album sales from 1997 through 2009 ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c1fe73281ece2713953e4355518eb2a50aa60f73.png", "answer": "Sales increased until 2000 and then generally decreased.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:46:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:43:22" }, { "id": "755", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The table above shows some values of the linear function f. Which of the following defines f ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c6d6d7ea612f8077af6b713b9e5a3d857dfba6cd.png", "answer": "f (n) = 3n ? 5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:51:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:43:47" }, { "id": "756", "parentId": "", "textOne": "At Lincoln High School, approximately 7 percent of enrolled juniors and 5 percent of enrolled seniors were inducted into the National Honor Society last year. If there were 562 juniors and 602 seniors enrolled at Lincoln High School last year, which of the following is closest to the total number of juniors and seniors at Lincoln High School last year who were inducted into the National Honor Society?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "69", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:53:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:46:38" }, { "id": "757", "parentId": "", "textOne": "3x^2 - 5x + 2\r\n5x^2 - 2x - 6\r\nWhich of the following is the sum of the two polynomials shown above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8x^2 - 7x - 4", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:58:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:47:11" }, { "id": "758", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If 3\/5w = 4\/3, what is the value of w ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "20\/9", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:01:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:47:44" }, { "id": "759", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The average number of students per classroom at Central High School from 2000 to 2010 can be modeled by the equation y = 0.56x + 27.2, where x represents the number of years since 2000, and y represents the average number of students per classroom. Which of the following best describes the meaning of the number 0.56 in the equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "The estimated increase in the average number of students per classroom each year", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:04:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:48:20" }, { "id": "760", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Nate walks 25 meters in 13.7 seconds. If he walks at this same rate, which of the following is closest to the distance he will walk in 4 minutes?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "450 meters", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:06:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:48:45" }, { "id": "761", "parentId": "", "textOne": "What is the weight, in newtons, of an object on Mercury with a mass of 90 kilograms?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "324", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:09:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:49:37" }, { "id": "762", "parentId": "", "textOne": "An object on Earth has a weight of 150 newtons. On which planet would the same object have an approximate weight of 170 newtons?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/eab6eecd3772fac33e6888d72245dcc472770d38.png", "answer": "Saturn", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:21:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:50:08" }, { "id": "764", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If the function f has five distinct zeros, which of the following could represent the complete graph of f in the xy?plane?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:34:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:50:42" }, { "id": "765", "parentId": "", "textOne": "h = -16t^2 + vt + k\r\nThe equation above gives the height h, in feet, of a ball t seconds after it is thrown straight up with an initial speed of v feet per second from a height of k feet. Which of the following gives v in terms of h, t, and k ?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "v = h - k\/ t + 16t", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:40:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:51:45" }, { "id": "766", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The cost of using a telephone in a hotel meeting room is $0.20 per minute. Which of the following equations represents the total cost c, in dollars, for h hours of phone use?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "c = 0.20(60h)", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:22:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:52:52" }, { "id": "767", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In order to determine if treatment X is successful in improving eyesight, a research study was conducted. From a large population of people with poor eyesight, 300 participants were selected at random. Half of the participants were randomly assigned to receive treatment X, and the other half did not receive treatment X. The resulting data showed that\r\nparticipants who received treatment X had significantly improved eyesight as compared to those who did not receive treatment X. Based on the design and results of the study, which of the following is an appropriate conclusion?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Treatment X is likely to improve the eyesight of people who have poor eyesight.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:26:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:55:56" }, { "id": "768", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Graphs of the functions f and g are shown in the xy-plane above. For which of the following values of x does f (x) + g(x) = 0?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:31:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 10:57:10" }, { "id": "769", "parentId": "", "textOne": "S(P) = 1\/2P + 40\r\nD(P) = 220 - P\r\nThe quantity of a product supplied and the quantity of the product demanded in an economic market are functions of the price of the product. The functions above are the estimated supply and demand functions for a certain product. The function S (P) gives the quantity of the product supplied to the market when the price is P dollars, and the function D (P) gives the quantity of the product demanded by the market when the price is P dollars.\r\nHow will the quantity of the product supplied to the market change if the price of the product is increased by $10?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "The quantity supplied will increase by 5 units.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:37:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:04:40" }, { "id": "770", "parentId": "", "textOne": "S(P) = 1\/2P + 40\r\nD(P) = 220 - P\r\nThe quantity of a product supplied and the quantity of the product demanded in an economic market are functions of the price of the product. The functions above are the estimated supply and demand functions for a certain product. The function S (P) gives the quantity of the product supplied to the market when the price is P dollars, and the function D (P) gives the quantity of the product demanded by the market when the price is P dollars.\r\nAt what price will the quantity of the product supplied to the market equal the quantity of the product demanded by the market?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "$120", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:40:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:05:10" }, { "id": "771", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Graphene, which is used in the manufacture of integrated circuits, is so thin that a sheet weighing one ounce can cover up to 7 football fields. If a football field has an area of approximately 1 1\/3 acres, about how many acres could 48 ounces of graphene cover?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "450", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:46:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:05:53" }, { "id": "772", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Michael swam 2,000 yards on each of eighteen days. The scatterplot above shows his swim time for and corresponding heart rate after each swim. The line of best fit for the data is also shown. For the swim that took 34 minutes, Michael\u0092s actual heart rate was about how many beats per minutes less than the rate predicted by the line of best fit?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c7800b40ef6e3b7f04da42ec08856d8af1b7d702.png", "answer": "2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:52:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:06:28" }, { "id": "773", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Of the following four types of savings account plans, which option would yield exponential growth of the money in the account?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Each successive year, 1% of the current value is added to the value of the account.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:56:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:07:08" }, { "id": "774", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The sum of three numbers is 855. One of the numbers, x, is 50% more than the sum of the other two numbers. What is the value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "513", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:59:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:07:52" }, { "id": "775", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin, \u0093Nawabdin Electrician.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin.\r\n\r\nAnother man might have thrown up his hands\u0097but not Nawabdin. His twelve daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with Line satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of [5] a warrior going out to do battle. Nawab of course knew that he must proliferate his sources of revenue\u0097the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending the tube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a little one-room flour mill, run off [10] a condemned electric motor\u0097condemned by him. He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little pond at the edge of his master\u0092s fields. He bought broken radios, fixed them, and resold them. He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, though those [15] enterprises did spectacularly badly, and in fact earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again. K. K. Harouni rarely went to his farms, but lived mostly in Lahore. Whenever the old man visited, [20] Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants\u0092 sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood. Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the [25]-household machinery, the air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and water pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale. By his superhuman efforts he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the [30] same mechanical cocoons, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore. Harouni of course became familiar with this ubiquitous man, who not only accompanied him on [35] his tours of inspection, but morning and night could be found standing on the master bed rewiring the light fixture or in the bathroom poking at the water heater. Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say [40] a word. The landowner, who was cheerfully filing his nails in front of a crackling rosewood fire, told him to go ahead. \u0093Sir, as you know, your lands stretch from here to the Indus, and on these lands are fully seventeen tube [45] wells, and to tend these seventeen tube wells there is but one man, me, your servant. In your service I have earned these gray hairs\u0094\u0097here he bowed his head to show the gray\u0097 \u0093and now I cannot fulfill my duties as I should. Enough, sir, enough. I beg you, forgive [50] me my weakness. Better a darkened house and proud hunger within than disgrace in the light of day. Release me, I ask you, I beg you.\u0094 The old man, well accustomed to these sorts of speeches, though not usually this florid, filed away at [55] his nails and waited for the breeze to stop. \u0093What\u0092s the matter, Nawabdin? \u0093Matter, sir? O what could be the matter in your service. I\u0092ve eaten your salt for all my years. But sir, on the bicycle now, with my old legs, and with the [60] many injuries I\u0092ve received when heavy machinery fell on me\u0097I cannot any longer bicycle about like a bridegroom from farm to farm, as I could when I first had the good fortune to enter your employment. I beg you, sir, let me go.\u0094 [65] \u0093And what\u0092s the solution?\u0094 asked Harouni, seeing that they had come to the crux. He didn\u0092t particularly care one way or the other, except that it touched on his comfort\u0097a matter of great interest to him. \u0093Well, sir, if I had a motorcycle, then I could [70] somehow limp along, at least until I train up some younger man.\u0094 The crops that year had been good, Harouni felt expansive in front of the fire, and so, much to the disgust of the farm managers, Nawab received a [75] brand-new motorcycle, a Honda 70. He even managed to extract an allowance for gasoline. The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so that people began calling him \u0093Uncle,\u0094 and asking his opinion on world affairs, about which he [80] knew absolutely nothing. He could now range further, doing a much wider business. Best of all, now he could spend every night with his wife, who had begged to live not on the farm but near her family in Firoza, where also they could educate at [85] least the two eldest daughters. A long straight road ran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the way to the Indus, through the heart of the K. K. Harouni lands. Nawab would fly down this road on his new machine, with bags and cloths hanging from every [90] knob and brace, so that the bike, when he hit a bump, seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigial wings; and with his grinning face, as he rolled up to whichever tube well needed servicing, with his ears almost blown off, he shone with the speed of his [95] arrival.", "textTwo": "1. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 16:55:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:15:37" }, { "id": "776", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin, \u0093Nawabdin Electrician.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin. \r\n\r\nAnother man might have thrown up his hands\u0097but not Nawabdin. His twelve daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with Line satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of [5] a warrior going out to do battle. Nawab of course knew that he must proliferate his sources of revenue\u0097the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending the tube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a little one-room flour mill, run off [10] a condemned electric motor\u0097condemned by him. He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little pond at the edge of his master\u0092s fields. He bought broken radios, fixed them, and resold them. He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, though those [15] enterprises did spectacularly badly, and in fact earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again. K. K. Harouni rarely went to his farms, but lived mostly in Lahore. Whenever the old man visited, [20] Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants\u0092 sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood. Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the [25]-household machinery, the air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and water pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale. By his superhuman efforts he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the [30] same mechanical cocoons, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore. Harouni of course became familiar with this ubiquitous man, who not only accompanied him on [35] his tours of inspection, but morning and night could be found standing on the master bed rewiring the light fixture or in the bathroom poking at the water heater. Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say [40] a word. The landowner, who was cheerfully filing his nails in front of a crackling rosewood fire, told him to go ahead. \u0093Sir, as you know, your lands stretch from here to the Indus, and on these lands are fully seventeen tube [45] wells, and to tend these seventeen tube wells there is but one man, me, your servant. In your service I have earned these gray hairs\u0094\u0097here he bowed his head to show the gray\u0097 \u0093and now I cannot fulfill my duties as I should. Enough, sir, enough. I beg you, forgive [50] me my weakness. Better a darkened house and proud hunger within than disgrace in the light of day. Release me, I ask you, I beg you.\u0094 The old man, well accustomed to these sorts of speeches, though not usually this florid, filed away at [55] his nails and waited for the breeze to stop. \u0093What\u0092s the matter, Nawabdin? \u0093Matter, sir? O what could be the matter in your service. I\u0092ve eaten your salt for all my years. But sir, on the bicycle now, with my old legs, and with the [60] many injuries I\u0092ve received when heavy machinery fell on me\u0097I cannot any longer bicycle about like a bridegroom from farm to farm, as I could when I first had the good fortune to enter your employment. I beg you, sir, let me go.\u0094 [65] \u0093And what\u0092s the solution?\u0094 asked Harouni, seeing that they had come to the crux. He didn\u0092t particularly care one way or the other, except that it touched on his comfort\u0097a matter of great interest to him. \u0093Well, sir, if I had a motorcycle, then I could [70] somehow limp along, at least until I train up some younger man.\u0094 The crops that year had been good, Harouni felt expansive in front of the fire, and so, much to the disgust of the farm managers, Nawab received a [75] brand-new motorcycle, a Honda 70. He even managed to extract an allowance for gasoline. The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so that people began calling him \u0093Uncle,\u0094 and asking his opinion on world affairs, about which he [80] knew absolutely nothing. He could now range further, doing a much wider business. Best of all, now he could spend every night with his wife, who had begged to live not on the farm but near her family in Firoza, where also they could educate at [85] least the two eldest daughters. A long straight road ran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the way to the Indus, through the heart of the K. K. Harouni lands. Nawab would fly down this road on his new machine, with bags and cloths hanging from every [90] knob and brace, so that the bike, when he hit a bump, seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigial wings; and with his grinning face, as he rolled up to whichever tube well needed servicing, with his ears almost blown off, he shone with the speed of his [95] arrivals.", "textTwo": "2. As used in line 16, \u0093kicks\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 16:59:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:55:11" }, { "id": "777", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin, \u0093Nawabdin Electrician.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin. \r\n\r\nAnother man might have thrown up his hands\u0097but not Nawabdin. His twelve daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with Line satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of [5] a warrior going out to do battle. Nawab of course knew that he must proliferate his sources of revenue\u0097the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending the tube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a little one-room flour mill, run off [10] a condemned electric motor\u0097condemned by him. He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little pond at the edge of his master\u0092s fields. He bought broken radios, fixed them, and resold them. He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, though those [15] enterprises did spectacularly badly, and in fact earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again. K. K. Harouni rarely went to his farms, but lived mostly in Lahore. Whenever the old man visited, [20] Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants\u0092 sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood. Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the [25]-household machinery, the air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and water pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale. By his superhuman efforts he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the [30] same mechanical cocoons, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore. Harouni of course became familiar with this ubiquitous man, who not only accompanied him on [35] his tours of inspection, but morning and night could be found standing on the master bed rewiring the light fixture or in the bathroom poking at the water heater. Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say [40] a word. The landowner, who was cheerfully filing his nails in front of a crackling rosewood fire, told him to go ahead. \u0093Sir, as you know, your lands stretch from here to the Indus, and on these lands are fully seventeen tube [45] wells, and to tend these seventeen tube wells there is but one man, me, your servant. In your service I have earned these gray hairs\u0094\u0097here he bowed his head to show the gray\u0097 \u0093and now I cannot fulfill my duties as I should. Enough, sir, enough. I beg you, forgive [50] me my weakness. Better a darkened house and proud hunger within than disgrace in the light of day. Release me, I ask you, I beg you.\u0094 The old man, well accustomed to these sorts of speeches, though not usually this florid, filed away at [55] his nails and waited for the breeze to stop. \u0093What\u0092s the matter, Nawabdin? \u0093Matter, sir? O what could be the matter in your service. I\u0092ve eaten your salt for all my years. But sir, on the bicycle now, with my old legs, and with the [60] many injuries I\u0092ve received when heavy machinery fell on me\u0097I cannot any longer bicycle about like a bridegroom from farm to farm, as I could when I first had the good fortune to enter your employment. I beg you, sir, let me go.\u0094 [65] \u0093And what\u0092s the solution?\u0094 asked Harouni, seeing that they had come to the crux. He didn\u0092t particularly care one way or the other, except that it touched on his comfort\u0097a matter of great interest to him. \u0093Well, sir, if I had a motorcycle, then I could [70] somehow limp along, at least until I train up some younger man.\u0094 The crops that year had been good, Harouni felt expansive in front of the fire, and so, much to the disgust of the farm managers, Nawab received a [75] brand-new motorcycle, a Honda 70. He even managed to extract an allowance for gasoline. The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so that people began calling him \u0093Uncle,\u0094 and asking his opinion on world affairs, about which he [80] knew absolutely nothing. He could now range further, doing a much wider business. Best of all, now he could spend every night with his wife, who had begged to live not on the farm but near her family in Firoza, where also they could educate at [85] least the two eldest daughters. A long straight road ran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the way to the Indus, through the heart of the K. K. Harouni lands. Nawab would fly down this road on his new machine, with bags and cloths hanging from every [90] knob and brace, so that the bike, when he hit a bump, seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigial wings; and with his grinning face, as he rolled up to whichever tube well needed servicing, with his ears almost blown off, he shone with the speed of his [95] arrivals.", "textTwo": "3. The author uses the image of an engineer at sea (lines 23-28) most likely to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:01:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:55:25" }, { "id": "778", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin, \u0093Nawabdin Electrician.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin. \r\n\r\nAnother man might have thrown up his hands\u0097but not Nawabdin. His twelve daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with Line satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of [5] a warrior going out to do battle. Nawab of course knew that he must proliferate his sources of revenue\u0097the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending the tube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a little one-room flour mill, run off [10] a condemned electric motor\u0097condemned by him. He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little pond at the edge of his master\u0092s fields. He bought broken radios, fixed them, and resold them. He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, though those [15] enterprises did spectacularly badly, and in fact earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again. K. K. Harouni rarely went to his farms, but lived mostly in Lahore. Whenever the old man visited, [20] Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants\u0092 sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood. Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the [25]-household machinery, the air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and water pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale. By his superhuman efforts he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the [30] same mechanical cocoons, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore. Harouni of course became familiar with this ubiquitous man, who not only accompanied him on [35] his tours of inspection, but morning and night could be found standing on the master bed rewiring the light fixture or in the bathroom poking at the water heater. Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say [40] a word. The landowner, who was cheerfully filing his nails in front of a crackling rosewood fire, told him to go ahead. \u0093Sir, as you know, your lands stretch from here to the Indus, and on these lands are fully seventeen tube [45] wells, and to tend these seventeen tube wells there is but one man, me, your servant. In your service I have earned these gray hairs\u0094\u0097here he bowed his head to show the gray\u0097 \u0093and now I cannot fulfill my duties as I should. Enough, sir, enough. I beg you, forgive [50] me my weakness. Better a darkened house and proud hunger within than disgrace in the light of day. Release me, I ask you, I beg you.\u0094 The old man, well accustomed to these sorts of speeches, though not usually this florid, filed away at [55] his nails and waited for the breeze to stop. \u0093What\u0092s the matter, Nawabdin? \u0093Matter, sir? O what could be the matter in your service. I\u0092ve eaten your salt for all my years. But sir, on the bicycle now, with my old legs, and with the [60] many injuries I\u0092ve received when heavy machinery fell on me\u0097I cannot any longer bicycle about like a bridegroom from farm to farm, as I could when I first had the good fortune to enter your employment. I beg you, sir, let me go.\u0094 [65] \u0093And what\u0092s the solution?\u0094 asked Harouni, seeing that they had come to the crux. He didn\u0092t particularly care one way or the other, except that it touched on his comfort\u0097a matter of great interest to him. \u0093Well, sir, if I had a motorcycle, then I could [70] somehow limp along, at least until I train up some younger man.\u0094 The crops that year had been good, Harouni felt expansive in front of the fire, and so, much to the disgust of the farm managers, Nawab received a [75] brand-new motorcycle, a Honda 70. He even managed to extract an allowance for gasoline. The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so that people began calling him \u0093Uncle,\u0094 and asking his opinion on world affairs, about which he [80] knew absolutely nothing. He could now range further, doing a much wider business. Best of all, now he could spend every night with his wife, who had begged to live not on the farm but near her family in Firoza, where also they could educate at [85] least the two eldest daughters. A long straight road ran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the way to the Indus, through the heart of the K. K. Harouni lands. Nawab would fly down this road on his new machine, with bags and cloths hanging from every [90] knob and brace, so that the bike, when he hit a bump, seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigial wings; and with his grinning face, as he rolled up to whichever tube well needed servicing, with his ears almost blown off, he shone with the speed of his [95] arrival.", "textTwo": "4. Which choice best supports the claim that Nawab performs his duties for Harouni well?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:05:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:55:39" }, { "id": "779", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin, \u0093Nawabdin Electrician.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin. \r\n\r\nAnother man might have thrown up his hands\u0097but not Nawabdin. His twelve daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with Line satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of [5] a warrior going out to do battle. Nawab of course knew that he must proliferate his sources of revenue\u0097the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending the tube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a little one-room flour mill, run off [10] a condemned electric motor\u0097condemned by him. He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little pond at the edge of his master\u0092s fields. He bought broken radios, fixed them, and resold them. He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, though those [15] enterprises did spectacularly badly, and in fact earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again. K. K. Harouni rarely went to his farms, but lived mostly in Lahore. Whenever the old man visited, [20] Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants\u0092 sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood. Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the [25]-household machinery, the air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and water pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale. By his superhuman efforts he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the [30] same mechanical cocoons, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore. Harouni of course became familiar with this ubiquitous man, who not only accompanied him on [35] his tours of inspection, but morning and night could be found standing on the master bed rewiring the light fixture or in the bathroom poking at the water heater. Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say [40] a word. The landowner, who was cheerfully filing his nails in front of a crackling rosewood fire, told him to go ahead. \u0093Sir, as you know, your lands stretch from here to the Indus, and on these lands are fully seventeen tube [45] wells, and to tend these seventeen tube wells there is but one man, me, your servant. In your service I have earned these gray hairs\u0094\u0097here he bowed his head to show the gray\u0097 \u0093and now I cannot fulfill my duties as I should. Enough, sir, enough. I beg you, forgive [50] me my weakness. Better a darkened house and proud hunger within than disgrace in the light of day. Release me, I ask you, I beg you.\u0094 The old man, well accustomed to these sorts of speeches, though not usually this florid, filed away at [55] his nails and waited for the breeze to stop. \u0093What\u0092s the matter, Nawabdin? \u0093Matter, sir? O what could be the matter in your service. I\u0092ve eaten your salt for all my years. But sir, on the bicycle now, with my old legs, and with the [60] many injuries I\u0092ve received when heavy machinery fell on me\u0097I cannot any longer bicycle about like a bridegroom from farm to farm, as I could when I first had the good fortune to enter your employment. I beg you, sir, let me go.\u0094 [65] \u0093And what\u0092s the solution?\u0094 asked Harouni, seeing that they had come to the crux. He didn\u0092t particularly care one way or the other, except that it touched on his comfort\u0097a matter of great interest to him. \u0093Well, sir, if I had a motorcycle, then I could [70] somehow limp along, at least until I train up some younger man.\u0094 The crops that year had been good, Harouni felt expansive in front of the fire, and so, much to the disgust of the farm managers, Nawab received a [75] brand-new motorcycle, a Honda 70. He even managed to extract an allowance for gasoline. The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so that people began calling him \u0093Uncle,\u0094 and asking his opinion on world affairs, about which he [80] knew absolutely nothing. He could now range further, doing a much wider business. Best of all, now he could spend every night with his wife, who had begged to live not on the farm but near her family in Firoza, where also they could educate at [85] least the two eldest daughters. A long straight road ran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the way to the Indus, through the heart of the K. K. Harouni lands. Nawab would fly down this road on his new machine, with bags and cloths hanging from every [90] knob and brace, so that the bike, when he hit a bump, seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigial wings; and with his grinning face, as he rolled up to whichever tube well needed servicing, with his ears almost blown off, he shone with the speed of his [95] arrival.", "textTwo": "5. In the context of the conversation between Nawab and Harouni, Nawab\u0092s comments in lines 43-52 (\u0093Sir . . . beg you\u0094) mainly serve to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:07:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:55:53" }, { "id": "780", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin, \u0093Nawabdin Electrician.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin. \r\n\r\nAnother man might have thrown up his hands\u0097but not Nawabdin. His twelve daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with Line satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of [5] a warrior going out to do battle. Nawab of course knew that he must proliferate his sources of revenue\u0097the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending the tube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a little one-room flour mill, run off [10] a condemned electric motor\u0097condemned by him. He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little pond at the edge of his master\u0092s fields. He bought broken radios, fixed them, and resold them. He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, though those [15] enterprises did spectacularly badly, and in fact earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again. K. K. Harouni rarely went to his farms, but lived mostly in Lahore. Whenever the old man visited, [20] Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants\u0092 sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood. Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the [25]-household machinery, the air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and water pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale. By his superhuman efforts he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the [30] same mechanical cocoons, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore. Harouni of course became familiar with this ubiquitous man, who not only accompanied him on [35] his tours of inspection, but morning and night could be found standing on the master bed rewiring the light fixture or in the bathroom poking at the water heater. Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say [40] a word. The landowner, who was cheerfully filing his nails in front of a crackling rosewood fire, told him to go ahead. \u0093Sir, as you know, your lands stretch from here to the Indus, and on these lands are fully seventeen tube [45] wells, and to tend these seventeen tube wells there is but one man, me, your servant. In your service I have earned these gray hairs\u0094\u0097here he bowed his head to show the gray\u0097 \u0093and now I cannot fulfill my duties as I should. Enough, sir, enough. I beg you, forgive [50] me my weakness. Better a darkened house and proud hunger within than disgrace in the light of day. Release me, I ask you, I beg you.\u0094 The old man, well accustomed to these sorts of speeches, though not usually this florid, filed away at [55] his nails and waited for the breeze to stop. \u0093What\u0092s the matter, Nawabdin? \u0093Matter, sir? O what could be the matter in your service. I\u0092ve eaten your salt for all my years. But sir, on the bicycle now, with my old legs, and with the [60] many injuries I\u0092ve received when heavy machinery fell on me\u0097I cannot any longer bicycle about like a bridegroom from farm to farm, as I could when I first had the good fortune to enter your employment. I beg you, sir, let me go.\u0094 [65] \u0093And what\u0092s the solution?\u0094 asked Harouni, seeing that they had come to the crux. He didn\u0092t particularly care one way or the other, except that it touched on his comfort\u0097a matter of great interest to him. \u0093Well, sir, if I had a motorcycle, then I could [70] somehow limp along, at least until I train up some younger man.\u0094 The crops that year had been good, Harouni felt expansive in front of the fire, and so, much to the disgust of the farm managers, Nawab received a [75] brand-new motorcycle, a Honda 70. He even managed to extract an allowance for gasoline. The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so that people began calling him \u0093Uncle,\u0094 and asking his opinion on world affairs, about which he [80] knew absolutely nothing. He could now range further, doing a much wider business. Best of all, now he could spend every night with his wife, who had begged to live not on the farm but near her family in Firoza, where also they could educate at [85] least the two eldest daughters. A long straight road ran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the way to the Indus, through the heart of the K. K. Harouni lands. Nawab would fly down this road on his new machine, with bags and cloths hanging from every [90] knob and brace, so that the bike, when he hit a bump, seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigial wings; and with his grinning face, as he rolled up to whichever tube well needed servicing, with his ears almost blown off, he shone with the speed of his [95] arrival.", "textTwo": "6. Nawab uses the word \u0093bridegroom\u0094 (line 62) mainly to emphasize that he\u0092s no longer", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:09:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:56:07" }, { "id": "781", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin, \u0093Nawabdin Electrician.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin. \r\n\r\nAnother man might have thrown up his hands\u0097but not Nawabdin. His twelve daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with Line satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of [5] a warrior going out to do battle. Nawab of course knew that he must proliferate his sources of revenue\u0097the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending the tube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a little one-room flour mill, run off [10] a condemned electric motor\u0097condemned by him. He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little pond at the edge of his master\u0092s fields. He bought broken radios, fixed them, and resold them. He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, though those [15] enterprises did spectacularly badly, and in fact earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again. K. K. Harouni rarely went to his farms, but lived mostly in Lahore. Whenever the old man visited, [20] Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants\u0092 sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood. Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the [25]-household machinery, the air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and water pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale. By his superhuman efforts he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the [30] same mechanical cocoons, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore. Harouni of course became familiar with this ubiquitous man, who not only accompanied him on [35] his tours of inspection, but morning and night could be found standing on the master bed rewiring the light fixture or in the bathroom poking at the water heater. Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say [40] a word. The landowner, who was cheerfully filing his nails in front of a crackling rosewood fire, told him to go ahead. \u0093Sir, as you know, your lands stretch from here to the Indus, and on these lands are fully seventeen tube [45] wells, and to tend these seventeen tube wells there is but one man, me, your servant. In your service I have earned these gray hairs\u0094\u0097here he bowed his head to show the gray\u0097 \u0093and now I cannot fulfill my duties as I should. Enough, sir, enough. I beg you, forgive [50] me my weakness. Better a darkened house and proud hunger within than disgrace in the light of day. Release me, I ask you, I beg you.\u0094 The old man, well accustomed to these sorts of speeches, though not usually this florid, filed away at [55] his nails and waited for the breeze to stop. \u0093What\u0092s the matter, Nawabdin? \u0093Matter, sir? O what could be the matter in your service. I\u0092ve eaten your salt for all my years. But sir, on the bicycle now, with my old legs, and with the [60] many injuries I\u0092ve received when heavy machinery fell on me\u0097I cannot any longer bicycle about like a bridegroom from farm to farm, as I could when I first had the good fortune to enter your employment. I beg you, sir, let me go.\u0094 [65] \u0093And what\u0092s the solution?\u0094 asked Harouni, seeing that they had come to the crux. He didn\u0092t particularly care one way or the other, except that it touched on his comfort\u0097a matter of great interest to him. \u0093Well, sir, if I had a motorcycle, then I could [70] somehow limp along, at least until I train up some younger man.\u0094 The crops that year had been good, Harouni felt expansive in front of the fire, and so, much to the disgust of the farm managers, Nawab received a [75] brand-new motorcycle, a Honda 70. He even managed to extract an allowance for gasoline. The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so that people began calling him \u0093Uncle,\u0094 and asking his opinion on world affairs, about which he [80] knew absolutely nothing. He could now range further, doing a much wider business. Best of all, now he could spend every night with his wife, who had begged to live not on the farm but near her family in Firoza, where also they could educate at [85] least the two eldest daughters. A long straight road ran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the way to the Indus, through the heart of the K. K. Harouni lands. Nawab would fly down this road on his new machine, with bags and cloths hanging from every [90] knob and brace, so that the bike, when he hit a bump, seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigial wings; and with his grinning face, as he rolled up to whichever tube well needed servicing, with his ears almost blown off, he shone with the speed of his [95] arrival.", "textTwo": "7. It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that Harouni provides Nawab with a motorcycle mainly because", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:12:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:56:22" }, { "id": "782", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin, \u0093Nawabdin Electrician.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin. \r\n\r\nAnother man might have thrown up his hands\u0097but not Nawabdin. His twelve daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with Line satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of [5] a warrior going out to do battle. Nawab of course knew that he must proliferate his sources of revenue\u0097the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending the tube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a little one-room flour mill, run off [10] a condemned electric motor\u0097condemned by him. He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little pond at the edge of his master\u0092s fields. He bought broken radios, fixed them, and resold them. He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, though those [15] enterprises did spectacularly badly, and in fact earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again. K. K. Harouni rarely went to his farms, but lived mostly in Lahore. Whenever the old man visited, [20] Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants\u0092 sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood. Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the [25]-household machinery, the air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and water pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale. By his superhuman efforts he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the [30] same mechanical cocoons, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore. Harouni of course became familiar with this ubiquitous man, who not only accompanied him on [35] his tours of inspection, but morning and night could be found standing on the master bed rewiring the light fixture or in the bathroom poking at the water heater. Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say [40] a word. The landowner, who was cheerfully filing his nails in front of a crackling rosewood fire, told him to go ahead. \u0093Sir, as you know, your lands stretch from here to the Indus, and on these lands are fully seventeen tube [45] wells, and to tend these seventeen tube wells there is but one man, me, your servant. In your service I have earned these gray hairs\u0094\u0097here he bowed his head to show the gray\u0097 \u0093and now I cannot fulfill my duties as I should. Enough, sir, enough. I beg you, forgive [50] me my weakness. Better a darkened house and proud hunger within than disgrace in the light of day. Release me, I ask you, I beg you.\u0094 The old man, well accustomed to these sorts of speeches, though not usually this florid, filed away at [55] his nails and waited for the breeze to stop. \u0093What\u0092s the matter, Nawabdin? \u0093Matter, sir? O what could be the matter in your service. I\u0092ve eaten your salt for all my years. But sir, on the bicycle now, with my old legs, and with the [60] many injuries I\u0092ve received when heavy machinery fell on me\u0097I cannot any longer bicycle about like a bridegroom from farm to farm, as I could when I first had the good fortune to enter your employment. I beg you, sir, let me go.\u0094 [65] \u0093And what\u0092s the solution?\u0094 asked Harouni, seeing that they had come to the crux. He didn\u0092t particularly care one way or the other, except that it touched on his comfort\u0097a matter of great interest to him. \u0093Well, sir, if I had a motorcycle, then I could [70] somehow limp along, at least until I train up some younger man.\u0094 The crops that year had been good, Harouni felt expansive in front of the fire, and so, much to the disgust of the farm managers, Nawab received a [75] brand-new motorcycle, a Honda 70. He even managed to extract an allowance for gasoline. The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so that people began calling him \u0093Uncle,\u0094 and asking his opinion on world affairs, about which he [80] knew absolutely nothing. He could now range further, doing a much wider business. Best of all, now he could spend every night with his wife, who had begged to live not on the farm but near her family in Firoza, where also they could educate at [85] least the two eldest daughters. A long straight road ran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the way to the Indus, through the heart of the K. K. Harouni lands. Nawab would fly down this road on his new machine, with bags and cloths hanging from every [90] knob and brace, so that the bike, when he hit a bump, seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigial wings; and with his grinning face, as he rolled up to whichever tube well needed servicing, with his ears almost blown off, he shone with the speed of his [95] arrival.", "textTwo": "8. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:14:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:54:42" }, { "id": "783", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin, \u0093Nawabdin Electrician.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin. \r\n\r\nAnother man might have thrown up his hands\u0097but not Nawabdin. His twelve daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with Line satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of [5] a warrior going out to do battle. Nawab of course knew that he must proliferate his sources of revenue\u0097the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending the tube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a little one-room flour mill, run off [10] a condemned electric motor\u0097condemned by him. He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little pond at the edge of his master\u0092s fields. He bought broken radios, fixed them, and resold them. He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, though those [15] enterprises did spectacularly badly, and in fact earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again. K. K. Harouni rarely went to his farms, but lived mostly in Lahore. Whenever the old man visited, [20] Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants\u0092 sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood. Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the [25]-household machinery, the air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and water pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale. By his superhuman efforts he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the [30] same mechanical cocoons, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore. Harouni of course became familiar with this ubiquitous man, who not only accompanied him on [35] his tours of inspection, but morning and night could be found standing on the master bed rewiring the light fixture or in the bathroom poking at the water heater. Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say [40] a word. The landowner, who was cheerfully filing his nails in front of a crackling rosewood fire, told him to go ahead. \u0093Sir, as you know, your lands stretch from here to the Indus, and on these lands are fully seventeen tube [45] wells, and to tend these seventeen tube wells there is but one man, me, your servant. In your service I have earned these gray hairs\u0094\u0097here he bowed his head to show the gray\u0097 \u0093and now I cannot fulfill my duties as I should. Enough, sir, enough. I beg you, forgive [50] me my weakness. Better a darkened house and proud hunger within than disgrace in the light of day. Release me, I ask you, I beg you.\u0094 The old man, well accustomed to these sorts of speeches, though not usually this florid, filed away at [55] his nails and waited for the breeze to stop. \u0093What\u0092s the matter, Nawabdin? \u0093Matter, sir? O what could be the matter in your service. I\u0092ve eaten your salt for all my years. But sir, on the bicycle now, with my old legs, and with the [60] many injuries I\u0092ve received when heavy machinery fell on me\u0097I cannot any longer bicycle about like a bridegroom from farm to farm, as I could when I first had the good fortune to enter your employment. I beg you, sir, let me go.\u0094 [65] \u0093And what\u0092s the solution?\u0094 asked Harouni, seeing that they had come to the crux. He didn\u0092t particularly care one way or the other, except that it touched on his comfort\u0097a matter of great interest to him. \u0093Well, sir, if I had a motorcycle, then I could [70] somehow limp along, at least until I train up some younger man.\u0094 The crops that year had been good, Harouni felt expansive in front of the fire, and so, much to the disgust of the farm managers, Nawab received a [75] brand-new motorcycle, a Honda 70. He even managed to extract an allowance for gasoline. The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so that people began calling him \u0093Uncle,\u0094 and asking his opinion on world affairs, about which he [80] knew absolutely nothing. He could now range further, doing a much wider business. Best of all, now he could spend every night with his wife, who had begged to live not on the farm but near her family in Firoza, where also they could educate at [85] least the two eldest daughters. A long straight road ran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the way to the Indus, through the heart of the K. K. Harouni lands. Nawab would fly down this road on his new machine, with bags and cloths hanging from every [90] knob and brace, so that the bike, when he hit a bump, seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigial wings; and with his grinning face, as he rolled up to whichever tube well needed servicing, with his ears almost blown off, he shone with the speed of his [95] arrival.", "textTwo": "9. The passage states that the farm managers react to Nawab receiving a motorcycle with", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:17:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:57:11" }, { "id": "784", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph). \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin, \u0093Nawabdin Electrician.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin. \r\n\r\nAnother man might have thrown up his hands\u0097but not Nawabdin. His twelve daughters acted as a spur to his genius, and he looked with Line satisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face of [5] a warrior going out to do battle. Nawab of course knew that he must proliferate his sources of revenue\u0097the salary he received from K. K. Harouni for tending the tube wells would not even begin to suffice. He set up a little one-room flour mill, run off [10] a condemned electric motor\u0097condemned by him. He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little pond at the edge of his master\u0092s fields. He bought broken radios, fixed them, and resold them. He did not demur even when asked to fix watches, though those [15] enterprises did spectacularly badly, and in fact earned him more kicks than kudos, for no watch he took apart ever kept time again. K. K. Harouni rarely went to his farms, but lived mostly in Lahore. Whenever the old man visited, [20] Nawab would place himself night and day at the door leading from the servants\u0092 sitting area into the walled grove of ancient banyan trees where the old farmhouse stood. Grizzled, his peculiar aviator glasses bent and smudged, Nawab tended the [25]-household machinery, the air conditioners, water heaters, refrigerators, and water pumps, like an engineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamer in an Atlantic gale. By his superhuman efforts he almost managed to maintain K. K. Harouni in the [30] same mechanical cocoons, cooled and bathed and lighted and fed, that the landowner enjoyed in Lahore. Harouni of course became familiar with this ubiquitous man, who not only accompanied him on [35] his tours of inspection, but morning and night could be found standing on the master bed rewiring the light fixture or in the bathroom poking at the water heater. Finally, one evening at teatime, gauging the psychological moment, Nawab asked if he might say [40] a word. The landowner, who was cheerfully filing his nails in front of a crackling rosewood fire, told him to go ahead. \u0093Sir, as you know, your lands stretch from here to the Indus, and on these lands are fully seventeen tube [45] wells, and to tend these seventeen tube wells there is but one man, me, your servant. In your service I have earned these gray hairs\u0094\u0097here he bowed his head to show the gray\u0097 \u0093and now I cannot fulfill my duties as I should. Enough, sir, enough. I beg you, forgive [50] me my weakness. Better a darkened house and proud hunger within than disgrace in the light of day. Release me, I ask you, I beg you.\u0094 The old man, well accustomed to these sorts of speeches, though not usually this florid, filed away at [55] his nails and waited for the breeze to stop. \u0093What\u0092s the matter, Nawabdin? \u0093Matter, sir? O what could be the matter in your service. I\u0092ve eaten your salt for all my years. But sir, on the bicycle now, with my old legs, and with the [60] many injuries I\u0092ve received when heavy machinery fell on me\u0097I cannot any longer bicycle about like a bridegroom from farm to farm, as I could when I first had the good fortune to enter your employment. I beg you, sir, let me go.\u0094 [65] \u0093And what\u0092s the solution?\u0094 asked Harouni, seeing that they had come to the crux. He didn\u0092t particularly care one way or the other, except that it touched on his comfort\u0097a matter of great interest to him. \u0093Well, sir, if I had a motorcycle, then I could [70] somehow limp along, at least until I train up some younger man.\u0094 The crops that year had been good, Harouni felt expansive in front of the fire, and so, much to the disgust of the farm managers, Nawab received a [75] brand-new motorcycle, a Honda 70. He even managed to extract an allowance for gasoline. The motorcycle increased his status, gave him weight, so that people began calling him \u0093Uncle,\u0094 and asking his opinion on world affairs, about which he [80] knew absolutely nothing. He could now range further, doing a much wider business. Best of all, now he could spend every night with his wife, who had begged to live not on the farm but near her family in Firoza, where also they could educate at [85] least the two eldest daughters. A long straight road ran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the way to the Indus, through the heart of the K. K. Harouni lands. Nawab would fly down this road on his new machine, with bags and cloths hanging from every [90] knob and brace, so that the bike, when he hit a bump, seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigial wings; and with his grinning face, as he rolled up to whichever tube well needed servicing, with his ears almost blown off, he shone with the speed of his [95] arrival.", "textTwo": "10. According to the passage, what does Nawab consider to be the best result of getting the motorcycle?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:22:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 11:57:54" }, { "id": "785", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "11. The main purpose of the passage is to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9c891283a402406080ebbd5c16a42f07866baee0.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:38:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:19:13" }, { "id": "786", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "12. According to the passage, which expectation do traditional authorities now face?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/232867a8d738f5daa5ffa6b4ec0858f48bdfd9a3.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:41:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:20:18" }, { "id": "787", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "13. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/df448686cc3b163b47fe8606e3c4a0157b4b8726.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:46:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:21:05" }, { "id": "788", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "14. As used in line 24, \u0093common\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b70ffcad02225b7483d2b7f837cf398c203afb74.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:57:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:21:38" }, { "id": "789", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "15. The authors most likely include the extended quotations in lines 43-53 to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/47bb8f46905a42c12f443981611d2a682f6a84ef.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:59:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:22:05" }, { "id": "790", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "16. The authors indicate that the public is coming to believe that journalists\u0092 reports should avoid", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/0fb81ec62e9a5ccb69cac0fd7646607afd2c9349.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:02:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:24:38" }, { "id": "791", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The angles shown above are acute and sin(a\u00b0) = cos(b\u00b0). If a = 4k ? 22 and b = 6k ? 13, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/71b849858d1714dc9dc6ad5609e34940c1ee794f.png", "answer": "12.5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:07:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:25:51" }, { "id": "792", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "17. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/01b34ab2be1cfe38f582d2f0dabb924f24e81b34.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:07:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:26:26" }, { "id": "793", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "18. As used in line 74, \u0093raw\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/dd63ac65fd9f517512957a6ef2ce7010c0433662.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:09:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:29:45" }, { "id": "794", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Mr. Kohl has a beaker containing n milliliters of solution to distribute to the students in his chemistry class. If he gives each student 3 milliliters of solution, he will have 5 milliliters left over. In order to give each student 4 milliliters of solution, he will need an additional 21 milliliters. How many students are in the class?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "26", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:10:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:31:03" }, { "id": "795", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "19. Based on the table, in which year were people the most trusting of the news media?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/272e9407594976f76de052b1b91eeb08ea78c8bb.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:12:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:31:51" }, { "id": "796", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "20. Which statement is best supported by information presented in the table?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c201b9a34561c5c43b6284afe6cf1d48cf880d1b.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:17:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:32:57" }, { "id": "797", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A grain silo is built from two right circular cones and a right circular cylinder with internal measurements represented by the figure above. Of the following, which is closest to the volume of the grain silo, in cubic feet?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/5fbc52578663c669a1583b0efb75cc8fc21565a0.png", "answer": "1,047.2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:18:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:34:21" }, { "id": "798", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the xy-plane, the line determined by the points (2, k) and (k, 32) passes through the origin. Which of the following could be the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:21:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:34:49" }, { "id": "799", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A rectangle was altered by increasing its length by 10 percent and decreasing its width by p percent. If these alterations decreased the area of the rectangle by 12 percent, what is the value of p?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "20", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:22:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:35:19" }, { "id": "800", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman, Scott Anthony, and David E. Morrison, \u0093Public Trust in the News.\u0094\r\n\u00a92009 by Stephen Coleman.\r\n\r\nThe news is a form of public knowledge. Unlike personal or private knowledge (such as the health of one\u0092s friends and family; the conduct of a {Line} private hobby; a secret liaison), public knowledge [5] increases in value as it is shared by more people. The date of an election and the claims of rival candidates; the causes and consequences of an environmental disaster; a debate about how to frame a particular law; the latest reports from a war zone\u0097these are all [10] examples of public knowledge that people are generally expected to know in order to be considered informed citizens. Thus, in contrast to personal or private knowledge, which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore, public knowledge is [15] promoted even to those who might not think it matters to them. In short, the circulation of public knowledge, including the news, is generally regarded as a public good which cannot be solely demand-driven. [20] The production, circulation, and reception of public knowledge is a complex process. It is generally accepted that public knowledge should be authoritative, but there is not always common agreement about what the public needs to [25] know, who is best placed to relate and explain it, and how authoritative reputations should be determined and evaluated. Historically, newspapers such as The Times and broadcasters such as the BBC were widely regarded as the trusted shapers of authoritative [30] agendas and conventional wisdom. They embodied the Oxford English Dictionary\u0092s definition of authority as the \u0093power over, or title to influence, the opinions of others.\u0094 As part of the general process of the transformation of authority whereby there has [35] been a reluctance to uncritically accept traditional sources of public knowledge, the demand has been for all authority to make explicit the frames of value which determine their decisions. Centers of news production, as our focus groups show, have not been [40] exempts from this process. Not surprisingly perhaps some news journalists feel uneasy about this renegotiation of their authority: Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the \u0093most read\u0094 lists on their own and other websites [45]\tto work out which stories matter to readers and viewers. And now the audience\u0097which used to know its place\u0097is being asked to act as a kind of journalistic ombudsman, ruling on our credibility (broadcast journalist, 2008). [50] The result of democratizing access to TV news could be political disengagement by the majority and a dumbing down through a popularity contest of stories (online news editor, 2007). Despite the rhetorical bluster of these statements, [55] they amount to more than straightforward professional defensiveness. In their reference to an audience \u0093which used to know its place\u0094 and conflation between democratization and \u0093dumbing down,\u0094 they are seeking to argue for a particular [60] mode of public knowledge: one which is shaped by experts, immune from populist pressures; and disseminated to attentive, but mainly passive recipients. It is a view of citizenship that closes down opportunities for popular involvement in the making [65] of public knowledge by reinforcing the professional claims of experts. The journalists quoted above are right to feel uneasy, for there is, at almost every institutional level in contemporary society, skepticism towards the epistemological authority of [70] expert elites. There is a growing feeling, as expressed by several of our focus group participants, that the news media should be \u0093informative rather than authoritative\u0094; the job of journalists should be to \u0093give the news as raw as it is, without putting their [75] slants on it\u0094; and people should be given \u0093sufficient information\u0094 from which \u0093we would be able to form opinions of our own.\u0094 At stake here are two distinct conceptions of authority. The journalists we have quoted are [80] resistant to the democratization of news: the supremacy of the clickstream (according to which editors raise or lower the profile of stories according to the number of readers clicking on them online); the parity of popular culture with \u0093serious\u0094 [85] news; the demands of some audience members for raw news rather than constructed narratives.", "textTwo": "21.The 2011 data in the table best serve as evidence of", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3ec603e9b6b1d9964cb958efe9c8c77ee3b278da.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:25:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:39:17" }, { "id": "801", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In planning maintenance for a city\u0092s infrastructure, a civil engineer estimates that, starting from the present, the population of the city will decrease by 10 percent every 20 years. If the present population of the city is 50,000, which of the following expressions represents the engineer\u0092s estimate of the population of the city t years from now?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "50,000(0.9)^t\/20", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:27:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:40:47" }, { "id": "802", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The incomplete table above summarizes the number of left handed students and right-handed students by gender for the eighth-grade students at Keisel Middle School. There are 5 times as many right-handed female students as there are left-handed female students, and there are 9 times as many right-handed male students as there are left-handed male students. If there is a total of 18 left-handed students and 122 right-handed students in the school, which of the following is closest to the probability that a right-handed student selected at random is female? (Note: Assume that none of the eighth-grade students are both right-handed and left-handed.)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/df932b8f6218937f344a527595641cd995cd865d.png", "answer": "0.410", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:33:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:42:02" }, { "id": "803", "parentId": "", "textOne": "3x + b = 5x - 7\r\n3y + c = 5y- 7 \r\nIn the equations above, b and c are constants. If b is c minus 1\/2, which of the following is true?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "x is y minus 1\/4.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:35:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:42:33" }, { "id": "804", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Tickets for a school talent show cost $2 for students and $3 for adults. If Chris spends at least $11 but no more than $14 on x student tickets and 1 adult ticket, what is one possible value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4 or 5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:38:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:43:16" }, { "id": "805", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The table above lists the ages of the first 12 United States presidents when they began their terms in office. According to the table, what was the mean age, in years, of these presidents at the beginning of their terms? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9eb333fa83aae8d885556aae09cdb1bf4338a06c.png", "answer": "58.6", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:41:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:44:25" }, { "id": "806", "parentId": "", "textOne": "(-3x^2 + 5x - 2) - 2(x^2 - 2x - 1)\r\nIf the expression above is rewritten in the form ax^2 + bx + c, where a, b, and c are constants, what is the value of b?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "9", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:43:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:45:03" }, { "id": "807", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "22. The primary purpose of the passage is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:44:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:48:08" }, { "id": "808", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In a circle with center O, central angle AOB has a measure of 5?\/4 radians. The area of the sector formed by central angle AOB is what fraction of the area of the circle?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5\/8 or 0.625", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:45:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:49:06" }, { "id": "809", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "23. As presented in the passage, Theis and Adler\u0092s research primarily relied on which type of evidence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:47:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:49:45" }, { "id": "810", "parentId": "", "textOne": "An online store receives customer satisfaction ratings between 0 and 100, inclusive. In the first 10 ratings the store received, the average (arithmetic mean) of the ratings was 75. What is the least value the store can receive for the 11th rating and still be able to have an average of at least 85 for the first 20 ratings?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "50", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:47:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:50:41" }, { "id": "811", "parentId": "", "textOne": "y ? -15x + 3000\r\ny ? 5x\r\nIn the xy?plane, if a point with coordinates (a, b) lies in the solution set of the system of inequalities above, what is the maximum possible value of b?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "750", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:49:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:51:01" }, { "id": "812", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "24. Which statement about striped cucumber beetles can most reasonably be inferred from the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:50:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:52:24" }, { "id": "813", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If shoppers enter a store at an average rate of r shoppers per minute and each stays in the store for an average time of T minutes, the average number of shoppers in the store, N, at any one time is given by the formula N = rT. This relationship is known as Little\u0092s law. \r\nThe owner of the Good Deals Store estimates that during business hours, an average of 3 shoppers per minute enter the store and that each of them stays an average of 15 minutes. The store owner uses Little\u0092s law to estimate that there are 45 shoppers in the store at any time.\r\nLittle\u0092s law can be applied to any part of the store, such as a particular department or the checkout lines. The store owner determines that, during business hours, approximately 84 shoppers per hour make a purchase and each of these shoppers spend an average of 5 minutes in the checkout line. At\r\nany time during business hours, about how many shoppers, on average, are waiting in the checkout line to make a purchase at the Good Deals Store?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "7", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:52:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:53:48" }, { "id": "814", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If shoppers enter a store at an average rate of r shoppers per minute and each stays in the store for an average time of T minutes, the average number of shoppers in the store, N, at any one time is given by the formula N = rT. This relationship is known as Little\u0092s law.\r\nThe owner of the Good Deals Store estimates that during business hours, an average of 3 shoppers per minute enter the store and that each of them stays an average of 15 minutes. The store owner uses Little\u0092s law to estimate that there are 45 shoppers in the store at any time.\r\nThe owner of the Good Deals Store opens a new store across town. For the new store, the owner estimates that, during business hours, an average of 90 shoppers per hour enter the store and each of them stays an average of 12 minutes. The average number of shoppers in the new store at any time is what percent less than the average number of shoppers in the original store at any time? (Note: Ignore the percent symbol when entering your\r\nanswer. For example, if the answer is 42.1%, enter 42.1)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "60", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:54:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 13:54:33" }, { "id": "815", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following expressions is equal to 0 for some value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:34:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:26:18" }, { "id": "816", "parentId": "", "textOne": "f(x) = 3\/2x + b\r\nIn the function above, b is a constant. If f(6) = 7, what is the value of f (?2)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:37:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:26:48" }, { "id": "817", "parentId": "", "textOne": "x\/y = 6\r\n4(y + 1) = x\r\nIf (x, y) is the solution to the system of equations above, what is the value of y?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:48:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:31:32" }, { "id": "818", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If f(x) = ?2x + 5, what is f(?3x) equal to?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "6x + 5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:56:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:31:52" }, { "id": "819", "parentId": "", "textOne": "3(2x + 1)(4x + 1)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the expression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "24x^2 + 18x + 3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:59:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:32:13" }, { "id": "820", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If a-b\/b = 3\/7, which of the following must also be true?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "a\/b = 10\/ 7", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:21:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:32:45" }, { "id": "821", "parentId": "", "textOne": "While preparing to run a marathon, Amelia created a training schedule in which the distance of her longest run every week increased by a constant amount. If Amelia\u0092s training schedule requires that her longest run in week 4 is a distance of 8 miles and her longest run in week 16 is a distance of 26 miles, which of the following best describes how the distance Amelia runs changes between week 4 and week 16 of her training schedule?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Amelia increases the distance of her longest run by 1.5 miles each week.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:28:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:33:06" }, { "id": "822", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following equations represents a line that is parallel to the line with equation y = ?3x + 4?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "6x + 2y = 15", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:34:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:33:27" }, { "id": "823", "parentId": "", "textOne": "?x ? a = x ? 4\r\nIf a = 2, what is the solution set of the equation above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "{6}", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:49:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:35:30" }, { "id": "824", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If t + 5\/ t - 5 = 10, what is the value of t?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "55\/9", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:58:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:35:47" }, { "id": "825", "parentId": "", "textOne": "x = 2y + 5\r\ny = (2x - 3)(x + 9)\r\nHow many ordered pairs (x, y) satisfy the system of equations shown above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:02:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:36:05" }, { "id": "826", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Ken and Paul each ordered a sandwich at a restaurant. The price of Ken\u0092s sandwich was x dollars, and the price of Paul\u0092s sandwich was $1 more than the price of Ken\u0092s sandwich. If Ken and Paul split the cost of the sandwiches evenly and each paid a 20% tip, which of the following expressions represents the amount, in dollars, each of them paid? (Assume there is no sales tax.)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1.2x + 1.2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:05:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:36:30" }, { "id": "827", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The functions f and g, defined by f (x) = 8x^2 ? 2 and g(x) = ?8x2 + 2, are graphed in the xy-plane above. The graphs of f and g intersect at the points (k, 0) and (?k, 0). What is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a973ccbd11f97e9faf87df2cacb0e05e21fa4eed.png", "answer": "1\/2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:09:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:36:55" }, { "id": "828", "parentId": "", "textOne": "8 - i\/ 3 - 2i\r\nIf the expression above is rewritten in the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers, what is the value of a? (Note: i= ??1)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:12:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:37:19" }, { "id": "829", "parentId": "", "textOne": "x^2 - k\/2 x -= 2p\r\nIn the quadratic equation above, k and p are constants. What are the solutions for x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:14:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:37:43" }, { "id": "830", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "25. The author indicates that it seems initially plausible that Texas gourd plants could attract more pollinators if they", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:53:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 19:56:11" }, { "id": "831", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "26. As used in line 38, \u0093treated\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:56:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 19:56:45" }, { "id": "832", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "27. What did Theis and Adler do as part of their study that most directly allowed Theis to reason that \u0093bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself\u0094\r\n(lines 70-71)?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:02:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 19:57:26" }, { "id": "833", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "28. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:08:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 19:58:04" }, { "id": "834", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "29. The primary function of the seventh and eighth paragraphs (lines 65-84) is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:10:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 19:59:58" }, { "id": "835", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "30. In describing squash bees as \u0093indifferent\u0094 (line 68), the author most likely means that they", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:12:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:00:29" }, { "id": "836", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "31. According to the passage, Theis and Adler\u0092s research offers an answer to which of the following questions?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:21:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:01:40" }, { "id": "837", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-32 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Elsa Youngsteadt, \u0093Decoding a Flower\u0092s Message.\u0094 \u00a92012 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.\r\n\r\nTexas gourd vines unfurl their large, flared blossoms in the dim hours before sunrise. Until they close at noon, their yellow petals and mild, squashy Line aroma attract bees that gather nectar and shuttle [5] pollen from flower to flower. But \u0093when you advertise [to pollinators], you advertise in an open communication network,\u0094 says chemical ecologist Ian Baldwin of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany. \u0093You attract not just [10] the good guys, but you also attract the bad guys.\u0094 For a Texas gourd plant, striped cucumber beetles are among the very bad guys. They chew up pollen and petals, defecate in the flowers and transmit the dreaded bacterial wilt disease, an infection that can [15] reduce an entire plant to a heap of collapsed tissue in mere days. In one recent study, Nina Theis and Lynn Adler took on the specific problem of the Texas gourd\u0097how to attract enough pollinators but not [20] too many beetles. The Texas gourd vine\u0092s main pollinators are honey bees and specialized squash bees, which respond to its floral scent. The aroma includes 10 compounds, but the most abundant\u0097and the only one that lures squash bees [25] into traps\u0097is 1,4-dimethoxybenzene. Intuition suggests that more of that aroma should be even more appealing to bees. \u0093We have this assumption that a really fragrant flower is going to attract a lot of pollinators,\u0094 says Theis, a chemical [30] ecologist at Elms College in Chicopee, Massachusetts. But, she adds, that idea hasn\u0092t really been tested\u0097and extra scent could well call in more beetles, too. To find out, she and Adler planted 168 Texas gourd vines in an Iowa field and, [35] throughout the August flowering season, made half the plants more fragrant by tucking dimethoxybenzene-treated swabs deep inside their flowers. Each treated flower emitted about 45 times more fragrance than a normal one; the other half of [40] the plants got swabs without fragrance. The researchers also wanted to know whether extra beetles would impose a double cost by both damaging flowers and deterring bees, which might not bother to visit (and pollinate) a flower laden with [45] other insects and their feces. So, every half hour throughout the experiments, the team plucked all the beetles off of half the fragrance-enhanced flowers and half the control flowers, allowing bees to respond to the blossoms with and without interference by [50] beetles. Finally, they pollinated by hand half of the female flowers in each of the four combinations of fragrance and beetles. Hand-pollinated flowers should develop into fruits with the maximum number of seeds, [55] providing a benchmark to see whether the fragrance-related activities of bees and beetles resulted in reduced pollination. \u0093It was very labor intensive,\u0094 says Theis. \u0093We would be out there at four in the morning, three [60] in the morning, to try and set up before these flowers open.\u0094 As soon as they did, the team spent the next several hours walking from flower to flower, observing each for two-minute intervals \u0093and writing down everything we saw.\u0094 [65] What they saw was double the normal number of beetles on fragrance-enhanced blossoms. Pollinators, to their surprise, did not prefer the highly scented flowers. Squash bees were indifferent, and honey bees visited enhanced flowers less often [70] than normal ones. Theis thinks the bees were repelled not by the fragrance itself, but by the abundance of beetles: The data showed that the more beetles on a flower, the less likely a honey bee was to visit it. [75] That added up to less reproduction for fragrance-enhanced flowers. Gourds that developed from those blossoms weighed 9 percent less and had, on average, 20 fewer seeds than those from normal flowers. Hand pollination didn\u0092t rescue the seed set, [80] indicating that beetles damaged flowers directly \u0097regardless of whether they also repelled pollinators. (Hand pollination did rescue fruit weight, a hard-to-interpret result that suggests that lost bee visits did somehow harm fruit development.) [85] The new results provide a reason that Texas gourd plants never evolved to produce a stronger scent: \u0093If you really ramp up the odor, you don\u0092t get more pollinators, but you can really get ripped apart by your enemies,\u0094 says Rob Raguso, a chemical ecologist [90] at Cornell University who was not involved in the Texas gourd study.", "textTwo": "32. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:24:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:04:27" }, { "id": "838", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Abraham Lincoln, \u0093Address to the Young Men\u0092s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois.\u0094 Originally delivered in 1838. Passage 2 is from Henry David Thoreau, \u0093Resistance to Civil Government.\u0094 Originally published in 1849.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nLet every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, Line the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their\r\n[5] violations by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; \u0097let every man remember that to violate the [10] laws, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children\u0092s liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap\u0097let it be taught in schools, in [15] seminaries, and in colleges; \u0097let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; \u0097let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; [20] and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. . .. When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of [25] all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, [30] should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed. So also, in unprovided cases. If such arise, let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay; but, till [35] then, let them if not too intolerable, be borne with. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. In any case that arises, as for instance, the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two positions is necessarily true; that is, the thing is right [40] within itself, and therefore deserves the protection of all law and all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and therefore proper to be prohibited by legal enactments; and in neither case, is the interposition of mob law, either necessary, justifiable, or excusable. \r\nPassage 2\r\n\r\n[45] Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait [50] until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to 55 anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? . . . If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; [60] perchance it will wear smooth\u0097certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a [65] nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. [70]\t As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man\u0092s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to [75] live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong. . .. I do not hesitate to say, that those who call [80] themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person and property, from the government . . . and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think that it is [85] enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one. Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.", "textTwo": "33. In Passage 1, Lincoln contends that breaking the law has which consequence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:04:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:05:37" }, { "id": "839", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Abraham Lincoln, \u0093Address to the Young Men\u0092s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois.\u0094 Originally delivered in 1838. Passage 2 is from Henry David Thoreau, \u0093Resistance to Civil Government.\u0094 Originally published in 1849.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nLet every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, Line the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their\r\n[5] violations by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; \u0097let every man remember that to violate the [10] laws, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children\u0092s liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap\u0097let it be taught in schools, in [15] seminaries, and in colleges; \u0097let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; \u0097let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; [20] and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. . .. When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of [25] all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, [30] should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed. So also, in unprovided cases. If such arise, let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay; but, till [35] then, let them if not too intolerable, be borne with. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. In any case that arises, as for instance, the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two positions is necessarily true; that is, the thing is right [40] within itself, and therefore deserves the protection of all law and all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and therefore proper to be prohibited by legal enactments; and in neither case, is the interposition of mob law, either necessary, justifiable, or excusable. \r\nPassage 2\r\n\r\n[45] Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait [50] until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to 55 anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? . . . If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; [60] perchance it will wear smooth\u0097certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a [65] nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. [70]\t As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man\u0092s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to [75] live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong. . .. I do not hesitate to say, that those who call [80] themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person and property, from the government . . . and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think that it is [85] enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one. Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.", "textTwo": "34. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:07:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:06:07" }, { "id": "840", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Abraham Lincoln, \u0093Address to the Young Men\u0092s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois.\u0094 Originally delivered in 1838. Passage 2 is from Henry David Thoreau, \u0093Resistance to Civil Government.\u0094 Originally published in 1849.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nLet every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, Line the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their\r\n[5] violations by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; \u0097let every man remember that to violate the [10] laws, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children\u0092s liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap\u0097let it be taught in schools, in [15] seminaries, and in colleges; \u0097let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; \u0097let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; [20] and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. . .. When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of [25] all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, [30] should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed. So also, in unprovided cases. If such arise, let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay; but, till [35] then, let them if not too intolerable, be borne with. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. In any case that arises, as for instance, the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two positions is necessarily true; that is, the thing is right [40] within itself, and therefore deserves the protection of all law and all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and therefore proper to be prohibited by legal enactments; and in neither case, is the interposition of mob law, either necessary, justifiable, or excusable. \r\nPassage 2\r\n\r\n[45] Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait [50] until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to 55 anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? . . . If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; [60] perchance it will wear smooth\u0097certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a [65] nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. [70]\t As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man\u0092s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to [75] live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong. . .. I do not hesitate to say, that those who call [80] themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person and property, from the government . . . and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think that it is [85] enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one. Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.", "textTwo": "35. As used in line 24, \u0093urge\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:09:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:17:19" }, { "id": "841", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Abraham Lincoln, \u0093Address to the Young Men\u0092s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois.\u0094 Originally delivered in 1838. Passage 2 is from Henry David Thoreau, \u0093Resistance to Civil Government.\u0094 Originally published in 1849.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nLet every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, Line the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their\r\n[5] violations by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; \u0097let every man remember that to violate the [10] laws, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children\u0092s liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap\u0097let it be taught in schools, in [15] seminaries, and in colleges; \u0097let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; \u0097let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; [20] and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. . .. When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of [25] all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, [30] should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed. So also, in unprovided cases. If such arise, let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay; but, till [35] then, let them if not too intolerable, be borne with. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. In any case that arises, as for instance, the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two positions is necessarily true; that is, the thing is right [40] within itself, and therefore deserves the protection of all law and all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and therefore proper to be prohibited by legal enactments; and in neither case, is the interposition of mob law, either necessary, justifiable, or excusable. \r\nPassage 2\r\n\r\n[45] Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait [50] until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to 55 anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? . . . If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; [60] perchance it will wear smooth\u0097certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a [65] nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. [70]\t As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man\u0092s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to [75] live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong. . .. I do not hesitate to say, that those who call [80] themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person and property, from the government . . . and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think that it is [85] enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one. Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.", "textTwo": "36. The sentence in lines 24-28 (\u0093When . . . made\u0094) primarily serves which function in Passage 1?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:11:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:17:56" }, { "id": "842", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Abraham Lincoln, \u0093Address to the Young Men\u0092s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois.\u0094 Originally delivered in 1838. Passage 2 is from Henry David Thoreau, \u0093Resistance to Civil Government.\u0094 Originally published in 1849.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nLet every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, Line the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their\r\n[5] violations by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; \u0097let every man remember that to violate the [10] laws, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children\u0092s liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap\u0097let it be taught in schools, in [15] seminaries, and in colleges; \u0097let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; \u0097let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; [20] and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. . .. When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of [25] all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, [30] should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed. So also, in unprovided cases. If such arise, let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay; but, till [35] then, let them if not too intolerable, be borne with. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. In any case that arises, as for instance, the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two positions is necessarily true; that is, the thing is right [40] within itself, and therefore deserves the protection of all law and all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and therefore proper to be prohibited by legal enactments; and in neither case, is the interposition of mob law, either necessary, justifiable, or excusable. \r\nPassage 2\r\n\r\n[45] Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait [50] until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to 55 anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? . . . If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; [60] perchance it will wear smooth\u0097certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a [65] nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. [70]\t As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man\u0092s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to [75] live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong. . .. I do not hesitate to say, that those who call [80] themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person and property, from the government . . . and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think that it is [85] enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one. Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.", "textTwo": "37. As used in line 32, \u0093observed\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:13:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:18:22" }, { "id": "843", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Abraham Lincoln, \u0093Address to the Young Men\u0092s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois.\u0094 Originally delivered in 1838. Passage 2 is from Henry David Thoreau, \u0093Resistance to Civil Government.\u0094 Originally published in 1849.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nLet every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, Line the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their\r\n[5] violations by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; \u0097let every man remember that to violate the [10] laws, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children\u0092s liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap\u0097let it be taught in schools, in [15] seminaries, and in colleges; \u0097let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; \u0097let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; [20] and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. . .. When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of [25] all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, [30] should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed. So also, in unprovided cases. If such arise, let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay; but, till [35] then, let them if not too intolerable, be borne with. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. In any case that arises, as for instance, the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two positions is necessarily true; that is, the thing is right [40] within itself, and therefore deserves the protection of all law and all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and therefore proper to be prohibited by legal enactments; and in neither case, is the interposition of mob law, either necessary, justifiable, or excusable. \r\nPassage 2\r\n\r\n[45] Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait [50] until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to 55 anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? . . . If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; [60] perchance it will wear smooth\u0097certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a [65] nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. [70]\t As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man\u0092s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to [75] live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong. . .. I do not hesitate to say, that those who call [80] themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person and property, from the government . . . and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think that it is [85] enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one. Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.", "textTwo": "38. In Passage 2, Thoreau indicates that some unjust aspects of government are", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:15:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:18:57" }, { "id": "844", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Abraham Lincoln, \u0093Address to the Young Men\u0092s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois.\u0094 Originally delivered in 1838. Passage 2 is from Henry David Thoreau, \u0093Resistance to Civil Government.\u0094 Originally published in 1849.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nLet every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, Line the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their\r\n[5] violations by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; \u0097let every man remember that to violate the [10] laws, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children\u0092s liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap\u0097let it be taught in schools, in [15] seminaries, and in colleges; \u0097let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; \u0097let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; [20] and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. . .. When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of [25] all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, [30] should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed. So also, in unprovided cases. If such arise, let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay; but, till [35] then, let them if not too intolerable, be borne with. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. In any case that arises, as for instance, the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two positions is necessarily true; that is, the thing is right [40] within itself, and therefore deserves the protection of all law and all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and therefore proper to be prohibited by legal enactments; and in neither case, is the interposition of mob law, either necessary, justifiable, or excusable. \r\nPassage 2\r\n\r\n[45] Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait [50] until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to 55 anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? . . . If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; [60] perchance it will wear smooth\u0097certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a [65] nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. [70]\t As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man\u0092s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to [75] live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong. . .. I do not hesitate to say, that those who call [80] themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person and property, from the government . . . and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think that it is [85] enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one. Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.", "textTwo": "39. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:22:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:19:37" }, { "id": "845", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Abraham Lincoln, \u0093Address to the Young Men\u0092s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois.\u0094 Originally delivered in 1838. Passage 2 is from Henry David Thoreau, \u0093Resistance to Civil Government.\u0094 Originally published in 1849.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nLet every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, Line the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their\r\n[5] violations by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; \u0097let every man remember that to violate the [10] laws, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children\u0092s liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap\u0097let it be taught in schools, in [15] seminaries, and in colleges; \u0097let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; \u0097let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; [20] and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. . .. When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of [25] all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, [30] should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed. So also, in unprovided cases. If such arise, let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay; but, till [35] then, let them if not too intolerable, be borne with. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. In any case that arises, as for instance, the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two positions is necessarily true; that is, the thing is right [40] within itself, and therefore deserves the protection of all law and all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and therefore proper to be prohibited by legal enactments; and in neither case, is the interposition of mob law, either necessary, justifiable, or excusable. \r\nPassage 2\r\n\r\n[45] Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait [50] until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to 55 anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? . . . If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; [60] perchance it will wear smooth\u0097certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a [65] nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. [70]\t As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man\u0092s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to [75] live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong. . .. I do not hesitate to say, that those who call [80] themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person and property, from the government . . . and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think that it is [85] enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one. Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.", "textTwo": "40. The primary purpose of each passage is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:24:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:20:08" }, { "id": "846", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Abraham Lincoln, \u0093Address to the Young Men\u0092s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois.\u0094 Originally delivered in 1838. Passage 2 is from Henry David Thoreau, \u0093Resistance to Civil Government.\u0094 Originally published in 1849.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nLet every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, Line the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their\r\n[5] violations by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; \u0097let every man remember that to violate the [10] laws, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children\u0092s liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap\u0097let it be taught in schools, in [15] seminaries, and in colleges; \u0097let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; \u0097let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; [20] and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. . .. When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of [25] all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, [30] should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed. So also, in unprovided cases. If such arise, let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay; but, till [35] then, let them if not too intolerable, be borne with. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. In any case that arises, as for instance, the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two positions is necessarily true; that is, the thing is right [40] within itself, and therefore deserves the protection of all law and all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and therefore proper to be prohibited by legal enactments; and in neither case, is the interposition of mob law, either necessary, justifiable, or excusable. \r\nPassage 2\r\n\r\n[45] Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait [50] until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to 55 anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? . . . If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; [60] perchance it will wear smooth\u0097certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a [65] nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. [70]\t As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man\u0092s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to [75] live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong. . .. I do not hesitate to say, that those who call [80] themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person and property, from the government . . . and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think that it is [85] enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one. Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.", "textTwo": "41. Based on the passages, Lincoln would most likely describe the behavior that Thoreau recommends in lines 64-66 (\u0093if it . . . law\u0094) as", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:31:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:20:41" }, { "id": "847", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 33-42 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Abraham Lincoln, \u0093Address to the Young Men\u0092s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois.\u0094 Originally delivered in 1838. Passage 2 is from Henry David Thoreau, \u0093Resistance to Civil Government.\u0094 Originally published in 1849.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nLet every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, Line the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their\r\n[5] violations by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; \u0097let every man remember that to violate the [10] laws, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children\u0092s liberty. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap\u0097let it be taught in schools, in [15] seminaries, and in colleges; \u0097let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; \u0097let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; [20] and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. . .. When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of [25] all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor that grievances may not arise, for the redress of which, no legal provisions have been made. I mean to say no such thing. But I do mean to say, that, although bad laws, if they exist, [30] should be repealed as soon as possible, still while they continue in force, for the sake of example, they should be religiously observed. So also, in unprovided cases. If such arise, let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay; but, till [35] then, let them if not too intolerable, be borne with. There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law. In any case that arises, as for instance, the promulgation of abolitionism, one of two positions is necessarily true; that is, the thing is right [40] within itself, and therefore deserves the protection of all law and all good citizens; or, it is wrong, and therefore proper to be prohibited by legal enactments; and in neither case, is the interposition of mob law, either necessary, justifiable, or excusable. \r\nPassage 2\r\n\r\n[45] Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait [50] until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to 55 anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? . . . If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go; [60] perchance it will wear smooth\u0097certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a [65] nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn. [70]\t As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man\u0092s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to [75] live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad. A man has not everything to do, but something; and because he cannot do everything, it is not necessary that he should do something wrong. . .. I do not hesitate to say, that those who call [80] themselves Abolitionists should at once effectually withdraw their support, both in person and property, from the government . . . and not wait till they constitute a majority of one, before they suffer the right to prevail through them. I think that it is [85] enough if they have God on their side, without waiting for that other one. Moreover, any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.", "textTwo": "42. Based on the passages, one commonality in the stances Lincoln and Thoreau take toward abolitionism is that", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:32:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:25:43" }, { "id": "848", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Kevin Bullis, \u0093What Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT \r\nTechnology Review.\r\n\r\nSolar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturing industry is in the doldrums because supply far exceeds demand. The Line poor market may be slowing innovation, but [5] advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remain optimistic about its long-term prospects. The technology that\u0092s surprised almost everyone [10] is conventional crystalline silicon. A few years ago, silicon solar panels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of New South Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declared that they\u0092d never go [15] below $1 a watt. \u0093Now it\u0092s down to something like 50 cents a watt, and there\u0092s talk of hitting 36 cents per watt,\u0094 he says. The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt\u0097not just for the solar [20] panels, but for complete, installed systems\u0097by 2020. Green thinks the solar industry will hit that target even sooner than that. If so, that would bring the direct cost of solar power to six cents per kilowatt-hour, which is cheaper than the average cost [25] expected for power from new natural gas power plants. All parts of the silicon solar panel industry have been looking for ways to cut costs and improve the power output of solar panels, and that\u0092s led to steady [30] cost reductions. Green points to something as mundane as the pastes used to screen-print some of the features on solar panels. Green\u0092s lab built a solar cell in the 1990s that set a record efficiency for silicon solar cells\u0097a record that stands to this day. To [35] achieve that record, he had to use expensive lithography techniques to make fine wires for collecting current from the solar cell. But gradual improvements have made it possible to use screen printing to produce ever-finer lines. Recent research [40] suggests that screen-printing techniques can produce lines as thin as 30 micrometers\u0097about the width of the lines Green used for his record solar cells, but at costs far lower than his lithography techniques. Meanwhile, researchers at the National Renewable [45] Energy Laboratory have made flexible solar cells on a new type of glass from Corning called Willow Glass, which is thin and can be rolled up. The type of solar cell they made is the only current challenger to silicon in terms of large-scale production\u0097thin-film [50] cadmium telluride. Flexible solar cells could lower the cost of installing solar cells, making solar power cheaper. One of Green\u0092s former students and colleagues, Jianhua Zhao, cofounder of solar panel manufacturer [55] China Synergy, announced this week that he is building a pilot manufacturing line for a two-sided solar cell that can absorb light from both the front and back. The basic idea, which isn\u0092t new, is that during some parts of the day, sunlight falls on the [60] lands between rows of solar panels in a solar power plant. That light reflects onto the back of the panels and could be harvested to increase the power output. This works particularly well when the solar panels are built on sand, which is highly reflective. Where a [65] one-sided solar panel might generate 340 watts, a two-sided one might generate up to 400 watts. He expects the panels to generate 10 to 20 percent more electricity over the course of a year. Even longer-term, Green is betting on silicon, [70] aiming to take advantage of the huge reductions in cost already seen with the technology. He hopes to greatly increase the efficiency of silicon solar panels by combining silicon with one or two other semiconductors, each selected to efficiently convert [75] parts of the solar spectrum that silicon doesn\u0092t convert efficiently. Adding one semiconductor could boost efficiencies from the 20 to 25 percent range to around 40 percent. Adding another could make efficiencies as high as 50 percent feasible, which [80] would cut in half the number of solar panels needed for a given installation. The challenge is to produce good connections between these semiconductors, something made challenging by the arrangement of silicon atoms in crystalline silicon.", "textTwo": "43. The passage is written from the point of view of a", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3f8a18c8522be15baf7e193550138d6eedc6a2c4.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:39:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:26:56" }, { "id": "849", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Kevin Bullis, \u0093What Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nSolar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturing industry is in the doldrums because supply far exceeds demand. The Line poor market may be slowing innovation, but [5] advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remain optimistic about its long-term prospects. The technology that\u0092s surprised almost everyone [10] is conventional crystalline silicon. A few years ago, silicon solar panels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of New South Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declared that they\u0092d never go [15] below $1 a watt. \u0093Now it\u0092s down to something like 50 cents a watt, and there\u0092s talk of hitting 36 cents per watt,\u0094 he says. The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt\u0097not just for the solar [20] panels, but for complete, installed systems\u0097by 2020. Green thinks the solar industry will hit that target even sooner than that. If so, that would bring the direct cost of solar power to six cents per kilowatt-hour, which is cheaper than the average cost [25] expected for power from new natural gas power plants. All parts of the silicon solar panel industry have been looking for ways to cut costs and improve the power output of solar panels, and that\u0092s led to steady [30] cost reductions. Green points to something as mundane as the pastes used to screen-print some of the features on solar panels. Green\u0092s lab built a solar cell in the 1990s that set a record efficiency for silicon solar cells\u0097a record that stands to this day. To [35] achieve that record, he had to use expensive lithography techniques to make fine wires for collecting current from the solar cell. But gradual improvements have made it possible to use screen printing to produce ever-finer lines. Recent research [40] suggests that screen-printing techniques can produce lines as thin as 30 micrometers\u0097about the width of the lines Green used for his record solar cells, but at costs far lower than his lithography techniques. Meanwhile, researchers at the National Renewable [45] Energy Laboratory have made flexible solar cells on a new type of glass from Corning called Willow Glass, which is thin and can be rolled up. The type of solar cell they made is the only current challenger to silicon in terms of large-scale production\u0097thin-film [50] cadmium telluride. Flexible solar cells could lower the cost of installing solar cells, making solar power cheaper. One of Green\u0092s former students and colleagues, Jianhua Zhao, cofounder of solar panel manufacturer [55] China Synergy, announced this week that he is building a pilot manufacturing line for a two-sided solar cell that can absorb light from both the front and back. The basic idea, which isn\u0092t new, is that during some parts of the day, sunlight falls on the [60] lands between rows of solar panels in a solar power plant. That light reflects onto the back of the panels and could be harvested to increase the power output. This works particularly well when the solar panels are built on sand, which is highly reflective. Where a [65] one-sided solar panel might generate 340 watts, a two-sided one might generate up to 400 watts. He expects the panels to generate 10 to 20 percent more electricity over the course of a year. Even longer-term, Green is betting on silicon, [70] aiming to take advantage of the huge reductions in cost already seen with the technology. He hopes to greatly increase the efficiency of silicon solar panels by combining silicon with one or two other semiconductors, each selected to efficiently convert [75] parts of the solar spectrum that silicon doesn\u0092t convert efficiently. Adding one semiconductor could boost efficiencies from the 20 to 25 percent range to around 40 percent. Adding another could make efficiencies as high as 50 percent feasible, which [80] would cut in half the number of solar panels needed for a given installation. The challenge is to produce good connections between these semiconductors, something made challenging by the arrangement of silicon atoms in crystalline silicon.", "textTwo": "44. As used in line 4, \u0093poor\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9617929307fd62844a832832c1ae3717aec16231.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:41:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:27:53" }, { "id": "850", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Kevin Bullis, \u0093What Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nSolar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturing industry is in the doldrums because supply far exceeds demand. The Line poor market may be slowing innovation, but [5] advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remain optimistic about its long-term prospects. The technology that\u0092s surprised almost everyone [10] is conventional crystalline silicon. A few years ago, silicon solar panels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of New South Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declared that they\u0092d never go [15] below $1 a watt. \u0093Now it\u0092s down to something like 50 cents a watt, and there\u0092s talk of hitting 36 cents per watt,\u0094 he says. The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt\u0097not just for the solar [20] panels, but for complete, installed systems\u0097by 2020. Green thinks the solar industry will hit that target even sooner than that. If so, that would bring the direct cost of solar power to six cents per kilowatt-hour, which is cheaper than the average cost [25] expected for power from new natural gas power plants. All parts of the silicon solar panel industry have been looking for ways to cut costs and improve the power output of solar panels, and that\u0092s led to steady [30] cost reductions. Green points to something as mundane as the pastes used to screen-print some of the features on solar panels. Green\u0092s lab built a solar cell in the 1990s that set a record efficiency for silicon solar cells\u0097a record that stands to this day. To [35] achieve that record, he had to use expensive lithography techniques to make fine wires for collecting current from the solar cell. But gradual improvements have made it possible to use screen printing to produce ever-finer lines. Recent research [40] suggests that screen-printing techniques can produce lines as thin as 30 micrometers\u0097about the width of the lines Green used for his record solar cells, but at costs far lower than his lithography techniques. Meanwhile, researchers at the National Renewable [45] Energy Laboratory have made flexible solar cells on a new type of glass from Corning called Willow Glass, which is thin and can be rolled up. The type of solar cell they made is the only current challenger to silicon in terms of large-scale production\u0097thin-film [50] cadmium telluride. Flexible solar cells could lower the cost of installing solar cells, making solar power cheaper. One of Green\u0092s former students and colleagues, Jianhua Zhao, cofounder of solar panel manufacturer [55] China Synergy, announced this week that he is building a pilot manufacturing line for a two-sided solar cell that can absorb light from both the front and back. The basic idea, which isn\u0092t new, is that during some parts of the day, sunlight falls on the [60] lands between rows of solar panels in a solar power plant. That light reflects onto the back of the panels and could be harvested to increase the power output. This works particularly well when the solar panels are built on sand, which is highly reflective. Where a [65] one-sided solar panel might generate 340 watts, a two-sided one might generate up to 400 watts. He expects the panels to generate 10 to 20 percent more electricity over the course of a year. Even longer-term, Green is betting on silicon, [70] aiming to take advantage of the huge reductions in cost already seen with the technology. He hopes to greatly increase the efficiency of silicon solar panels by combining silicon with one or two other semiconductors, each selected to efficiently convert [75] parts of the solar spectrum that silicon doesn\u0092t convert efficiently. Adding one semiconductor could boost efficiencies from the 20 to 25 percent range to around 40 percent. Adding another could make efficiencies as high as 50 percent feasible, which [80] would cut in half the number of solar panels needed for a given installation. The challenge is to produce good connections between these semiconductors, something made challenging by the arrangement of silicon atoms in crystalline silicon.", "textTwo": "45. It can most reasonably be inferred from the passage that many people in the solar panel industry believe that", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d439f7a9b7abff28ef19dd653999068a28acde7f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:44:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:29:37" }, { "id": "851", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Kevin Bullis, \u0093What Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nSolar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturing industry is in the doldrums because supply far exceeds demand. The Line poor market may be slowing innovation, but [5] advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remain optimistic about its long-term prospects. The technology that\u0092s surprised almost everyone [10] is conventional crystalline silicon. A few years ago, silicon solar panels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of New South Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declared that they\u0092d never go [15] below $1 a watt. \u0093Now it\u0092s down to something like 50 cents a watt, and there\u0092s talk of hitting 36 cents per watt,\u0094 he says. The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt\u0097not just for the solar [20] panels, but for complete, installed systems\u0097by 2020. Green thinks the solar industry will hit that target even sooner than that. If so, that would bring the direct cost of solar power to six cents per kilowatt-hour, which is cheaper than the average cost [25] expected for power from new natural gas power plants. All parts of the silicon solar panel industry have been looking for ways to cut costs and improve the power output of solar panels, and that\u0092s led to steady [30] cost reductions. Green points to something as mundane as the pastes used to screen-print some of the features on solar panels. Green\u0092s lab built a solar cell in the 1990s that set a record efficiency for silicon solar cells\u0097a record that stands to this day. To [35] achieve that record, he had to use expensive lithography techniques to make fine wires for collecting current from the solar cell. But gradual improvements have made it possible to use screen printing to produce ever-finer lines. Recent research [40] suggests that screen-printing techniques can produce lines as thin as 30 micrometers\u0097about the width of the lines Green used for his record solar cells, but at costs far lower than his lithography techniques. Meanwhile, researchers at the National Renewable [45] Energy Laboratory have made flexible solar cells on a new type of glass from Corning called Willow Glass, which is thin and can be rolled up. The type of solar cell they made is the only current challenger to silicon in terms of large-scale production\u0097thin-film [50] cadmium telluride. Flexible solar cells could lower the cost of installing solar cells, making solar power cheaper. One of Green\u0092s former students and colleagues, Jianhua Zhao, cofounder of solar panel manufacturer [55] China Synergy, announced this week that he is building a pilot manufacturing line for a two-sided solar cell that can absorb light from both the front and back. The basic idea, which isn\u0092t new, is that during some parts of the day, sunlight falls on the [60] lands between rows of solar panels in a solar power plant. That light reflects onto the back of the panels and could be harvested to increase the power output. This works particularly well when the solar panels are built on sand, which is highly reflective. Where a [65] one-sided solar panel might generate 340 watts, a two-sided one might generate up to 400 watts. He expects the panels to generate 10 to 20 percent more electricity over the course of a year. Even longer-term, Green is betting on silicon, [70] aiming to take advantage of the huge reductions in cost already seen with the technology. He hopes to greatly increase the efficiency of silicon solar panels by combining silicon with one or two other semiconductors, each selected to efficiently convert [75] parts of the solar spectrum that silicon doesn\u0092t convert efficiently. Adding one semiconductor could boost efficiencies from the 20 to 25 percent range to around 40 percent. Adding another could make efficiencies as high as 50 percent feasible, which [80] would cut in half the number of solar panels needed for a given installation. The challenge is to produce good connections between these semiconductors, something made challenging by the arrangement of silicon atoms in crystalline silicon.", "textTwo": "46. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d2a26c73d9858e6cba92a94cb63c66a3b45f5270.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:48:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:30:18" }, { "id": "852", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Kevin Bullis, \u0093What Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nSolar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturing industry is in the doldrums because supply far exceeds demand. The Line poor market may be slowing innovation, but [5] advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remain optimistic about its long-term prospects. The technology that\u0092s surprised almost everyone [10] is conventional crystalline silicon. A few years ago, silicon solar panels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of New South Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declared that they\u0092d never go [15] below $1 a watt. \u0093Now it\u0092s down to something like 50 cents a watt, and there\u0092s talk of hitting 36 cents per watt,\u0094 he says. The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt\u0097not just for the solar [20] panels, but for complete, installed systems\u0097by 2020. Green thinks the solar industry will hit that target even sooner than that. If so, that would bring the direct cost of solar power to six cents per kilowatt-hour, which is cheaper than the average cost [25] expected for power from new natural gas power plants. All parts of the silicon solar panel industry have been looking for ways to cut costs and improve the power output of solar panels, and that\u0092s led to steady [30] cost reductions. Green points to something as mundane as the pastes used to screen-print some of the features on solar panels. Green\u0092s lab built a solar cell in the 1990s that set a record efficiency for silicon solar cells\u0097a record that stands to this day. To [35] achieve that record, he had to use expensive lithography techniques to make fine wires for collecting current from the solar cell. But gradual improvements have made it possible to use screen printing to produce ever-finer lines. Recent research [40] suggests that screen-printing techniques can produce lines as thin as 30 micrometers\u0097about the width of the lines Green used for his record solar cells, but at costs far lower than his lithography techniques. Meanwhile, researchers at the National Renewable [45] Energy Laboratory have made flexible solar cells on a new type of glass from Corning called Willow Glass, which is thin and can be rolled up. The type of solar cell they made is the only current challenger to silicon in terms of large-scale production\u0097thin-film [50] cadmium telluride. Flexible solar cells could lower the cost of installing solar cells, making solar power cheaper. One of Green\u0092s former students and colleagues, Jianhua Zhao, cofounder of solar panel manufacturer [55] China Synergy, announced this week that he is building a pilot manufacturing line for a two-sided solar cell that can absorb light from both the front and back. The basic idea, which isn\u0092t new, is that during some parts of the day, sunlight falls on the [60] lands between rows of solar panels in a solar power plant. That light reflects onto the back of the panels and could be harvested to increase the power output. This works particularly well when the solar panels are built on sand, which is highly reflective. Where a [65] one-sided solar panel might generate 340 watts, a two-sided one might generate up to 400 watts. He expects the panels to generate 10 to 20 percent more electricity over the course of a year. Even longer-term, Green is betting on silicon, [70] aiming to take advantage of the huge reductions in cost already seen with the technology. He hopes to greatly increase the efficiency of silicon solar panels by combining silicon with one or two other semiconductors, each selected to efficiently convert [75] parts of the solar spectrum that silicon doesn\u0092t convert efficiently. Adding one semiconductor could boost efficiencies from the 20 to 25 percent range to around 40 percent. Adding another could make efficiencies as high as 50 percent feasible, which [80] would cut in half the number of solar panels needed for a given installation. The challenge is to produce good connections between these semiconductors, something made challenging by the arrangement of silicon atoms in crystalline silicon.", "textTwo": "47. According to the passage, two-sided solar panels will likely raise efficiency by", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b76b1d17af2dd57ac4aa8933ad2c65a643e22cc6.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:50:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:30:50" }, { "id": "853", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Kevin Bullis, \u0093What Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nSolar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturing industry is in the doldrums because supply far exceeds demand. The Line poor market may be slowing innovation, but [5] advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remain optimistic about its long-term prospects. The technology that\u0092s surprised almost everyone [10] is conventional crystalline silicon. A few years ago, silicon solar panels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of New South Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declared that they\u0092d never go [15] below $1 a watt. \u0093Now it\u0092s down to something like 50 cents a watt, and there\u0092s talk of hitting 36 cents per watt,\u0094 he says. The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt\u0097not just for the solar [20] panels, but for complete, installed systems\u0097by 2020. Green thinks the solar industry will hit that target even sooner than that. If so, that would bring the direct cost of solar power to six cents per kilowatt-hour, which is cheaper than the average cost [25] expected for power from new natural gas power plants. All parts of the silicon solar panel industry have been looking for ways to cut costs and improve the power output of solar panels, and that\u0092s led to steady [30] cost reductions. Green points to something as mundane as the pastes used to screen-print some of the features on solar panels. Green\u0092s lab built a solar cell in the 1990s that set a record efficiency for silicon solar cells\u0097a record that stands to this day. To [35] achieve that record, he had to use expensive lithography techniques to make fine wires for collecting current from the solar cell. But gradual improvements have made it possible to use screen printing to produce ever-finer lines. Recent research [40] suggests that screen-printing techniques can produce lines as thin as 30 micrometers\u0097about the width of the lines Green used for his record solar cells, but at costs far lower than his lithography techniques. Meanwhile, researchers at the National Renewable [45] Energy Laboratory have made flexible solar cells on a new type of glass from Corning called Willow Glass, which is thin and can be rolled up. The type of solar cell they made is the only current challenger to silicon in terms of large-scale production\u0097thin-film [50] cadmium telluride. Flexible solar cells could lower the cost of installing solar cells, making solar power cheaper. One of Green\u0092s former students and colleagues, Jianhua Zhao, cofounder of solar panel manufacturer [55] China Synergy, announced this week that he is building a pilot manufacturing line for a two-sided solar cell that can absorb light from both the front and back. The basic idea, which isn\u0092t new, is that during some parts of the day, sunlight falls on the [60] lands between rows of solar panels in a solar power plant. That light reflects onto the back of the panels and could be harvested to increase the power output. This works particularly well when the solar panels are built on sand, which is highly reflective. Where a [65] one-sided solar panel might generate 340 watts, a two-sided one might generate up to 400 watts. He expects the panels to generate 10 to 20 percent more electricity over the course of a year. Even longer-term, Green is betting on silicon, [70] aiming to take advantage of the huge reductions in cost already seen with the technology. He hopes to greatly increase the efficiency of silicon solar panels by combining silicon with one or two other semiconductors, each selected to efficiently convert [75] parts of the solar spectrum that silicon doesn\u0092t convert efficiently. Adding one semiconductor could boost efficiencies from the 20 to 25 percent range to around 40 percent. Adding another could make efficiencies as high as 50 percent feasible, which [80] would cut in half the number of solar panels needed for a given installation. The challenge is to produce good connections between these semiconductors, something made challenging by the arrangement of silicon atoms in crystalline silicon.", "textTwo": "48. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3a702e528ee4b4e3fcc8d84a72f1c1aa5bd7ba75.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:52:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:31:51" }, { "id": "854", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Kevin Bullis, \u0093What Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nSolar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturing industry is in the doldrums because supply far exceeds demand. The Line poor market may be slowing innovation, but [5] advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remain optimistic about its long-term prospects. The technology that\u0092s surprised almost everyone [10] is conventional crystalline silicon. A few years ago, silicon solar panels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of New South Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declared that they\u0092d never go [15] below $1 a watt. \u0093Now it\u0092s down to something like 50 cents a watt, and there\u0092s talk of hitting 36 cents per watt,\u0094 he says. The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt\u0097not just for the solar [20] panels, but for complete, installed systems\u0097by 2020. Green thinks the solar industry will hit that target even sooner than that. If so, that would bring the direct cost of solar power to six cents per kilowatt-hour, which is cheaper than the average cost [25] expected for power from new natural gas power plants. All parts of the silicon solar panel industry have been looking for ways to cut costs and improve the power output of solar panels, and that\u0092s led to steady [30] cost reductions. Green points to something as mundane as the pastes used to screen-print some of the features on solar panels. Green\u0092s lab built a solar cell in the 1990s that set a record efficiency for silicon solar cells\u0097a record that stands to this day. To [35] achieve that record, he had to use expensive lithography techniques to make fine wires for collecting current from the solar cell. But gradual improvements have made it possible to use screen printing to produce ever-finer lines. Recent research [40] suggests that screen-printing techniques can produce lines as thin as 30 micrometers\u0097about the width of the lines Green used for his record solar cells, but at costs far lower than his lithography techniques. Meanwhile, researchers at the National Renewable [45] Energy Laboratory have made flexible solar cells on a new type of glass from Corning called Willow Glass, which is thin and can be rolled up. The type of solar cell they made is the only current challenger to silicon in terms of large-scale production\u0097thin-film [50] cadmium telluride. Flexible solar cells could lower the cost of installing solar cells, making solar power cheaper. One of Green\u0092s former students and colleagues, Jianhua Zhao, cofounder of solar panel manufacturer [55] China Synergy, announced this week that he is building a pilot manufacturing line for a two-sided solar cell that can absorb light from both the front and back. The basic idea, which isn\u0092t new, is that during some parts of the day, sunlight falls on the [60] lands between rows of solar panels in a solar power plant. That light reflects onto the back of the panels and could be harvested to increase the power output. This works particularly well when the solar panels are built on sand, which is highly reflective. Where a [65] one-sided solar panel might generate 340 watts, a two-sided one might generate up to 400 watts. He expects the panels to generate 10 to 20 percent more electricity over the course of a year. Even longer-term, Green is betting on silicon, [70] aiming to take advantage of the huge reductions in cost already seen with the technology. He hopes to greatly increase the efficiency of silicon solar panels by combining silicon with one or two other semiconductors, each selected to efficiently convert [75] parts of the solar spectrum that silicon doesn\u0092t convert efficiently. Adding one semiconductor could boost efficiencies from the 20 to 25 percent range to around 40 percent. Adding another could make efficiencies as high as 50 percent feasible, which [80] would cut in half the number of solar panels needed for a given installation. The challenge is to produce good connections between these semiconductors, something made challenging by the arrangement of silicon atoms in crystalline silicon.", "textTwo": "49. As used in line 69, \u0093betting on\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9d90e337c076af348a5e5b23b2610b4a1b8ec61c.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:56:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:32:22" }, { "id": "855", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Kevin Bullis, \u0093What Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nSolar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturing industry is in the doldrums because supply far exceeds demand. The Line poor market may be slowing innovation, but [5] advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remain optimistic about its long-term prospects. The technology that\u0092s surprised almost everyone [10] is conventional crystalline silicon. A few years ago, silicon solar panels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of New South Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declared that they\u0092d never go [15] below $1 a watt. \u0093Now it\u0092s down to something like 50 cents a watt, and there\u0092s talk of hitting 36 cents per watt,\u0094 he says. The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt\u0097not just for the solar [20] panels, but for complete, installed systems\u0097by 2020. Green thinks the solar industry will hit that target even sooner than that. If so, that would bring the direct cost of solar power to six cents per kilowatt-hour, which is cheaper than the average cost [25] expected for power from new natural gas power plants. All parts of the silicon solar panel industry have been looking for ways to cut costs and improve the power output of solar panels, and that\u0092s led to steady [30] cost reductions. Green points to something as mundane as the pastes used to screen-print some of the features on solar panels. Green\u0092s lab built a solar cell in the 1990s that set a record efficiency for silicon solar cells\u0097a record that stands to this day. To [35] achieve that record, he had to use expensive lithography techniques to make fine wires for collecting current from the solar cell. But gradual improvements have made it possible to use screen printing to produce ever-finer lines. Recent research [40] suggests that screen-printing techniques can produce lines as thin as 30 micrometers\u0097about the width of the lines Green used for his record solar cells, but at costs far lower than his lithography techniques. Meanwhile, researchers at the National Renewable [45] Energy Laboratory have made flexible solar cells on a new type of glass from Corning called Willow Glass, which is thin and can be rolled up. The type of solar cell they made is the only current challenger to silicon in terms of large-scale production\u0097thin-film [50] cadmium telluride. Flexible solar cells could lower the cost of installing solar cells, making solar power cheaper. One of Green\u0092s former students and colleagues, Jianhua Zhao, cofounder of solar panel manufacturer [55] China Synergy, announced this week that he is building a pilot manufacturing line for a two-sided solar cell that can absorb light from both the front and back. The basic idea, which isn\u0092t new, is that during some parts of the day, sunlight falls on the [60] lands between rows of solar panels in a solar power plant. That light reflects onto the back of the panels and could be harvested to increase the power output. This works particularly well when the solar panels are built on sand, which is highly reflective. Where a [65] one-sided solar panel might generate 340 watts, a two-sided one might generate up to 400 watts. He expects the panels to generate 10 to 20 percent more electricity over the course of a year. Even longer-term, Green is betting on silicon, [70] aiming to take advantage of the huge reductions in cost already seen with the technology. He hopes to greatly increase the efficiency of silicon solar panels by combining silicon with one or two other semiconductors, each selected to efficiently convert [75] parts of the solar spectrum that silicon doesn\u0092t convert efficiently. Adding one semiconductor could boost efficiencies from the 20 to 25 percent range to around 40 percent. Adding another could make efficiencies as high as 50 percent feasible, which [80] would cut in half the number of solar panels needed for a given installation. The challenge is to produce good connections between these semiconductors, something made challenging by the arrangement of silicon atoms in crystalline silicon.", "textTwo": "50. The last sentence of the passage mainly serves to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f691a63c5b4671e9849f34c3a1e8c04891afc1f8.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:59:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:32:56" }, { "id": "856", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Kevin Bullis, \u0093What Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nSolar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturing industry is in the doldrums because supply far exceeds demand. The Line poor market may be slowing innovation, but [5] advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remain optimistic about its long-term prospects. The technology that\u0092s surprised almost everyone [10] is conventional crystalline silicon. A few years ago, silicon solar panels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of New South Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declared that they\u0092d never go [15] below $1 a watt. \u0093Now it\u0092s down to something like 50 cents a watt, and there\u0092s talk of hitting 36 cents per watt,\u0094 he says. The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt\u0097not just for the solar [20] panels, but for complete, installed systems\u0097by 2020. Green thinks the solar industry will hit that target even sooner than that. If so, that would bring the direct cost of solar power to six cents per kilowatt-hour, which is cheaper than the average cost [25] expected for power from new natural gas power plants. All parts of the silicon solar panel industry have been looking for ways to cut costs and improve the power output of solar panels, and that\u0092s led to steady [30] cost reductions. Green points to something as mundane as the pastes used to screen-print some of the features on solar panels. Green\u0092s lab built a solar cell in the 1990s that set a record efficiency for silicon solar cells\u0097a record that stands to this day. To [35] achieve that record, he had to use expensive lithography techniques to make fine wires for collecting current from the solar cell. But gradual improvements have made it possible to use screen printing to produce ever-finer lines. Recent research [40] suggests that screen-printing techniques can produce lines as thin as 30 micrometers\u0097about the width of the lines Green used for his record solar cells, but at costs far lower than his lithography techniques. Meanwhile, researchers at the National Renewable [45] Energy Laboratory have made flexible solar cells on a new type of glass from Corning called Willow Glass, which is thin and can be rolled up. The type of solar cell they made is the only current challenger to silicon in terms of large-scale production\u0097thin-film [50] cadmium telluride. Flexible solar cells could lower the cost of installing solar cells, making solar power cheaper. One of Green\u0092s former students and colleagues, Jianhua Zhao, cofounder of solar panel manufacturer [55] China Synergy, announced this week that he is building a pilot manufacturing line for a two-sided solar cell that can absorb light from both the front and back. The basic idea, which isn\u0092t new, is that during some parts of the day, sunlight falls on the [60] lands between rows of solar panels in a solar power plant. That light reflects onto the back of the panels and could be harvested to increase the power output. This works particularly well when the solar panels are built on sand, which is highly reflective. Where a [65] one-sided solar panel might generate 340 watts, a two-sided one might generate up to 400 watts. He expects the panels to generate 10 to 20 percent more electricity over the course of a year. Even longer-term, Green is betting on silicon, [70] aiming to take advantage of the huge reductions in cost already seen with the technology. He hopes to greatly increase the efficiency of silicon solar panels by combining silicon with one or two other semiconductors, each selected to efficiently convert [75] parts of the solar spectrum that silicon doesn\u0092t convert efficiently. Adding one semiconductor could boost efficiencies from the 20 to 25 percent range to around 40 percent. Adding another could make efficiencies as high as 50 percent feasible, which [80] would cut in half the number of solar panels needed for a given installation. The challenge is to produce good connections between these semiconductors, something made challenging by the arrangement of silicon atoms in crystalline silicon.", "textTwo": "51. According to figure 1, in 2017, the cost of which of the following fuels is projected to be closest to the 2009 US average electricity cost shown in figure 2?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7047769ecfe9f81584487ef7fc678286b9c1ea00.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:02:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:33:32" }, { "id": "857", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThis passage is adapted from Kevin Bullis, \u0093What Tech Is Next for the Solar Industry?\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nSolar panel installations continue to grow quickly, but the solar panel manufacturing industry is in the doldrums because supply far exceeds demand. The Line poor market may be slowing innovation, but [5] advances continue; judging by the mood this week at the IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Tampa, Florida, people in the industry remain optimistic about its long-term prospects. The technology that\u0092s surprised almost everyone [10] is conventional crystalline silicon. A few years ago, silicon solar panels cost $4 per watt, and Martin Green, professor at the University of New South Wales and one of the leading silicon solar panel researchers, declared that they\u0092d never go [15] below $1 a watt. \u0093Now it\u0092s down to something like 50 cents a watt, and there\u0092s talk of hitting 36 cents per watt,\u0094 he says. The U.S. Department of Energy has set a goal of reaching less than $1 a watt\u0097not just for the solar [20] panels, but for complete, installed systems\u0097by 2020. Green thinks the solar industry will hit that target even sooner than that. If so, that would bring the direct cost of solar power to six cents per kilowatt-hour, which is cheaper than the average cost [25] expected for power from new natural gas power plants. All parts of the silicon solar panel industry have been looking for ways to cut costs and improve the power output of solar panels, and that\u0092s led to steady [30] cost reductions. Green points to something as mundane as the pastes used to screen-print some of the features on solar panels. Green\u0092s lab built a solar cell in the 1990s that set a record efficiency for silicon solar cells\u0097a record that stands to this day. To [35] achieve that record, he had to use expensive lithography techniques to make fine wires for collecting current from the solar cell. But gradual improvements have made it possible to use screen printing to produce ever-finer lines. Recent research [40] suggests that screen-printing techniques can produce lines as thin as 30 micrometers\u0097about the width of the lines Green used for his record solar cells, but at costs far lower than his lithography techniques. Meanwhile, researchers at the National Renewable [45] Energy Laboratory have made flexible solar cells on a new type of glass from Corning called Willow Glass, which is thin and can be rolled up. The type of solar cell they made is the only current challenger to silicon in terms of large-scale production\u0097thin-film [50] cadmium telluride. Flexible solar cells could lower the cost of installing solar cells, making solar power cheaper. One of Green\u0092s former students and colleagues, Jianhua Zhao, cofounder of solar panel manufacturer [55] China Synergy, announced this week that he is building a pilot manufacturing line for a two-sided solar cell that can absorb light from both the front and back. The basic idea, which isn\u0092t new, is that during some parts of the day, sunlight falls on the [60] lands between rows of solar panels in a solar power plant. That light reflects onto the back of the panels and could be harvested to increase the power output. This works particularly well when the solar panels are built on sand, which is highly reflective. Where a [65] one-sided solar panel might generate 340 watts, a two-sided one might generate up to 400 watts. He expects the panels to generate 10 to 20 percent more electricity over the course of a year. Even longer-term, Green is betting on silicon, [70] aiming to take advantage of the huge reductions in cost already seen with the technology. He hopes to greatly increase the efficiency of silicon solar panels by combining silicon with one or two other semiconductors, each selected to efficiently convert [75] parts of the solar spectrum that silicon doesn\u0092t convert efficiently. Adding one semiconductor could boost efficiencies from the 20 to 25 percent range to around 40 percent. Adding another could make efficiencies as high as 50 percent feasible, which [80] would cut in half the number of solar panels needed for a given installation. The challenge is to produce good connections between these semiconductors, something made challenging by the arrangement of silicon atoms in crystalline silicon.", "textTwo": "52.According to figure 2, in what year is the average cost of solar photovoltaic power projected to be equal to the 2009 US average electricity cost?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/fa3c8a12b6eb0893eb0f3b8edf3bd69fb91f8d4e.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:04:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 20:34:05" }, { "id": "858", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Jim has a triangular shelf system that attaches to his showerhead. The total height of the system is 18 inches, and there are three parallel shelves as shown above. What is the maximum height, in inches, of a shampoo bottle that can stand upright on the middle shelf?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/aff4254f981f5825f81c0fce6071f0200fbee364.png", "answer": "9", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:27:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:55:39" }, { "id": "859", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the triangle above, the sine of x\u00b0 is 0.6. What is the cosine of y\u00b0?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a0e5500c8a001af51d30a575b1e871b94fd05c30.png", "answer": "0.6 or 3\/5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:30:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:56:00" }, { "id": "860", "parentId": "", "textOne": "x^3 ? 5x^2 + 2x ? 10 = 0\r\nFor what real value of x is the equation above true?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:31:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:58:01" }, { "id": "861", "parentId": "", "textOne": "?3x + 4y = 20\r\n6x + 3y =15\r\nIf (x, y) is the solution to the system of equations above, what is the value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "0", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:32:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:58:38" }, { "id": "862", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The mesosphere is the layer of Earth\u0092s atmosphere between 50 kilometers and 85 kilometers above Earth\u0092s surface. At a distance of 50 kilometers from Earth\u0092s surface, the temperature in the mesosphere is ?5\u00b0 Celsius, and at a distance of 80 kilometers from Earth\u0092s surface, the temperature in the mesosphere is ?80\u00b0 Celsius. For every additional 10 kilometers from Earth\u0092s surface, the temperature in the mesosphere decreases by k\u00b0 Celsius, where k is a constant. What is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "25", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:34:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:59:06" }, { "id": "863", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The monthly membership fee for an online television and movie service is $9.80. The cost of viewing television shows online is included in the membership fee, but there is an additional fee of $1.50 to rent each movie online. For one month, Jill\u0092s membership and movie rental fees were $12.80. How many movies did Jill rent online that month?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:36:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:59:32" }, { "id": "864", "parentId": "", "textOne": "One of the requirements for becoming a court reporter is the ability to type 225 words per minute. Donald can currently type 180 words per minute, and believes that with practice he can increase his typing speed by 5 words per minute each month. Which of the following represents the number of words per minute that Donald believes he will be able to type m months from now?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "180 + 5m", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:39:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 21:59:57" }, { "id": "865", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If a 3-pound pizza is sliced in half and each half is sliced into thirds, what is the weight, in ounces, of each of the slices? (1 pound = 16 ounces)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:41:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:03:56" }, { "id": "866", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Nick surveyed a random sample of the freshman class of his high school to determine whether the Fall Festival should be held in October or November. Of the 90 students surveyed, 25.6% preferred October. Based on this information, about how many students in the entire 225-person class would be expected to prefer having the Fall Festival in October?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "60", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:43:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:04:14" }, { "id": "867", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The density of an object is equal to the mass of the object divided by the volume of the object. What is the volume, in milliliters, of an object with a mass of 24 grams and a density of 3 grams per milliliter?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:54:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:04:36" }, { "id": "868", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Last week Raul worked 11 more hours than Angelica. If they worked a combined total of 59 hours, how many hours did Angelica work last week?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "24", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:58:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:04:57" }, { "id": "869", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The table above represents the 50 movies that had the greatest ticket sales in 2012, categorized by movie type and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating. What proportion of the movies are comedies with a PG-13 rating?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/232874db163bbea36e21f225c201071337d8dcf0.png", "answer": "2\/25", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:06:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:05:53" }, { "id": "870", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Line l in the xy-plane contains points from each of Quadrants II, III, and IV, but no points from Quadrant I. Which of the following must be true?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "The slope of line l is negative.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:07:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:06:14" }, { "id": "871", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The table above shows the number of registered voters in 2012, in thousands, in four geographic regions and five age groups. Based on the table, if a registered voter who was 18 to 44 years old in 2012 is chosen at random, which of the following is closest to the probability that the registered voter was from the Midwest region?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/793dd9b1e75cd5945412cdaee27c2dfd3da1e855.png", "answer": "0.25", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:11:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:06:35" }, { "id": "872", "parentId": "", "textOne": "What is the life expectancy, in years, of the animal that has the longest gestation period?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f014121be1fec878f09f05bc94e89d6bb3c28039.png", "answer": "3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:14:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:07:00" }, { "id": "873", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Of the labeled points, which represents the animal for which the ratio of life expectancy to gestation period is greatest?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/32aec5aec2472b10565ee56e5d3edf60562b0c56.png", "answer": "A", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 16:55:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:08:52" }, { "id": "874", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the xy-plane, the graph of function f has x-intercepts at ?3, ?1, and 1. Which of the following could define f?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "f(x) = (x ? 1)(x + 1)(x + 3)", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 16:57:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:09:09" }, { "id": "875", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following best describes the relationship between time and the estimated population of mosquitoes during the twenty weeks?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/0f50a2863f2d128ff7c6e7e981351e0e7ba7e6e7.png", "answer": "Exponential Growth", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 17:16:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:09:39" }, { "id": "876", "parentId": "", "textOne": "1,000(1 + r\/1,200)^12\r\nThe expression above gives the amount of money, in dollars, generated in a year by a $1,000 deposit in a bank account that pays an annual interest rate of r%, compounded monthly. Which of the following expressions shows how much additional money is generated at an interest rate of 5% than at an interest rate of 3%?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1,000(1 + 5\/1,200)^12 - 1,000(1 + 3\/1,200)^12", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 17:20:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:10:07" }, { "id": "878", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following scatterplots shows a relationship that is appropriately modeled with the equation y = ax^b, where a is positive and b is negative?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 18:14:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:10:57" }, { "id": "879", "parentId": "", "textOne": "For what number of days, x, will the total cost of buying the materials and renting the tools from Store B be less than or equal to the total cost of buying the materials and renting the tools from Store A?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f0c7c11495bebbb8af6d640deca2716289ec57a3.png", "answer": "x ? 6", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 18:19:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:11:30" }, { "id": "880", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If the relationship between the total cost, y, of buying the materials and renting the tools at Store C and the number of days, x, for which the tools are rented is graphed in the xy-plane, what does the slope of the line represent?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/fa1dd4cb7d1b108732fada10d8d4e6a7ba524e5a.png", "answer": "The total daily rental costs of the tools", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:13:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:17:57" }, { "id": "881", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Jim has identical drinking glasses each in the shape of a right circular cylinder with internal diameter of 3 inches. He pours milk from a gallon jug into each glass until it is full. If the height of milk in each glass is about 6 inches, what is the largest number of full milk glasses that he can pour from one gallon of milk? (Note: There are 231 cubic inches in 1 gallon.)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:15:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:18:19" }, { "id": "882", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If 3p ? 2 ? 1, what is the least possible value of 3p + 2?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:16:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:18:40" }, { "id": "883", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The mass of living organisms in a lake is defined to be the biomass of the lake. If the biomass in a lake doubles each year, which of the following graphs could model the biomass in the lake as a function of time? (Note: In each graph below, O represents (0, 0).)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:21:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:23:39" }, { "id": "884", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In a scatterplot of this data, where renewable energy consumption in the year 2000 is plotted along the x-axis and renewable energy consumption in the year 2010 is plotted along the y-axis for each of the given energy sources, how many data points would be above the line y = x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9776ae6089ee0e0024d687ba7b3fd683e0d275f6.png", "answer": "3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:38:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:24:07" }, { "id": "885", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Of the following, which best approximates the percent decrease in consumption of wood power in the United States from 2000 to 2010?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/6e6c53beedd8dfa0c3f2a1a0a52597af9f7e095a.png", "answer": "11%", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:44:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:24:30" }, { "id": "886", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following is true about the data shown for these 21 days?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d51cd1ff3591e79574007772c178d82dc1ecd3eb.png", "answer": "The standard deviation of temperatures in City B is larger.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:47:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:24:53" }, { "id": "887", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the circle above, segment AB is a diameter. If the length of arc ADB is 8? , what is the length of the radius of the circle?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1c13a1561812c0cc5ca5330ee6e4e6ec1fad5bd6.png", "answer": "8", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:54:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:25:14" }, { "id": "888", "parentId": "", "textOne": "f(x) = 2x^3 + 6x^2 + 4x\r\ng(x) = x^2 + 3x + 2\r\nThe polynomials f x ( ) and g x ( ) are defined above. Which of the following polynomials is divisible by 2x + 3?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "p(x) = f(x) + 3g(x)", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:59:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:25:40" }, { "id": "889", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Let x and y be numbers such that ?y < x < y. Which of the following must be true?\r\nI. ?x?< y\r\nII. x > 0\r\nIII. y > 0", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "I and III only", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:05:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:25:59" }, { "id": "890", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The scatterplot above shows the relative housing cost and the population density for several large US cities in the year 2005. The line of best fit is also shown and has equation y = 0.0125x + 61. Which of the following best explains how the number 61 in the equation relates to the scatterplot?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/565e0a1e9a22fb67f0c45365c97a46960696f09c.png", "answer": "In 2005, even in cities with low population densities, housing costs were likely at least 61% of the national average.", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:09:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:28:31" }, { "id": "891", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "1.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:15:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 23:29:45" }, { "id": "892", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "2.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:16:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 23:30:15" }, { "id": "893", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "3. Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:19:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-02 23:30:47" }, { "id": "894", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "4.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:20:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-14 22:30:27" }, { "id": "895", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "5. Which choice provides the best transition from the previous paragraph to this one?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:24:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:40:05" }, { "id": "896", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "6.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:27:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:40:47" }, { "id": "897", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "7.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:29:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:41:15" }, { "id": "898", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "8.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:31:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:41:34" }, { "id": "899", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "9.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:35:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:41:49" }, { "id": "900", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "10. At this point, the writer wants to add a second policy outcome of the research described. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:37:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:42:17" }, { "id": "901", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: \r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Necessary Resource for Science\r\nIn the winter of 1968, scientists David Schindler and Gregg Brunskill poured nitrates and phosphates into Lake [1] 227, this is one of the 58 freshwater bodies that compose Canada\u0092s remotely located Experimental Lakes Area. Schindler and Brunskill were contaminating the water not out of malice but in the name of research. While deliberately adding chemical compounds to a lake may seem [2] destructive and irresponsible, this method of experimenting is sometimes the most effective way to influence policy and save the environment from even more damaging pollution. Schindler and Brunskill were investigating possible causes for the large blooms of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, that had been affecting bodies of water such as Lake Erie. [3] In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion. Oxygen depletion kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes. Just weeks after the scientists added the nitrates and phosphates, the water in Lake 227 turned bright [4] green. It was thick with: the same type of algal blooms that had plagued Lake Erie. [5] One mission of the Experimental Lakes Area is to conduct research that helps people better understand threats to the environment. The scientists divided the lake in half by placing a nylon barrier through the narrowest part of its figure-eight shape. In one half of Lake 226, they added phosphates, nitrates, and a source of carbon; in the other, they added just nitrates [6] and a source of carbon was added. Schindler and Brunskill hypothesized that phosphates were responsible for the growth of cyanobacteria. The experiment confirmed their suspicions when the half of the lake containing the phosphates [7] was teeming with blue-green algae.Schindler and Brunskill\u0092s findings were[8] shown off by the journal Science. The research demonstrated a clear correlation between introducing phosphates and the growth of blue-green algae. [9] For example, legislators in Canada passed laws banning phosphates in laundry detergents, which had been entering the water supply. [10] Experiments like these can help people understand the unintended consequences of using certain household products. [11] Of course, regulating the use of certain chemical compounds can be a controversial issue. Selectively establishing remote study locations, such as the Experimental Lakes Area, can provide scientists with opportunities to safely conduct controlled research. This research can generate evidence solid enough to persuade policy makers to take action in favor of protecting the larger environment.", "textTwo": "11. Which choice most effectively anticipates and addresses a relevant counterargument to the argument in favor of the types of experiments described in the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:39:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:42:45" }, { "id": "902", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "12.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:48:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:44:12" }, { "id": "903", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "13.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:50:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:44:32" }, { "id": "904", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "14.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:52:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:44:50" }, { "id": "905", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "15.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:54:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:45:09" }, { "id": "906", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "16. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nUnfortunately, the tower\u0092s tilt has steadily increased over the centuries, placing the structure in danger of collapse.\r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:56:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:45:39" }, { "id": "907", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "17.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:58:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:46:07" }, { "id": "908", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "18. Which choice best supports the main point of the paragraph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:00:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:46:30" }, { "id": "909", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "19.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:02:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:46:55" }, { "id": "910", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "20.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:03:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:47:11" }, { "id": "911", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "21.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:09:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:47:27" }, { "id": "912", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Little to the Left, but Not Too Much!\r\nItaly\u0092s Tower of Pisa has been leaning southward since the initial [12] stages of its construction over 800 years ago. [13] Indeed, if the tower\u0092s construction had not taken two centuries and involved significant breaks due to war and civil unrest, which allowed the ground beneath the tower to settle, the tower would likely have collapsed before it was completed. Luckily, the tower survived, and its tilt has made it an Italian [14] icon, it attracts visitors from all over who flock to Pisa to see one of the greatest architectural [15]weirdness in the world. [16] By the late twentieth century, the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt had reached an astonishing 5.5 degrees; in [17] 1990, Italy\u0092s government closed the tower to visitors and appointed a committee to find a way to save it. The committee was charged with saving the tower without ruining its aesthetic, [18] which no one had yet managed to achieve. The committee\u0092s first attempt to reduce the angle of the tower\u0092s tilt\u0097placing 600 tons of iron ingots (molded pieces of metal) on the tower\u0092s north side to create a counterweight\u0097was derided because the bulky weights ruined the tower\u0092s appearance. The attempt at a less visible solution\u0097sinking anchors into the ground below the tower\u0097almost caused the tower to fall. {1} Enter committee member John Burland, [19] he is a geotechnical engineer from England who saved London\u0092s clock tower Big Ben from collapse. {2} Burland began a years-long process of drilling out small amounts of soil from under the tower [20] that took several years to complete and then monitoring the tower\u0092s resulting movement. {3} Twice daily, Burland evaluated these movements and made recommendations as to how much soil should be removed in the next drilling. {4} By 2001, almost 77 tons of soil had been removed, and the tower\u0092s tilt had decreased by over 1.5 degrees; the ugly iron weights were removed, and the tower was reopened to visitors. {5} Burland [21] advocated using soil extraction: removing small amounts of soil from under the tower\u0092s north side, opposite its tilt, to enable gravity to straighten the tower. [22] The tower\u0092s tilt has not increased since, and the committee is confident that the tower will be safe for another 200 years. Burland is now working on a more permanent solution for keeping the tower upright, but he is adamant that the tower never be completely straightened. In an interview with PBS\u0092s Nova, Burland explained that it is very important \u0093that we don\u0092t really change the character of the monument. That would be quite wrong and quite inappropriate.\u0094", "textTwo": "22. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:10:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:47:48" }, { "id": "913", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now\r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "23. Which choice is the best introduction to the paragraph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/083ea3e912179db012ca59be1945adcc338745f4.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:27:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:50:51" }, { "id": "914", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now\r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "24.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b603a2197830a38f63748eea9dad26b3847dde07.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:32:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:51:14" }, { "id": "915", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now\r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "25.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/80748a41f90eb744a2f8fc4f83bdfcec8f9570a8.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:34:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:51:30" }, { "id": "916", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now\r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "26.At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. \r\nSeveral factors argue in favor of such an expanded role. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4efb496c0df16c8a8efb14dbde97d8cce3b5bf62.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:37:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:52:02" }, { "id": "917", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now \r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "27.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/90ecddaeae5e4ba92fc6c58ce68856dbb91d8529.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:44:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:52:44" }, { "id": "918", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now \r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "28.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/ac0e895f1897ab469b68584a574e76b844a02c65.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:46:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:53:08" }, { "id": "919", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now \r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "29.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f9987454a80a789352f641b5c49e0862ccfda436.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:54:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:53:26" }, { "id": "920", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now \r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "30.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9408422c9e65f1565d19715fe8cabc77f89a18bd.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:56:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:53:44" }, { "id": "921", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now \r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "31.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/43d4a735d29b49f9f47d9d3093c9e6ae3d665a90.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:00:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:54:05" }, { "id": "922", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now \r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "32. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nIn fact, according to the data presented in the table, physician assistants will likely outnumber physicians by 2025. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d3a79aae61619a0dd6e43ceea26a975734154ddf.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:04:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:54:39" }, { "id": "923", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nThe Physician Assistant Will See You Now \r\n[ 23] The term \u0093paramedics\u0094 refers to health care workers who provide routine and clinical services. While the pressures of an aging population, insurance reforms, and health epidemics have increased demand for care, the supply of physicians is not expected to [24] keep pace. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a shortage of over 90,000 physicians by 2020; by 2025, that number could climb to more than 130,000. In some parts of the country, shortages are already a sad fact of life. A 2009 report by the Bureau of Health Professions notes that although a fifth of the US population lives in rural areas, less than a tenth of US physicians serves that population. Because a traditionalist response to the crisis\u0097 [25] amping up medical-college enrollments and expanding physician training programs\u0097is too slow and costly to address the near-term problem, alternatives are being explored. One promising avenue has been greater reliance on physician assistants (PAs). [26] By virtue of [27] there medical training, PAs can perform many of the jobs traditionally done by doctors, including treating chronic and acute conditions, performing minor [28] surgeries: and prescribing some medications. However, although well [29] compensated earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930, PAs cost health care providers less than do the physicians who might otherwise undertake these tasks. Moreover, the training period for PAs is markedly shorter than [30] those for physicians\u0097two to three years versus the seven to eleven required for physicians. Physician assistants already offer vital primary care in many locations. Some 90,000 PAs were employed nationwide in 2012. Over and above their value in partially compensating for the general physician shortage has been their extraordinary contribution to rural health care. A recent review of the scholarly literature By Texas researchers found that PAs lend cost-efficient, widely appreciated services in underserved areas. [31] In addition, rural-based PAs often provide a broader spectrum of such services than do their urban and suburban counterparts, possibly as a consequence of the limited pool of rural-based physicians. Increasingly, PAs and other such medical practitioners have become a critical complement to physicians. A 2013 RAND Corporation report estimates that while the number of primary care physicians will increase slowly from 2010 to 2025, the number of physician assistants and nurse-practitioners in primary care will grow at much faster rates. [32] Both by merit and from necessity, PAs are likely to greet more [33] patience than ever before.", "textTwo": "33.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3afb7a927c3fc440aafdd3a05edeb43e2ee7cf5d.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:06:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:55:06" }, { "id": "924", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History\r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "34. Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:16:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:58:58" }, { "id": "925", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History \r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "35.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:18:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:59:22" }, { "id": "926", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History \r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "36.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:20:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 10:59:48" }, { "id": "927", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History \r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "37. Which choice is most consistent with the previous examples in the sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:23:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 11:00:16" }, { "id": "928", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History \r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "38. Which choice most effectively sets up the main idea of the following two sentences?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:25:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 11:00:43" }, { "id": "929", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History \r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "39.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:28:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:48:33" }, { "id": "930", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History \r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "40. The writer wants a conclusion to the sentence and paragraph that logically completes the discussion of the Silver Age and provides an effective transition into the next paragraph. Which choice best accomplishes these goals?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:30:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:49:06" }, { "id": "931", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History \r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "41.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:32:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:49:26" }, { "id": "932", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History \r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "42.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:34:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:49:47" }, { "id": "933", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History \r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "43.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:36:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:50:05" }, { "id": "934", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nGold into Silver: The \u0093Reverse Alchemy\u0094 of Superhero Comics History \r\n[34] Popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences. Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers. This practice is almost as [35] elderly as the medium itself and has in large part established the \u0093ages\u0094 that compose comic book history. The shift from the Golden to the Silver Age is probably the most successful [36] example: of publishers responding to changing times and tastes. The start of the first (\u0093Golden\u0094) age of comic books is often dated to 1938 with the debut of Superman in Action Comics #1. Besides beginning the age, Superman in many respects defined it, becoming the model on which, many later superheroes were based. His characterization, as established in Superman #1 (1939), was relatively simple. He could \u0093hurdle skyscrapers\u0094 and \u0093leap an eighth of a mile\u0094; \u0093run faster than a streamline train\u0094; withstand anything less than a \u0093bursting shell\u0094; and [37] lift a car over his head. Sent to Earth from the \u0093doomed planet\u0094 Krypton, he was raised by human foster parents, whose love helped infuse him with an unapologetic desire to \u0093benefit mankind.\u0094 Admirable but aloof, the Golden Age Superman was arguably more paragon than character, a problem only partially solved by giving him a human alter ego. Other Golden Age superheroes were similarly archetypal: Batman was a crime-fighting millionaire, Wonder Woman a warrior princess from a mythical island. By contrast, the second (\u0093Silver\u0094) age of comics was marked by characters that, though somewhat simplistic by today\u0092s standards, [38] were provided with origin stories often involving scientific experiments gone wrong. In addition to super villains, the new, soon-to-be-iconic characters of the [39] age: Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Hulk among them\u0097had to cope with mundane, real-life problems, including paying the rent, dealing with family squabbles, and facing anger, loneliness, and ostracism. Their interior lives were richer and their motivations more complex. Although sales remained strong for Golden Age stalwarts Superman and, to a lesser extent, Batman, [40] subsequent decades would show the enduring appeal of these characters. More transformations would take place in the medium as the Silver Age gave way to the Bronze and Modern (and possibly Postmodern) Ages. Such efforts [41] have yielded diminishing returns, as even the complete relaunch of DC [42] Comics\u0092 superhero\u0092s, line in 2011 has failed to arrest the steep two-decade decline of comic book sales. For both commercial and, arguably, creative reasons, [43] then, no transition was more successful than [44] those from the Golden to Silver Age.", "textTwo": "44.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:38:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:50:34" }, { "id": "935", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from George Eliot, Silas Marner. Originally published in 1861. Silas was a weaver and a notorious miser, but then the gold he had hoarded was stolen. Shortly after, Silas adopted a young child, Eppie, the daughter of an impoverished woman who had died suddenly.\r\n\r\nUnlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude\u0097which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song Line of birds, and started to no human tones\u0097Eppie was a [5] creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his [10] thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank [15] limit\u0097carried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together [20] the families of his neighbors. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and [25] made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to thE old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. [30] And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny mid-day, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered [35] head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favorite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright [40] petals, calling \u0093Dad-dad\u0092s\u0094 attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that [45] when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of [50] crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppie\u0092s little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the child\u0092s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life [55] unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. It was an influence which must gather force with every new year: the tones that stirred Silas\u0092 heart [60] grew articulate, and called for more distinct answers; shapes and sounds grew clearer for Eppie\u0092s eyes and ears, and there was more that \u0093Dad-dad\u0094 was imperatively required to notice and account for. Also, by the time Eppie was three years old, she [65] developed a fine capacity for mischief, and for devising ingenious ways of being troublesome, which found much exercise, not only for Silas\u0092 patience, but for his watchfulness and penetration. Sorely was poor Silas puzzled on such occasions by the incompatible [70] demands of love.", "textTwo": "1. Which choice best describes a major theme of the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:40:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:52:24" }, { "id": "936", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from George Eliot, Silas Marner. Originally published in 1861. Silas was a weaver and a notorious miser, but then the gold he had hoarded was stolen. Shortly after, Silas adopted a young child, Eppie, the daughter of an impoverished woman who had died suddenly.\r\n\r\nUnlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude\u0097which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song Line of birds, and started to no human tones\u0097Eppie was a [5] creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his [10] thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank [15] limit\u0097carried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together [20] the families of his neighbors. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and [25] made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to thE old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. [30] And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny mid-day, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered [35] head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favorite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright [40] petals, calling \u0093Dad-dad\u0092s\u0094 attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that [45] when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of [50] crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppie\u0092s little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the child\u0092s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life [55] unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. It was an influence which must gather force with every new year: the tones that stirred Silas\u0092 heart [60] grew articulate, and called for more distinct answers; shapes and sounds grew clearer for Eppie\u0092s eyes and ears, and there was more that \u0093Dad-dad\u0094 was imperatively required to notice and account for. Also, by the time Eppie was three years old, she [65] developed a fine capacity for mischief, and for devising ingenious ways of being troublesome, which found much exercise, not only for Silas\u0092 patience, but for his watchfulness and penetration. Sorely was poor Silas puzzled on such occasions by the incompatible [70] demands of love.", "textTwo": "2. As compared with Silas\u0092s gold, Eppie is portrayed as having more", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:42:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:52:49" }, { "id": "937", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from George Eliot, Silas Marner. Originally published in 1861. Silas was a weaver and a notorious miser, but then the gold he had hoarded was stolen. Shortly after, Silas adopted a young child, Eppie, the daughter of an impoverished woman who had died suddenly.\r\n\r\nUnlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude\u0097which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song Line of birds, and started to no human tones\u0097Eppie was a [5] creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his [10] thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank [15] limit\u0097carried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together [20] the families of his neighbors. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and [25] made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to thE old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. [30] And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny mid-day, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered [35] head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favorite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright [40] petals, calling \u0093Dad-dad\u0092s\u0094 attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that [45] when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of [50] crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppie\u0092s little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the child\u0092s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life [55] unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. It was an influence which must gather force with every new year: the tones that stirred Silas\u0092 heart [60] grew articulate, and called for more distinct answers; shapes and sounds grew clearer for Eppie\u0092s eyes and ears, and there was more that \u0093Dad-dad\u0094 was imperatively required to notice and account for. Also, by the time Eppie was three years old, she [65] developed a fine capacity for mischief, and for devising ingenious ways of being troublesome, which found much exercise, not only for Silas\u0092 patience, but for his watchfulness and penetration. Sorely was poor Silas puzzled on such occasions by the incompatible [70] demands of love.", "textTwo": "3.Which statement best describes a technique the narrator uses to represent Silas\u0092s character before he adopted Eppie?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:44:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:53:14" }, { "id": "938", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from George Eliot, Silas Marner. Originally published in 1861. Silas was a weaver and a notorious miser, but then the gold he had hoarded was stolen. Shortly after, Silas adopted a young child, Eppie, the daughter of an impoverished woman who had died suddenly.\r\n\r\nUnlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude\u0097which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song Line of birds, and started to no human tones\u0097Eppie was a [5] creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his [10] thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank [15] limit\u0097carried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together [20] the families of his neighbors. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and [25] made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to thE old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. [30] And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny mid-day, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered [35] head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favorite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright [40] petals, calling \u0093Dad-dad\u0092s\u0094 attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that [45] when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of [50] crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppie\u0092s little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the child\u0092s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life [55] unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. It was an influence which must gather force with every new year: the tones that stirred Silas\u0092 heart [60] grew articulate, and called for more distinct answers; shapes and sounds grew clearer for Eppie\u0092s eyes and ears, and there was more that \u0093Dad-dad\u0094 was imperatively required to notice and account for. Also, by the time Eppie was three years old, she [65] developed a fine capacity for mischief, and for devising ingenious ways of being troublesome, which found much exercise, not only for Silas\u0092 patience, but for his watchfulness and penetration. Sorely was poor Silas puzzled on such occasions by the incompatible [70] demands of love.", "textTwo": "4. The narrator uses the phrase \u0093making trial of everything\u0094 (line 7) to present Eppie as", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:46:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:56:00" }, { "id": "939", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from George Eliot, Silas Marner. Originally published in 1861. Silas was a weaver and a notorious miser, but then the gold he had hoarded was stolen. Shortly after, Silas adopted a young child, Eppie, the daughter of an impoverished woman who had died suddenly.\r\n\r\nUnlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude\u0097which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song Line of birds, and started to no human tones\u0097Eppie was a [5] creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his [10] thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank [15] limit\u0097carried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together [20] the families of his neighbors. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and [25] made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to thE old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. [30] And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny mid-day, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered [35] head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favorite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright [40] petals, calling \u0093Dad-dad\u0092s\u0094 attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that [45] when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of [50] crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppie\u0092s little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the child\u0092s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life [55] unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. It was an influence which must gather force with every new year: the tones that stirred Silas\u0092 heart [60] grew articulate, and called for more distinct answers; shapes and sounds grew clearer for Eppie\u0092s eyes and ears, and there was more that \u0093Dad-dad\u0094 was imperatively required to notice and account for. Also, by the time Eppie was three years old, she [65] developed a fine capacity for mischief, and for devising ingenious ways of being troublesome, which found much exercise, not only for Silas\u0092 patience, but for his watchfulness and penetration. Sorely was poor Silas puzzled on such occasions by the incompatible [70] demands of love.", "textTwo": "5. According to the narrator, one consequence of Silas adopting Eppie is that he", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:18:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 15:55:41" }, { "id": "940", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from George Eliot, Silas Marner. Originally published in 1861. Silas was a weaver and a notorious miser, but then the gold he had hoarded was stolen. Shortly after, Silas adopted a young child, Eppie, the daughter of an impoverished woman who had died suddenly.\r\n\r\nUnlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude\u0097which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song Line of birds, and started to no human tones\u0097Eppie was a [5] creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his [10] thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank [15] limit\u0097carried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together [20] the families of his neighbors. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and [25] made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to thE old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. [30] And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny mid-day, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered [35] head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favorite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright [40] petals, calling \u0093Dad-dad\u0092s\u0094 attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that [45] when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of [50] crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppie\u0092s little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the child\u0092s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life [55] unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. It was an influence which must gather force with every new year: the tones that stirred Silas\u0092 heart [60] grew articulate, and called for more distinct answers; shapes and sounds grew clearer for Eppie\u0092s eyes and ears, and there was more that \u0093Dad-dad\u0094 was imperatively required to notice and account for. Also, by the time Eppie was three years old, she [65] developed a fine capacity for mischief, and for devising ingenious ways of being troublesome, which found much exercise, not only for Silas\u0092 patience, but for his watchfulness and penetration. Sorely was poor Silas puzzled on such occasions by the incompatible [70] demands of love.", "textTwo": "6. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:20:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:10:24" }, { "id": "941", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from George Eliot, Silas Marner. Originally published in 1861. Silas was a weaver and a notorious miser, but then the gold he had hoarded was stolen. Shortly after, Silas adopted a young child, Eppie, the daughter of an impoverished woman who had died suddenly.\r\n\r\nUnlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude\u0097which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song Line of birds, and started to no human tones\u0097Eppie was a [5] creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his [10] thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank [15] limit\u0097carried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together [20] the families of his neighbors. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and [25] made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to thE old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. [30] And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny mid-day, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered [35] head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favorite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright [40] petals, calling \u0093Dad-dad\u0092s\u0094 attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that [45] when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of [50] crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppie\u0092s little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the child\u0092s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life [55] unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. It was an influence which must gather force with every new year: the tones that stirred Silas\u0092 heart [60] grew articulate, and called for more distinct answers; shapes and sounds grew clearer for Eppie\u0092s eyes and ears, and there was more that \u0093Dad-dad\u0094 was imperatively required to notice and account for. Also, by the time Eppie was three years old, she [65] developed a fine capacity for mischief, and for devising ingenious ways of being troublesome, which found much exercise, not only for Silas\u0092 patience, but for his watchfulness and penetration. Sorely was poor Silas puzzled on such occasions by the incompatible [70] demands of love.", "textTwo": "7. What function does the second paragraph (lines 30-52) serve in the passage as a whole?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:22:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:10:52" }, { "id": "942", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from George Eliot, Silas Marner. Originally published in 1861. Silas was a weaver and a notorious miser, but then the gold he had hoarded was stolen. Shortly after, Silas adopted a young child, Eppie, the daughter of an impoverished woman who had died suddenly.\r\n\r\nUnlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude\u0097which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song Line of birds, and started to no human tones\u0097Eppie was a [5] creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his [10] thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank [15] limit\u0097carried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together [20] the families of his neighbors. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and [25] made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to thE old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. [30] And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny mid-day, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered [35] head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favorite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright [40] petals, calling \u0093Dad-dad\u0092s\u0094 attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that [45] when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of [50] crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppie\u0092s little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the child\u0092s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life [55] unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. It was an influence which must gather force with every new year: the tones that stirred Silas\u0092 heart [60] grew articulate, and called for more distinct answers; shapes and sounds grew clearer for Eppie\u0092s eyes and ears, and there was more that \u0093Dad-dad\u0094 was imperatively required to notice and account for. Also, by the time Eppie was three years old, she [65] developed a fine capacity for mischief, and for devising ingenious ways of being troublesome, which found much exercise, not only for Silas\u0092 patience, but for his watchfulness and penetration. Sorely was poor Silas puzzled on such occasions by the incompatible [70] demands of love.", "textTwo": "8. In describing the relationship between Eppie and Silas, the narrator draws a connection between Eppie\u0092s", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:27:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:11:23" }, { "id": "943", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from George Eliot, Silas Marner. Originally published in 1861. Silas was a weaver and a notorious miser, but then the gold he had hoarded was stolen. Shortly after, Silas adopted a young child, Eppie, the daughter of an impoverished woman who had died suddenly.\r\n\r\nUnlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude\u0097which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song Line of birds, and started to no human tones\u0097Eppie was a [5] creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his [10] thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank [15] limit\u0097carried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together [20] the families of his neighbors. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and [25] made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to thE old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. [30] And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny mid-day, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered [35] head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favorite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright [40] petals, calling \u0093Dad-dad\u0092s\u0094 attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that [45] when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of [50] crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppie\u0092s little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the child\u0092s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life [55] unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. It was an influence which must gather force with every new year: the tones that stirred Silas\u0092 heart [60] grew articulate, and called for more distinct answers; shapes and sounds grew clearer for Eppie\u0092s eyes and ears, and there was more that \u0093Dad-dad\u0094 was imperatively required to notice and account for. Also, by the time Eppie was three years old, she [65] developed a fine capacity for mischief, and for devising ingenious ways of being troublesome, which found much exercise, not only for Silas\u0092 patience, but for his watchfulness and penetration. Sorely was poor Silas puzzled on such occasions by the incompatible [70] demands of love.", "textTwo": "9. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:29:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:11:55" }, { "id": "944", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from George Eliot, Silas Marner. Originally published in 1861. Silas was a weaver and a notorious miser, but then the gold he had hoarded was stolen. Shortly after, Silas adopted a young child, Eppie, the daughter of an impoverished woman who had died suddenly.\r\n\r\nUnlike the gold which needed nothing, and must be worshipped in close-locked solitude\u0097which was hidden away from the daylight, was deaf to the song Line of birds, and started to no human tones\u0097Eppie was a [5] creature of endless claims and ever-growing desires, seeking and loving sunshine, and living sounds, and living movements; making trial of everything, with trust in new joy, and stirring the human kindness in all eyes that looked on her. The gold had kept his [10] thoughts in an ever-repeated circle, leading to nothing beyond itself; but Eppie was an object compacted of changes and hopes that forced his thoughts onward, and carried them far away from their old eager pacing towards the same blank [15] limit\u0097carried them away to the new things that would come with the coming years, when Eppie would have learned to understand how her father Silas cared for her; and made him look for images of that time in the ties and charities that bound together [20] the families of his neighbors. The gold had asked that he should sit weaving longer and longer, deafened and blinded more and more to all things except the monotony of his loom and the repetition of his web; but Eppie called him away from his weaving, and [25] made him think all its pauses a holiday, reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to thE old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy. [30] And when the sunshine grew strong and lasting, so that the buttercups were thick in the meadows, Silas might be seen in the sunny mid-day, or in the late afternoon when the shadows were lengthening under the hedgerows, strolling out with uncovered [35] head to carry Eppie beyond the Stone-pits to where the flowers grew, till they reached some favorite bank where he could sit down, while Eppie toddled to pluck the flowers, and make remarks to the winged things that murmured happily above the bright [40] petals, calling \u0093Dad-dad\u0092s\u0094 attention continually by bringing him the flowers. Then she would turn her ear to some sudden bird-note, and Silas learned to please her by making signs of hushed stillness, that they might listen for the note to come again: so that [45] when it came, she set up her small back and laughed with gurgling triumph. Sitting on the banks in this way, Silas began to look for the once familiar herbs again; and as the leaves, with their unchanged outline and markings, lay on his palm, there was a sense of [50] crowding remembrances from which he turned away timidly, taking refuge in Eppie\u0092s little world, that lay lightly on his enfeebled spirit. As the child\u0092s mind was growing into knowledge, his mind was growing into memory: as her life [55] unfolded, his soul, long stupefied in a cold narrow prison, was unfolding too, and trembling gradually into full consciousness. It was an influence which must gather force with every new year: the tones that stirred Silas\u0092 heart [60] grew articulate, and called for more distinct answers; shapes and sounds grew clearer for Eppie\u0092s eyes and ears, and there was more that \u0093Dad-dad\u0094 was imperatively required to notice and account for. Also, by the time Eppie was three years old, she [65] developed a fine capacity for mischief, and for devising ingenious ways of being troublesome, which found much exercise, not only for Silas\u0092 patience, but for his watchfulness and penetration. Sorely was poor Silas puzzled on such occasions by the incompatible [70] demands of love.", "textTwo": "10. As used in line 65, \u0093fine\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:31:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:12:21" }, { "id": "945", "parentId": "", "textOne": "f(x) = (x + 6)(x ? 4)\r\nWhich of the following is an equivalent form of the function f above in which the minimum value of f appears as a constant or coefficient?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "f(x) = (x + 1)^2 ? 25", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:52:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:15:49" }, { "id": "946", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If x is the average (arithmetic mean) of m and 9, y is the average of 2m and 15, and z is the average of 3m and 18, what is the average of x, y, and z in terms of m?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "m + 7", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:03:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:40:45" }, { "id": "947", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The function f(x) = x^3 - x^2 - x - 11\/4 is graphed in the xy-plane above. If k is a constant such that the equation f(x) = k has three real solutions, which of the following could be the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9e2e1a2ec77bfe9af758756583dc595c08358053.png", "answer": "-3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:08:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:41:17" }, { "id": "948", "parentId": "", "textOne": "A partially filled pool contains 600 gallons of water. A hose is turned on, and water flows into the pool at the rate of 8 gallons per minute. How many gallons of water will be in the pool after 70 minutes?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1160", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:10:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:41:40" }, { "id": "949", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The normal systolic blood pressure P, in millimeters of mercury, for an adult male x years old can be modeled by the equation P = x+ 220\/2 . According to the model, for every increase of 1 year in age, by how many millimeters of mercury will the normal systolic blood pressure for an adult male increase?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1\/2 or 0.5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:16:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:43:33" }, { "id": "950", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The pes, a Roman measure of length, is approximately equal to 11.65 inches. It is also equivalent to 16 smaller Roman units called digits. Based on these relationships, 75 Roman digits is equivalent to how many feet, to the nearest hundredth? (12 inches = 1 foot)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4.55", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:17:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:44:00" }, { "id": "951", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In a study of bat migration habits, 240 male bats and 160 female bats have been tagged. If 100 more female bats are tagged, how many more male bats must be tagged so that 3\/5 of the total number of bats in the study are male?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "150", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:20:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:44:41" }, { "id": "952", "parentId": "", "textOne": "q = 1\/2nv^2\r\nThe dynamic pressure q generated by a fluid moving with velocity v can be found using the formula above, where n is the constant density of the fluid. An aeronautical engineer uses the formula to find the dynamic pressure of a fluid moving with velocity v and the same fluid moving with velocity 1.5v. What is the ratio of the dynamic pressure of the faster fluid to the dynamic pressure of the slower fluid?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2.25 or 9\/4", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:22:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:45:01" }, { "id": "953", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In the figure above, the circle has center O and has radius 10. If the length of arc AB (shown in bold) is between 5 and 6, what is one possible integer value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7335c261e5c77e0a12dfe831a602a15bd5d48f8a.png", "answer": "29, 30, 31, 32, 33, or 34", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:25:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:45:21" }, { "id": "954", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The stock price of one share in a certain company is worth $360 today. A stock analyst believes that the stock will lose 28 percent of its value each week for the next three weeks. The analyst uses the equation V = 360(r)^t to model the value, V, of the stock after t weeks.\r\nWhat value should the analyst use for r?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "0.72", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:29:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 23:30:11" }, { "id": "955", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The stock price of one share in a certain company is worth $360 today. A stock analyst believes that the stock will lose 28 percent of its value each week for the next three weeks. The analyst uses the equation V = 360(r)^t to model the value, V, of the stock after t weeks.\r\nTo the nearest dollar, what does the analyst believe the value of the stock will be at the end of three weeks? (Note: Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.)", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "134", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:33:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 16:47:53" }, { "id": "956", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "11. The main purpose of the passage is to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4de753a59e4c42c7680c61a5b47eac9e7e30010a.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:42:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:15:30" }, { "id": "957", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "12. According to Brynjolfsson and McAfee, advancements in technology since approximately the year 2000 have resulted in", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7105fa634b29a6d632d1535b76f4b66e9eeafc0b.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:47:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:24:29" }, { "id": "958", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "13. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8f9c5686f6837fcb457b66a909197ac3065e2651.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:50:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:25:04" }, { "id": "959", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "14.The primary purpose of lines 26-28 (\u0093the amount . . . labor\u0094) is to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/71f7ee7435a4167b8f8cad207188f7c1160b923e.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:59:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:25:28" }, { "id": "960", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "15. As used in line 35, \u0093clear\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f31266ff65bd0e1e760e9bcd66f85fd7dbb5c859.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:02:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:28:04" }, { "id": "961", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "16. Which of the following best characterizes Katz\u0092s attitude toward \u0093today\u0092s digital technologies\u0094 (lines 81-82)?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1b7e6dc71d0677ad40250f16b29085f9ea9fc9fa.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:05:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:29:41" }, { "id": "962", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "17. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/05c15a0f66815123d0e1206f2b772456b57fa1ed.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:07:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:34:53" }, { "id": "963", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "18. As used in line 83, \u0093range\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/96ffca92b8e7d09d7de59c57e606ae5b1e419e93.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:10:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:35:33" }, { "id": "964", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "19. According to figure 1, which of the following years showed the widest gap between percentages of productivity and employment?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/6bd6eb6f5c70ad300455a7d162401141ad5af35a.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:13:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:36:01" }, { "id": "965", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "20. Which statement is supported by figure 2?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7abc2ec710b5c583b58e6ffe4cf613793ca1b56d.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:15:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:36:25" }, { "id": "966", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from David Rotman, \u0093How Technology Is Destroying Jobs.\u0094 \u00a92013 by MIT Technology Review.\r\n\r\nMIT business scholars Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee have argued that impressive advances in computer technology\u0097from improved {Line} industrial robotics to automated translation [5] services\u0097are largely behind the sluggish employment growth of the last 10 to 15 years. Even more ominous for workers, they foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs as these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted not only [10] in manufacturing, clerical, and retail work but in professions such as law, financial services, education, and medicine. That robots, automation, and software can replace people might seem obvious to anyone who\u0092s worked [15] in automotive manufacturing or as a travel agent. But Brynjolfsson and McAfee\u0092s claim is more troubling and controversial. They believe that rapid technological change has been destroying jobs faster than it is creating them, contributing to the [20] stagnation of median income and the growth of inequality in the United States. And, they suspect, something similar is happening in other technologically advanced countries. As evidence, Brynjolfsson and McAfee point to a [25] chart that only an economist could love. In economics, productivity\u0097the amount of economic value created for a given unit of input, such as an hour of labor\u0097is a crucial indicator of growth and wealth creation. It is a measure of progress. On the [30] chart Brynjolfsson likes to show, separate lines represent productivity and total employment in the United States. For years after World War II, the two lines closely tracked each other, with increases in jobs corresponding to increases in productivity. The [35] pattern is clear: as businesses generated more value from their workers, the country as a whole became richer, which fueled more economic activity and created even more jobs. Then, beginning in 2000, the lines diverge; productivity continues to rise robustly, [40] but employment suddenly wilts. By 2011, a significant gap appears between the two lines, showing economic growth with no parallel increase in job creation. Brynjolfsson and McAfee call it the \u0093great decoupling.\u0094 And Brynjolfsson says he is [45] confident that technology is behind both the healthy growth in productivity and the weak growth in jobs. It\u0092s a startling assertion because it threatens the faith that many economists place in technological progress. Brynjolfsson and McAfee still believe that [50] technology boosts productivity and makes societies wealthier, but they think that it can also have a dark side: technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before. Brynjolfsson can point to a [55] second chart indicating that median income is failing to rise even as the gross domestic product soars. \u0093It\u0092s the great paradox of our era,\u0094 he says. \u0093Productivity is at record levels, innovation has never been faster, and yet at the same time, we have a falling median [60] income and we have fewer jobs. People are falling behind because technology is advancing so fast and our skills and organizations aren\u0092t keeping up.\u0094 While technological changes can be painful for workers whose skills no longer match the needs of [65] employers, Lawrence Katz, a Harvard economist, says that no historical pattern shows these shifts leading to a net decrease in jobs over an extended period. Katz has done extensive research on how technological advances have affected jobs over the [70] last few centuries\u0097describing, for example, how highly skilled artisans in the mid-19th century were displaced by lower-skilled workers in factories. While it can take decades for workers to acquire the expertise needed for new types of employment, he [75] says, \u0093we never have run out of jobs. There is no long-term trend of eliminating work for people. Over the long term, employment rates are fairly stable. People have always been able to create new jobs. People come up with new things to do.\u0094 [80] Still, Katz doesn\u0092t dismiss the notion that there is something different about today\u0092s digital technologies\u0097something that could affect an even broader range of work. The question, he says, is whether economic history will serve as a useful [85] guide. Will the job disruptions caused by technology be temporary as the workforce adapts, or will we see a science-fiction scenario in which automated processes and robots with superhuman skills take over a broad swath of human tasks? Though Katz 90 expects the historical pattern to hold, it is \u0093genuinely a question,\u0094 he says. \u0093If technology disrupts enough, who knows what will happen?\u0094", "textTwo": "21. Which additional information, if presented in figure 2, would be most useful in evaluating the statement in lines 57-60 (\u0093Productivity . . . jobs\u0094)?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/73b12acaba09403f28b6edb616fbe269eb5ed542.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:17:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:37:07" }, { "id": "967", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following is an equation of line l in the xy-plane above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/57dc2e4b50a2b4d965622803ed3a997ab0ee9a86.png", "answer": "y = x + 1", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:21:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:20:02" }, { "id": "968", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Patricia Waldron, \u0093Why Birds Fly in a V Formation.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAnyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds {Line} that these big-winged birds carefully position their [5] wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird\u0092s updraft\u0097and save energy during flight.\r\nThere are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may make flight easier, or they\u0092re [10] simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the same. Models that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by drafting [15] off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far more stable than the oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing,\u0094 says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at the [20] University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place. The study, published in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to reintroduce endangered northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe. [25] Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially built by Usherwood and his lab. The device\u0092s GPS determined each bird\u0092s flight [30] position to within 30 cm, and an accelerometer showed the timing of the wing flaps.Just as aerodynamic estimates would predict, the birds positioned themselves to fly just behind and to the side of the bird in front, timing their wing beats [35] to catch the uplifting eddies. When a bird flew directly behind another, the timing of the flapping reversed so that it could minimize the effects of the downdraft coming off the back of the bird\u0092s body. \u0093We didn\u0092t think this was possible,\u0094 Usherwood[40] says, considering that the feat requires careful flight and incredible awareness of one\u0092s neighbors. \u0093Perhaps these big V formation birds can be thought of quite like an airplane with wings that go up and down.\u0094 [45] The findings likely apply to other long-winged birds, such as pelicans, storks, and geese, Usherwood says. Smaller birds create more complex wakes that would make drafting too difficult. The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird\u0092s energy savings [50} because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species. Previous studies estimate that birds can use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy while flying in a V. [55 ] \u0093From a behavioral perspective it\u0092s really a breakthrough,\u0094 says David Lentink, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the work. \u0093Showing that birds care about syncing their wing [60] beats is definitely an important insight that we didn\u0092t have before.\u0094 Scientists do not know how the birds find that aerodynamic sweet spot, but they suspect that the animals align themselves either by sight or [65] by sensing air currents through their feathers. Alternatively, they may move around until they find the location with the least resistance. In future studies, the researchers will switch to more common birds, such as pigeons or geese. They plan to [70] investigate how the animals decide who sets the course and the pace, and whether a mistake made by the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. \u0093It\u0092s a pretty impressive piece of work as it is, but [75] it does suggest that there\u0092s a lot more to learn,\u0094 says Ty Hedrick, a biologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies flight aerodynamics in birds and insects. However, they do it, he says, \u0093birds are awfully good hang-glider [80] pilots.\u0094", "textTwo": "22. The main purpose of the passage is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:26:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:37:57" }, { "id": "969", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The circle above with center O has a circumference of 36. What is the length of minor arc AC?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8b0d55a449fffa7fd2f8ea210d363e0afd783545.png", "answer": "9", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:27:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:20:32" }, { "id": "970", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Patricia Waldron, \u0093Why Birds Fly in a V Formation.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAnyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds {Line} that these big-winged birds carefully position their [5] wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird\u0092s updraft\u0097and save energy during flight.\r\nThere are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may make flight easier, or they\u0092re [10] simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the same. Models that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by drafting [15] off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far more stable than the oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing,\u0094 says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at the [20] University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place. The study, published in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to reintroduce endangered northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe. [25] Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially built by Usherwood and his lab. The device\u0092s GPS determined each bird\u0092s flight [30] position to within 30 cm, and an accelerometer showed the timing of the wing flaps.Just as aerodynamic estimates would predict, the birds positioned themselves to fly just behind and to the side of the bird in front, timing their wing beats [35] to catch the uplifting eddies. When a bird flew directly behind another, the timing of the flapping reversed so that it could minimize the effects of the downdraft coming off the back of the bird\u0092s body. \u0093We didn\u0092t think this was possible,\u0094 Usherwood[40] says, considering that the feat requires careful flight and incredible awareness of one\u0092s neighbors. \u0093Perhaps these big V formation birds can be thought of quite like an airplane with wings that go up and down.\u0094 [45] The findings likely apply to other long-winged birds, such as pelicans, storks, and geese, Usherwood says. Smaller birds create more complex wakes that would make drafting too difficult. The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird\u0092s energy savings [50} because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species. Previous studies estimate that birds can use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy while flying in a V. [55 ] \u0093From a behavioral perspective it\u0092s really a breakthrough,\u0094 says David Lentink, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the work. \u0093Showing that birds care about syncing their wing [60] beats is definitely an important insight that we didn\u0092t have before.\u0094 Scientists do not know how the birds find that aerodynamic sweet spot, but they suspect that the animals align themselves either by sight or [65] by sensing air currents through their feathers. Alternatively, they may move around until they find the location with the least resistance. In future studies, the researchers will switch to more common birds, such as pigeons or geese. They plan to [70] investigate how the animals decide who sets the course and the pace, and whether a mistake made by the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. \u0093It\u0092s a pretty impressive piece of work as it is, but [75] it does suggest that there\u0092s a lot more to learn,\u0094 says Ty Hedrick, a biologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies flight aerodynamics in birds and insects. However, they do it, he says, \u0093birds are awfully good hang-glider [80] pilots.\u0094", "textTwo": "23. The author includes the quotation \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing\u0094\r\n(lines 17-18) to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:28:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:38:29" }, { "id": "971", "parentId": "", "textOne": "What are the solutions of the quadratic equation 4x^2 ? 8x ? 12 = 0?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "x = ?1 and x = 3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:29:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:20:56" }, { "id": "972", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Patricia Waldron, \u0093Why Birds Fly in a V Formation.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAnyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds {Line} that these big-winged birds carefully position their [5] wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird\u0092s updraft\u0097and save energy during flight.\r\nThere are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may make flight easier, or they\u0092re [10] simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the same. Models that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by drafting [15] off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far more stable than the oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing,\u0094 says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at the [20] University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place. The study, published in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to reintroduce endangered northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe. [25] Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially built by Usherwood and his lab. The device\u0092s GPS determined each bird\u0092s flight [30] position to within 30 cm, and an accelerometer showed the timing of the wing flaps.Just as aerodynamic estimates would predict, the birds positioned themselves to fly just behind and to the side of the bird in front, timing their wing beats [35] to catch the uplifting eddies. When a bird flew directly behind another, the timing of the flapping reversed so that it could minimize the effects of the downdraft coming off the back of the bird\u0092s body. \u0093We didn\u0092t think this was possible,\u0094 Usherwood[40] says, considering that the feat requires careful flight and incredible awareness of one\u0092s neighbors. \u0093Perhaps these big V formation birds can be thought of quite like an airplane with wings that go up and down.\u0094 [45] The findings likely apply to other long-winged birds, such as pelicans, storks, and geese, Usherwood says. Smaller birds create more complex wakes that would make drafting too difficult. The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird\u0092s energy savings [50} because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species. Previous studies estimate that birds can use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy while flying in a V. [55 ] \u0093From a behavioral perspective it\u0092s really a breakthrough,\u0094 says David Lentink, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the work. \u0093Showing that birds care about syncing their wing [60] beats is definitely an important insight that we didn\u0092t have before.\u0094 Scientists do not know how the birds find that aerodynamic sweet spot, but they suspect that the animals align themselves either by sight or [65] by sensing air currents through their feathers. Alternatively, they may move around until they find the location with the least resistance. In future studies, the researchers will switch to more common birds, such as pigeons or geese. They plan to [70] investigate how the animals decide who sets the course and the pace, and whether a mistake made by the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. \u0093It\u0092s a pretty impressive piece of work as it is, but [75] it does suggest that there\u0092s a lot more to learn,\u0094 says Ty Hedrick, a biologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies flight aerodynamics in birds and insects. However, they do it, he says, \u0093birds are awfully good hang-glider [80] pilots.\u0094", "textTwo": "24. What can reasonably be inferred about the reason Usherwood used northern bald ibises as the subjects of his study?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:30:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:38:59" }, { "id": "973", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following is an example of a function whose graph in the xy-plane has no x-intercepts?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "A quadratic function with no real zeros", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:31:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:21:23" }, { "id": "974", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Patricia Waldron, \u0093Why Birds Fly in a V Formation.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAnyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds {Line} that these big-winged birds carefully position their [5] wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird\u0092s updraft\u0097and save energy during flight.\r\nThere are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may make flight easier, or they\u0092re [10] simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the same. Models that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by drafting [15] off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far more stable than the oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing,\u0094 says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at the [20] University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place. The study, published in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to reintroduce endangered northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe. [25] Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially built by Usherwood and his lab. The device\u0092s GPS determined each bird\u0092s flight [30] position to within 30 cm, and an accelerometer showed the timing of the wing flaps.Just as aerodynamic estimates would predict, the birds positioned themselves to fly just behind and to the side of the bird in front, timing their wing beats [35] to catch the uplifting eddies. When a bird flew directly behind another, the timing of the flapping reversed so that it could minimize the effects of the downdraft coming off the back of the bird\u0092s body. \u0093We didn\u0092t think this was possible,\u0094 Usherwood[40] says, considering that the feat requires careful flight and incredible awareness of one\u0092s neighbors. \u0093Perhaps these big V formation birds can be thought of quite like an airplane with wings that go up and down.\u0094 [45] The findings likely apply to other long-winged birds, such as pelicans, storks, and geese, Usherwood says. Smaller birds create more complex wakes that would make drafting too difficult. The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird\u0092s energy savings [50} because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species. Previous studies estimate that birds can use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy while flying in a V. [55 ] \u0093From a behavioral perspective it\u0092s really a breakthrough,\u0094 says David Lentink, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the work. \u0093Showing that birds care about syncing their wing [60] beats is definitely an important insight that we didn\u0092t have before.\u0094 Scientists do not know how the birds find that aerodynamic sweet spot, but they suspect that the animals align themselves either by sight or [65] by sensing air currents through their feathers. Alternatively, they may move around until they find the location with the least resistance. In future studies, the researchers will switch to more common birds, such as pigeons or geese. They plan to [70] investigate how the animals decide who sets the course and the pace, and whether a mistake made by the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. \u0093It\u0092s a pretty impressive piece of work as it is, but [75] it does suggest that there\u0092s a lot more to learn,\u0094 says Ty Hedrick, a biologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies flight aerodynamics in birds and insects. However, they do it, he says, \u0093birds are awfully good hang-glider [80] pilots.\u0094", "textTwo": "25. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:33:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:39:30" }, { "id": "975", "parentId": "", "textOne": "?k + 2 - x = 0\r\nIn the equation above, k is a constant. If x = 9, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "79", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:33:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:21:53" }, { "id": "976", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following is equivalent to the sum of the expressions a^2 ? 1 and a + 1?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "a^2 + a", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:36:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:27:16" }, { "id": "977", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Patricia Waldron, \u0093Why Birds Fly in a V Formation.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nAnyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds {Line} that these big-winged birds carefully position their [5] wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird\u0092s updraft\u0097and save energy during flight.\r\nThere are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may make flight easier, or they\u0092re [10] simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the same. Models that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by drafting [15] off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far more stable than the oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing,\u0094 says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at the [20] University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place. The study, published in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to reintroduce endangered northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe. [25] Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially built by Usherwood and his lab. The device\u0092s GPS determined each bird\u0092s flight [30] position to within 30 cm, and an accelerometer showed the timing of the wing flaps.Just as aerodynamic estimates would predict, the birds positioned themselves to fly just behind and to the side of the bird in front, timing their wing beats [35] to catch the uplifting eddies. When a bird flew directly behind another, the timing of the flapping reversed so that it could minimize the effects of the downdraft coming off the back of the bird\u0092s body. \u0093We didn\u0092t think this was possible,\u0094 Usherwood[40] says, considering that the feat requires careful flight and incredible awareness of one\u0092s neighbors. \u0093Perhaps these big V formation birds can be thought of quite like an airplane with wings that go up and down.\u0094 [45] The findings likely apply to other long-winged birds, such as pelicans, storks, and geese, Usherwood says. Smaller birds create more complex wakes that would make drafting too difficult. The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird\u0092s energy savings [50} because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species. Previous studies estimate that birds can use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy while flying in a V. [55 ] \u0093From a behavioral perspective it\u0092s really a breakthrough,\u0094 says David Lentink, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the work. \u0093Showing that birds care about syncing their wing [60] beats is definitely an important insight that we didn\u0092t have before.\u0094 Scientists do not know how the birds find that aerodynamic sweet spot, but they suspect that the animals align themselves either by sight or [65] by sensing air currents through their feathers. Alternatively, they may move around until they find the location with the least resistance. In future studies, the researchers will switch to more common birds, such as pigeons or geese. They plan to [70] investigate how the animals decide who sets the course and the pace, and whether a mistake made by the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. \u0093It\u0092s a pretty impressive piece of work as it is, but [75] it does suggest that there\u0092s a lot more to learn,\u0094 says Ty Hedrick, a biologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies flight aerodynamics in birds and insects. However, they do it, he says, \u0093birds are awfully good hang-glider [80] pilots.\u0094", "textTwo": "26. What is the most likely reason the author includes the 30 cm measurement in line 30?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:36:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:39:59" }, { "id": "978", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Patricia Waldron, \u0093Why Birds Fly in a V Formation.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science. \r\n\r\nAnyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds {Line} that these big-winged birds carefully position their [5] wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird\u0092s updraft\u0097and save energy during flight. There are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may make flight easier, or they\u0092re [10] simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the same. Models that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by drafting [15] off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far more stable than the oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing,\u0094 says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at the [20] University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place. The study, published in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to reintroduce endangered northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe. [25] Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially built by Usherwood and his lab. The device\u0092s GPS determined each bird\u0092s flight [30] position to within 30 cm, and an accelerometer showed the timing of the wing flaps.Just as aerodynamic estimates would predict, the birds positioned themselves to fly just behind and to the side of the bird in front, timing their wing beats [35] to catch the uplifting eddies. When a bird flew directly behind another, the timing of the flapping reversed so that it could minimize the effects of the downdraft coming off the back of the bird\u0092s body. \u0093We didn\u0092t think this was possible,\u0094 Usherwood[40] says, considering that the feat requires careful flight and incredible awareness of one\u0092s neighbors. \u0093Perhaps these big V formation birds can be thought of quite like an airplane with wings that go up and down.\u0094 [45] The findings likely apply to other long-winged birds, such as pelicans, storks, and geese, Usherwood says. Smaller birds create more complex wakes that would make drafting too difficult. The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird\u0092s energy savings [50} because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species. Previous studies estimate that birds can use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy while flying in a V. [55 ] \u0093From a behavioral perspective it\u0092s really a breakthrough,\u0094 says David Lentink, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the work. \u0093Showing that birds care about syncing their wing [60] beats is definitely an important insight that we didn\u0092t have before.\u0094 Scientists do not know how the birds find that aerodynamic sweet spot, but they suspect that the animals align themselves either by sight or [65] by sensing air currents through their feathers. Alternatively, they may move around until they find the location with the least resistance. In future studies, the researchers will switch to more common birds, such as pigeons or geese. They plan to [70] investigate how the animals decide who sets the course and the pace, and whether a mistake made by the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. \u0093It\u0092s a pretty impressive piece of work as it is, but [75] it does suggest that there\u0092s a lot more to learn,\u0094 says Ty Hedrick, a biologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies flight aerodynamics in birds and insects. However, they do it, he says, \u0093birds are awfully good hang-glider [80] pilots.\u0094", "textTwo": "27. What does the author imply about pelicans, storks, and geese flying in a V formation?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:39:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:41:21" }, { "id": "979", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Jackie has two summer jobs. She works as a tutor, which pays $12 per hour, and she works as a lifeguard, which pays $9.50 per hour. She can work no more than 20 hours per week, but she wants to earn at least $220 per week. Which of the following systems of inequalities represents this situation in terms of x and y, where x is the number of hours she tutors and y is the number of hours she works as a lifeguard?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "12x + 9.5y ? 220x + y ? 20", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:41:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:27:56" }, { "id": "980", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Patricia Waldron, \u0093Why Birds Fly in a V Formation.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science. \r\n\r\nAnyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds {Line} that these big-winged birds carefully position their [5] wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird\u0092s updraft\u0097and save energy during flight. There are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may make flight easier, or they\u0092re [10] simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the same. Models that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by drafting [15] off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far more stable than the oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing,\u0094 says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at the [20] University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place. The study, published in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to reintroduce endangered northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe. [25] Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially built by Usherwood and his lab. The device\u0092s GPS determined each bird\u0092s flight [30] position to within 30 cm, and an accelerometer showed the timing of the wing flaps.Just as aerodynamic estimates would predict, the birds positioned themselves to fly just behind and to the side of the bird in front, timing their wing beats [35] to catch the uplifting eddies. When a bird flew directly behind another, the timing of the flapping reversed so that it could minimize the effects of the downdraft coming off the back of the bird\u0092s body. \u0093We didn\u0092t think this was possible,\u0094 Usherwood[40] says, considering that the feat requires careful flight and incredible awareness of one\u0092s neighbors. \u0093Perhaps these big V formation birds can be thought of quite like an airplane with wings that go up and down.\u0094 [45] The findings likely apply to other long-winged birds, such as pelicans, storks, and geese, Usherwood says. Smaller birds create more complex wakes that would make drafting too difficult. The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird\u0092s energy savings [50} because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species. Previous studies estimate that birds can use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy while flying in a V. [55 ] \u0093From a behavioral perspective it\u0092s really a breakthrough,\u0094 says David Lentink, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the work. \u0093Showing that birds care about syncing their wing [60] beats is definitely an important insight that we didn\u0092t have before.\u0094 Scientists do not know how the birds find that aerodynamic sweet spot, but they suspect that the animals align themselves either by sight or [65] by sensing air currents through their feathers. Alternatively, they may move around until they find the location with the least resistance. In future studies, the researchers will switch to more common birds, such as pigeons or geese. They plan to [70] investigate how the animals decide who sets the course and the pace, and whether a mistake made by the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. \u0093It\u0092s a pretty impressive piece of work as it is, but [75] it does suggest that there\u0092s a lot more to learn,\u0094 says Ty Hedrick, a biologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies flight aerodynamics in birds and insects. However, they do it, he says, \u0093birds are awfully good hang-glider [80] pilots.\u0094", "textTwo": "28. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:44:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:41:48" }, { "id": "981", "parentId": "", "textOne": "In air, the speed of sound S, in meters per second, is a linear function of the air temperature T, in degrees Celsius, and is given by S(T) = 0.6T + 331.4. Which of the following statements is the best interpretation of the number 331.4 in this context?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "The speed of sound, in meters per second, at 0\u00b0C", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:46:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:28:20" }, { "id": "982", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Patricia Waldron, \u0093Why Birds Fly in a V Formation.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science. \r\n\r\nAnyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds {Line} that these big-winged birds carefully position their [5] wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird\u0092s updraft\u0097and save energy during flight. There are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may make flight easier, or they\u0092re [10] simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the same. Models that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by drafting [15] off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far more stable than the oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing,\u0094 says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at the [20] University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place. The study, published in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to reintroduce endangered northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe. [25] Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially built by Usherwood and his lab. The device\u0092s GPS determined each bird\u0092s flight [30] position to within 30 cm, and an accelerometer showed the timing of the wing flaps.Just as aerodynamic estimates would predict, the birds positioned themselves to fly just behind and to the side of the bird in front, timing their wing beats [35] to catch the uplifting eddies. When a bird flew directly behind another, the timing of the flapping reversed so that it could minimize the effects of the downdraft coming off the back of the bird\u0092s body. \u0093We didn\u0092t think this was possible,\u0094 Usherwood[40] says, considering that the feat requires careful flight and incredible awareness of one\u0092s neighbors. \u0093Perhaps these big V formation birds can be thought of quite like an airplane with wings that go up and down.\u0094 [45] The findings likely apply to other long-winged birds, such as pelicans, storks, and geese, Usherwood says. Smaller birds create more complex wakes that would make drafting too difficult. The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird\u0092s energy savings [50} because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species. Previous studies estimate that birds can use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy while flying in a V. [55 ] \u0093From a behavioral perspective it\u0092s really a breakthrough,\u0094 says David Lentink, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the work. \u0093Showing that birds care about syncing their wing [60] beats is definitely an important insight that we didn\u0092t have before.\u0094 Scientists do not know how the birds find that aerodynamic sweet spot, but they suspect that the animals align themselves either by sight or [65] by sensing air currents through their feathers. Alternatively, they may move around until they find the location with the least resistance. In future studies, the researchers will switch to more common birds, such as pigeons or geese. They plan to [70] investigate how the animals decide who sets the course and the pace, and whether a mistake made by the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. \u0093It\u0092s a pretty impressive piece of work as it is, but [75] it does suggest that there\u0092s a lot more to learn,\u0094 says Ty Hedrick, a biologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies flight aerodynamics in birds and insects. However, they do it, he says, \u0093birds are awfully good hang-glider [80] pilots.\u0094", "textTwo": "29. What is a main idea of the seventh paragraph (lines 62-73)?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:47:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:42:15" }, { "id": "983", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Patricia Waldron, \u0093Why Birds Fly in a V Formation.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science. \r\n\r\nAnyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds {Line} that these big-winged birds carefully position their [5] wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird\u0092s updraft\u0097and save energy during flight. There are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may make flight easier, or they\u0092re [10] simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the same. Models that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by drafting [15] off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far more stable than the oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing,\u0094 says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at the [20] University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place. The study, published in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to reintroduce endangered northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe. [25] Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially built by Usherwood and his lab. The device\u0092s GPS determined each bird\u0092s flight [30] position to within 30 cm, and an accelerometer showed the timing of the wing flaps.Just as aerodynamic estimates would predict, the birds positioned themselves to fly just behind and to the side of the bird in front, timing their wing beats [35] to catch the uplifting eddies. When a bird flew directly behind another, the timing of the flapping reversed so that it could minimize the effects of the downdraft coming off the back of the bird\u0092s body. \u0093We didn\u0092t think this was possible,\u0094 Usherwood[40] says, considering that the feat requires careful flight and incredible awareness of one\u0092s neighbors. \u0093Perhaps these big V formation birds can be thought of quite like an airplane with wings that go up and down.\u0094 [45] The findings likely apply to other long-winged birds, such as pelicans, storks, and geese, Usherwood says. Smaller birds create more complex wakes that would make drafting too difficult. The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird\u0092s energy savings [50} because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species. Previous studies estimate that birds can use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy while flying in a V. [55 ] \u0093From a behavioral perspective it\u0092s really a breakthrough,\u0094 says David Lentink, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the work. \u0093Showing that birds care about syncing their wing [60] beats is definitely an important insight that we didn\u0092t have before.\u0094 Scientists do not know how the birds find that aerodynamic sweet spot, but they suspect that the animals align themselves either by sight or [65] by sensing air currents through their feathers. Alternatively, they may move around until they find the location with the least resistance. In future studies, the researchers will switch to more common birds, such as pigeons or geese. They plan to [70] investigate how the animals decide who sets the course and the pace, and whether a mistake made by the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. \u0093It\u0092s a pretty impressive piece of work as it is, but [75] it does suggest that there\u0092s a lot more to learn,\u0094 says Ty Hedrick, a biologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies flight aerodynamics in birds and insects. However, they do it, he says, \u0093birds are awfully good hang-glider [80] pilots.\u0094", "textTwo": "30. The author uses the phrase \u0093aerodynamic sweet spot\u0094 in line 63 most likely to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:49:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:42:43" }, { "id": "984", "parentId": "", "textOne": "y = x^2\r\n2y + 6 = 2(x + 3)\r\nIf (x, y) is a solution of the system of equations above and x > 0, what is the value of xy?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:50:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:28:43" }, { "id": "985", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage. \r\nThis passage is adapted from Patricia Waldron, \u0093Why Birds Fly in a V Formation.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science. \r\n\r\nAnyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds {Line} that these big-winged birds carefully position their [5] wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird\u0092s updraft\u0097and save energy during flight. There are two reasons birds might fly in a V formation: It may make flight easier, or they\u0092re [10] simply following the leader. Squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation, and many scientists suspect that migrating birds do the same. Models that treated flapping birds like fixed-wing airplanes estimate that they save energy by drafting [15] off each other, but currents created by airplanes are far more stable than the oscillating eddies coming off of a bird. \u0093Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing,\u0094 says James Usherwood, a locomotor biomechanist at the Royal Veterinary College at the [20] University of London in Hatfield, where the research took place. The study, published in Nature, took advantage of an existing project to reintroduce endangered northern bald ibises (Geronticus eremita) to Europe. [25] Scientists used a microlight plane to show hand-raised birds their ancestral migration route from Austria to Italy. A flock of 14 juveniles carried data loggers specially built by Usherwood and his lab. The device\u0092s GPS determined each bird\u0092s flight [30] position to within 30 cm, and an accelerometer showed the timing of the wing flaps.Just as aerodynamic estimates would predict, the birds positioned themselves to fly just behind and to the side of the bird in front, timing their wing beats [35] to catch the uplifting eddies. When a bird flew directly behind another, the timing of the flapping reversed so that it could minimize the effects of the downdraft coming off the back of the bird\u0092s body. \u0093We didn\u0092t think this was possible,\u0094 Usherwood[40] says, considering that the feat requires careful flight and incredible awareness of one\u0092s neighbors. \u0093Perhaps these big V formation birds can be thought of quite like an airplane with wings that go up and down.\u0094 [45] The findings likely apply to other long-winged birds, such as pelicans, storks, and geese, Usherwood says. Smaller birds create more complex wakes that would make drafting too difficult. The researchers did not attempt to calculate the bird\u0092s energy savings [50} because the necessary physiological measurements would be too invasive for an endangered species. Previous studies estimate that birds can use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy while flying in a V. [55 ] \u0093From a behavioral perspective it\u0092s really a breakthrough,\u0094 says David Lentink, a mechanical engineer at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, who was not involved in the work. \u0093Showing that birds care about syncing their wing [60] beats is definitely an important insight that we didn\u0092t have before.\u0094 Scientists do not know how the birds find that aerodynamic sweet spot, but they suspect that the animals align themselves either by sight or [65] by sensing air currents through their feathers. Alternatively, they may move around until they find the location with the least resistance. In future studies, the researchers will switch to more common birds, such as pigeons or geese. They plan to [70] investigate how the animals decide who sets the course and the pace, and whether a mistake made by the leader can ripple through the rest of the flock to cause traffic jams. \u0093It\u0092s a pretty impressive piece of work as it is, but [75] it does suggest that there\u0092s a lot more to learn,\u0094 says Ty Hedrick, a biologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who studies flight aerodynamics in birds and insects. However, they do it, he says, \u0093birds are awfully good hang-glider [80] pilots.\u0094", "textTwo": "31. As used in line 72, \u0093ripple\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:51:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 17:43:16" }, { "id": "986", "parentId": "", "textOne": "If a^2 + b^2 = z and ab = y, which of the following is equivalent to 4z + 8y?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "(2a + 2b)^2", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:52:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:29:05" }, { "id": "987", "parentId": "", "textOne": "The volume of right circular cylinder A is 22 cubic centimeters. What is the volume, in cubic centimeters, of a right circular cylinder with twice the radius and half the height of cylinder A?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "44", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:03:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:29:30" }, { "id": "988", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2. Originally published in 1840. Passage 2 is adapted from Harriet Taylor Mill, \u0093Enfranchisement of Women.\u0094 Originally published in 1851. As United States and European societies grew increasingly democratic during the nineteenth century, debates arose about whether freedoms enjoyed by men should be extended to women as well.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nI have shown how democracy destroys or modifies the different inequalities which originate in society; but is this all? or does it not ultimately affect {Line} that great inequality of man and woman which has [5] seemed, up to the present day, to be eternally based in human nature? I believe that the social changes which bring nearer to the same level the father and son, the master and servant, and superiors and inferiors generally speaking, will raise woman and [10] make her more and more the equal of man. But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly understood; for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range. [15] There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant [20] to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things\u0097their occupations, their pleasures, their business. It may readily be conceived, that by thus attempting to make one sex equal to the other, both are degraded; and from so preposterous a medley of [25] the works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.\r\nIt is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes. They admit, that as [30] nature has appointed such wide differences between the physical and moral constitution of man and woman, her manifest design was to give a distinct employment to their various faculties; and they hold that improvement does not consist in making beings [35] so dissimilar do pretty nearly the same things, but in getting each of them to fulfill their respective tasks in the best possible manner. The Americans have applied to the sexes the great principle of political economy which governs the manufactures of our age, [40] by carefully dividing the duties of man from those of woman, in order that the great work of society may be the better carried on.\r\nPassage 2\r\nAs society was constituted until the last few generations, inequality was its very basis; association [45] grounded on equal rights scarcely existed; to be equals was to be enemies; two persons could hardly cooperate in anything, or meet in any amicable relation, without the law\u0092s appointing that one of them should be the superior of the other. [50] Mankind have outgrown this state, and all things now tend to substitute, as the general principle of human relations, a just equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. But of all relations, that between men and women, being the nearest and [55] most intimate, and connected with the greatest number of strong emotions, was sure to be the last to throw off the old rule, and receive the new; for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling is the tenacity with which it clings to the forms and [60] circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. . .. . . . The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is, cannot be ascertained without complete [65] liberty of choice\tLet every occupation be open to all, without favor or discouragement to any, and employments will fall into the hands of those men or women who are found by experience to be most capable of worthily exercising them. There need be [70] no fear that women will take out of the hands of men any occupation which men perform better than they. Each individual will prove his or her capacities, in the only way in which capacities can be proved, \u0097by trial; and the world will have the benefit of the best [75] faculties of all its inhabitants. But to interfere beforehand by an arbitrary limit, and declare that whatever be the genius, talent, energy, or force of mind, of an individual of a certain sex or class, those faculties shall not be exerted, or shall be exerted only [80] in some few of the many modes in which others are permitted to use theirs, is not only an injustice to the individual, and a detriment to society, which loses what it can ill spare, but is also the most effectual way of providing that, in the sex or class so fettered, the [85] qualities which are not permitted to be exercised shall not exist.", "textTwo": "32. As used in line 9, \u0093raise\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:09:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:35:28" }, { "id": "989", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2. Originally published in 1840. Passage 2 is adapted from Harriet Taylor Mill, \u0093Enfranchisement of Women.\u0094 Originally published in 1851. As United States and European societies grew increasingly democratic during the nineteenth century, debates arose about whether freedoms enjoyed by men should be extended to women as well.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nI have shown how democracy destroys or modifies the different inequalities which originate in society; but is this all? or does it not ultimately affect {Line} that great inequality of man and woman which has [5] seemed, up to the present day, to be eternally based in human nature? I believe that the social changes which bring nearer to the same level the father and son, the master and servant, and superiors and inferiors generally speaking, will raise woman and [10] make her more and more the equal of man. But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly understood; for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range. [15] There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant [20] to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things\u0097their occupations, their pleasures, their business. It may readily be conceived, that by thus attempting to make one sex equal to the other, both are degraded; and from so preposterous a medley of [25] the works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.\r\nIt is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes. They admit, that as [30] nature has appointed such wide differences between the physical and moral constitution of man and woman, her manifest design was to give a distinct employment to their various faculties; and they hold that improvement does not consist in making beings [35] so dissimilar do pretty nearly the same things, but in getting each of them to fulfill their respective tasks in the best possible manner. The Americans have applied to the sexes the great principle of political economy which governs the manufactures of our age, [40] by carefully dividing the duties of man from those of woman, in order that the great work of society may be the better carried on.\r\nPassage 2\r\nAs society was constituted until the last few generations, inequality was its very basis; association [45] grounded on equal rights scarcely existed; to be equals was to be enemies; two persons could hardly cooperate in anything, or meet in any amicable relation, without the law\u0092s appointing that one of them should be the superior of the other. [50] Mankind have outgrown this state, and all things now tend to substitute, as the general principle of human relations, a just equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. But of all relations, that between men and women, being the nearest and [55] most intimate, and connected with the greatest number of strong emotions, was sure to be the last to throw off the old rule, and receive the new; for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling is the tenacity with which it clings to the forms and [60] circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. . .. . . . The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is, cannot be ascertained without complete [65] liberty of choice\tLet every occupation be open to all, without favor or discouragement to any, and employments will fall into the hands of those men or women who are found by experience to be most capable of worthily exercising them. There need be [70] no fear that women will take out of the hands of men any occupation which men perform better than they. Each individual will prove his or her capacities, in the only way in which capacities can be proved, \u0097by trial; and the world will have the benefit of the best [75] faculties of all its inhabitants. But to interfere beforehand by an arbitrary limit, and declare that whatever be the genius, talent, energy, or force of mind, of an individual of a certain sex or class, those faculties shall not be exerted, or shall be exerted only [80] in some few of the many modes in which others are permitted to use theirs, is not only an injustice to the individual, and a detriment to society, which loses what it can ill spare, but is also the most effectual way of providing that, in the sex or class so fettered, the [85] qualities which are not permitted to be exercised shall not exist.", "textTwo": "33. In Passage 1, Tocqueville implies that treatment of men and women as identical in nature would have which consequence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:12:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:36:05" }, { "id": "990", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2. Originally published in 1840. Passage 2 is adapted from Harriet Taylor Mill, \u0093Enfranchisement of Women.\u0094 Originally published in 1851. As United States and European societies grew increasingly democratic during the nineteenth century, debates arose about whether freedoms enjoyed by men should be extended to women as well.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nI have shown how democracy destroys or modifies the different inequalities which originate in society; but is this all? or does it not ultimately affect {Line} that great inequality of man and woman which has [5] seemed, up to the present day, to be eternally based in human nature? I believe that the social changes which bring nearer to the same level the father and son, the master and servant, and superiors and inferiors generally speaking, will raise woman and [10] make her more and more the equal of man. But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly understood; for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range. [15] There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant [20] to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things\u0097their occupations, their pleasures, their business. It may readily be conceived, that by thus attempting to make one sex equal to the other, both are degraded; and from so preposterous a medley of [25] the works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.\r\nIt is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes. They admit, that as [30] nature has appointed such wide differences between the physical and moral constitution of man and woman, her manifest design was to give a distinct employment to their various faculties; and they hold that improvement does not consist in making beings [35] so dissimilar do pretty nearly the same things, but in getting each of them to fulfill their respective tasks in the best possible manner. The Americans have applied to the sexes the great principle of political economy which governs the manufactures of our age, [40] by carefully dividing the duties of man from those of woman, in order that the great work of society may be the better carried on.\r\nPassage 2\r\nAs society was constituted until the last few generations, inequality was its very basis; association [45] grounded on equal rights scarcely existed; to be equals was to be enemies; two persons could hardly cooperate in anything, or meet in any amicable relation, without the law\u0092s appointing that one of them should be the superior of the other. [50] Mankind have outgrown this state, and all things now tend to substitute, as the general principle of human relations, a just equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. But of all relations, that between men and women, being the nearest and [55] most intimate, and connected with the greatest number of strong emotions, was sure to be the last to throw off the old rule, and receive the new; for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling is the tenacity with which it clings to the forms and [60] circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. . .. . . . The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is, cannot be ascertained without complete [65] liberty of choice\tLet every occupation be open to all, without favor or discouragement to any, and employments will fall into the hands of those men or women who are found by experience to be most capable of worthily exercising them. There need be [70] no fear that women will take out of the hands of men any occupation which men perform better than they. Each individual will prove his or her capacities, in the only way in which capacities can be proved, \u0097by trial; and the world will have the benefit of the best [75] faculties of all its inhabitants. But to interfere beforehand by an arbitrary limit, and declare that whatever be the genius, talent, energy, or force of mind, of an individual of a certain sex or class, those faculties shall not be exerted, or shall be exerted only [80] in some few of the many modes in which others are permitted to use theirs, is not only an injustice to the individual, and a detriment to society, which loses what it can ill spare, but is also the most effectual way of providing that, in the sex or class so fettered, the [85] qualities which are not permitted to be exercised shall not exist.", "textTwo": "34. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:15:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:36:36" }, { "id": "991", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2. Originally published in 1840. Passage 2 is adapted from Harriet Taylor Mill, \u0093Enfranchisement of Women.\u0094 Originally published in 1851. As United States and European societies grew increasingly democratic during the nineteenth century, debates arose about whether freedoms enjoyed by men should be extended to women as well.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nI have shown how democracy destroys or modifies the different inequalities which originate in society; but is this all? or does it not ultimately affect {Line} that great inequality of man and woman which has [5] seemed, up to the present day, to be eternally based in human nature? I believe that the social changes which bring nearer to the same level the father and son, the master and servant, and superiors and inferiors generally speaking, will raise woman and [10] make her more and more the equal of man. But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly understood; for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range. [15] There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant [20] to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things\u0097their occupations, their pleasures, their business. It may readily be conceived, that by thus attempting to make one sex equal to the other, both are degraded; and from so preposterous a medley of [25] the works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.\r\nIt is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes. They admit, that as [30] nature has appointed such wide differences between the physical and moral constitution of man and woman, her manifest design was to give a distinct employment to their various faculties; and they hold that improvement does not consist in making beings [35] so dissimilar do pretty nearly the same things, but in getting each of them to fulfill their respective tasks in the best possible manner. The Americans have applied to the sexes the great principle of political economy which governs the manufactures of our age, [40] by carefully dividing the duties of man from those of woman, in order that the great work of society may be the better carried on.\r\nPassage 2\r\nAs society was constituted until the last few generations, inequality was its very basis; association [45] grounded on equal rights scarcely existed; to be equals was to be enemies; two persons could hardly cooperate in anything, or meet in any amicable relation, without the law\u0092s appointing that one of them should be the superior of the other. [50] Mankind have outgrown this state, and all things now tend to substitute, as the general principle of human relations, a just equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. But of all relations, that between men and women, being the nearest and [55] most intimate, and connected with the greatest number of strong emotions, was sure to be the last to throw off the old rule, and receive the new; for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling is the tenacity with which it clings to the forms and [60] circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. . .. . . . The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is, cannot be ascertained without complete [65] liberty of choice\tLet every occupation be open to all, without favor or discouragement to any, and employments will fall into the hands of those men or women who are found by experience to be most capable of worthily exercising them. There need be [70] no fear that women will take out of the hands of men any occupation which men perform better than they. Each individual will prove his or her capacities, in the only way in which capacities can be proved, \u0097by trial; and the world will have the benefit of the best [75] faculties of all its inhabitants. But to interfere beforehand by an arbitrary limit, and declare that whatever be the genius, talent, energy, or force of mind, of an individual of a certain sex or class, those faculties shall not be exerted, or shall be exerted only [80] in some few of the many modes in which others are permitted to use theirs, is not only an injustice to the individual, and a detriment to society, which loses what it can ill spare, but is also the most effectual way of providing that, in the sex or class so fettered, the [85] qualities which are not permitted to be exercised shall not exist.", "textTwo": "35. As used in line 53, \u0093dominion\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:19:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:38:03" }, { "id": "992", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2. Originally published in 1840. Passage 2 is adapted from Harriet Taylor Mill, \u0093Enfranchisement of Women.\u0094 Originally published in 1851. As United States and European societies grew increasingly democratic during the nineteenth century, debates arose about whether freedoms enjoyed by men should be extended to women as well.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nI have shown how democracy destroys or modifies the different inequalities which originate in society; but is this all? or does it not ultimately affect {Line} that great inequality of man and woman which has [5] seemed, up to the present day, to be eternally based in human nature? I believe that the social changes which bring nearer to the same level the father and son, the master and servant, and superiors and inferiors generally speaking, will raise woman and [10] make her more and more the equal of man. But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly understood; for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range. [15] There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant [20] to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things\u0097their occupations, their pleasures, their business. It may readily be conceived, that by thus attempting to make one sex equal to the other, both are degraded; and from so preposterous a medley of [25] the works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.\r\nIt is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes. They admit, that as [30] nature has appointed such wide differences between the physical and moral constitution of man and woman, her manifest design was to give a distinct employment to their various faculties; and they hold that improvement does not consist in making beings [35] so dissimilar do pretty nearly the same things, but in getting each of them to fulfill their respective tasks in the best possible manner. The Americans have applied to the sexes the great principle of political economy which governs the manufactures of our age, [40] by carefully dividing the duties of man from those of woman, in order that the great work of society may be the better carried on.\r\nPassage 2\r\nAs society was constituted until the last few generations, inequality was its very basis; association [45] grounded on equal rights scarcely existed; to be equals was to be enemies; two persons could hardly cooperate in anything, or meet in any amicable relation, without the law\u0092s appointing that one of them should be the superior of the other. [50] Mankind have outgrown this state, and all things now tend to substitute, as the general principle of human relations, a just equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. But of all relations, that between men and women, being the nearest and [55] most intimate, and connected with the greatest number of strong emotions, was sure to be the last to throw off the old rule, and receive the new; for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling is the tenacity with which it clings to the forms and [60] circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. . .. . . . The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is, cannot be ascertained without complete [65] liberty of choice\tLet every occupation be open to all, without favor or discouragement to any, and employments will fall into the hands of those men or women who are found by experience to be most capable of worthily exercising them. There need be [70] no fear that women will take out of the hands of men any occupation which men perform better than they. Each individual will prove his or her capacities, in the only way in which capacities can be proved, \u0097by trial; and the world will have the benefit of the best [75] faculties of all its inhabitants. But to interfere beforehand by an arbitrary limit, and declare that whatever be the genius, talent, energy, or force of mind, of an individual of a certain sex or class, those faculties shall not be exerted, or shall be exerted only [80] in some few of the many modes in which others are permitted to use theirs, is not only an injustice to the individual, and a detriment to society, which loses what it can ill spare, but is also the most effectual way of providing that, in the sex or class so fettered, the [85] qualities which are not permitted to be exercised shall not exist.", "textTwo": "36. In Passage 2, Mill most strongly suggests that gender roles are resistant to change because they", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:22:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:38:48" }, { "id": "993", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2. Originally published in 1840. Passage 2 is adapted from Harriet Taylor Mill, \u0093Enfranchisement of Women.\u0094 Originally published in 1851. As United States and European societies grew increasingly democratic during the nineteenth century, debates arose about whether freedoms enjoyed by men should be extended to women as well.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nI have shown how democracy destroys or modifies the different inequalities which originate in society; but is this all? or does it not ultimately affect {Line} that great inequality of man and woman which has [5] seemed, up to the present day, to be eternally based in human nature? I believe that the social changes which bring nearer to the same level the father and son, the master and servant, and superiors and inferiors generally speaking, will raise woman and [10] make her more and more the equal of man. But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly understood; for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range. [15] There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant [20] to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things\u0097their occupations, their pleasures, their business. It may readily be conceived, that by thus attempting to make one sex equal to the other, both are degraded; and from so preposterous a medley of [25] the works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.\r\nIt is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes. They admit, that as [30] nature has appointed such wide differences between the physical and moral constitution of man and woman, her manifest design was to give a distinct employment to their various faculties; and they hold that improvement does not consist in making beings [35] so dissimilar do pretty nearly the same things, but in getting each of them to fulfill their respective tasks in the best possible manner. The Americans have applied to the sexes the great principle of political economy which governs the manufactures of our age, [40] by carefully dividing the duties of man from those of woman, in order that the great work of society may be the better carried on.\r\nPassage 2\r\nAs society was constituted until the last few generations, inequality was its very basis; association [45] grounded on equal rights scarcely existed; to be equals was to be enemies; two persons could hardly cooperate in anything, or meet in any amicable relation, without the law\u0092s appointing that one of them should be the superior of the other. [50] Mankind have outgrown this state, and all things now tend to substitute, as the general principle of human relations, a just equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. But of all relations, that between men and women, being the nearest and [55] most intimate, and connected with the greatest number of strong emotions, was sure to be the last to throw off the old rule, and receive the new; for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling is the tenacity with which it clings to the forms and [60] circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. . .. . . . The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is, cannot be ascertained without complete [65] liberty of choice\tLet every occupation be open to all, without favor or discouragement to any, and employments will fall into the hands of those men or women who are found by experience to be most capable of worthily exercising them. There need be [70] no fear that women will take out of the hands of men any occupation which men perform better than they. Each individual will prove his or her capacities, in the only way in which capacities can be proved, \u0097by trial; and the world will have the benefit of the best [75] faculties of all its inhabitants. But to interfere beforehand by an arbitrary limit, and declare that whatever be the genius, talent, energy, or force of mind, of an individual of a certain sex or class, those faculties shall not be exerted, or shall be exerted only [80] in some few of the many modes in which others are permitted to use theirs, is not only an injustice to the individual, and a detriment to society, which loses what it can ill spare, but is also the most effectual way of providing that, in the sex or class so fettered, the [85] qualities which are not permitted to be exercised shall not exist.", "textTwo": "37. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:24:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:39:24" }, { "id": "994", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2. Originally published in 1840. Passage 2 is adapted from Harriet Taylor Mill, \u0093Enfranchisement of Women.\u0094 Originally published in 1851. As United States and European societies grew increasingly democratic during the nineteenth century, debates arose about whether freedoms enjoyed by men should be extended to women as well.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nI have shown how democracy destroys or modifies the different inequalities which originate in society; but is this all? or does it not ultimately affect {Line} that great inequality of man and woman which has [5] seemed, up to the present day, to be eternally based in human nature? I believe that the social changes which bring nearer to the same level the father and son, the master and servant, and superiors and inferiors generally speaking, will raise woman and [10] make her more and more the equal of man. But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly understood; for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range. [15] There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant [20] to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things\u0097their occupations, their pleasures, their business. It may readily be conceived, that by thus attempting to make one sex equal to the other, both are degraded; and from so preposterous a medley of [25] the works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.\r\nIt is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes. They admit, that as [30] nature has appointed such wide differences between the physical and moral constitution of man and woman, her manifest design was to give a distinct employment to their various faculties; and they hold that improvement does not consist in making beings [35] so dissimilar do pretty nearly the same things, but in getting each of them to fulfill their respective tasks in the best possible manner. The Americans have applied to the sexes the great principle of political economy which governs the manufactures of our age, [40] by carefully dividing the duties of man from those of woman, in order that the great work of society may be the better carried on.\r\nPassage 2\r\nAs society was constituted until the last few generations, inequality was its very basis; association [45] grounded on equal rights scarcely existed; to be equals was to be enemies; two persons could hardly cooperate in anything, or meet in any amicable relation, without the law\u0092s appointing that one of them should be the superior of the other. [50] Mankind have outgrown this state, and all things now tend to substitute, as the general principle of human relations, a just equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. But of all relations, that between men and women, being the nearest and [55] most intimate, and connected with the greatest number of strong emotions, was sure to be the last to throw off the old rule, and receive the new; for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling is the tenacity with which it clings to the forms and [60] circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. . .. . . . The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is, cannot be ascertained without complete [65] liberty of choice\tLet every occupation be open to all, without favor or discouragement to any, and employments will fall into the hands of those men or women who are found by experience to be most capable of worthily exercising them. There need be [70] no fear that women will take out of the hands of men any occupation which men perform better than they. Each individual will prove his or her capacities, in the only way in which capacities can be proved, \u0097by trial; and the world will have the benefit of the best [75] faculties of all its inhabitants. But to interfere beforehand by an arbitrary limit, and declare that whatever be the genius, talent, energy, or force of mind, of an individual of a certain sex or class, those faculties shall not be exerted, or shall be exerted only [80] in some few of the many modes in which others are permitted to use theirs, is not only an injustice to the individual, and a detriment to society, which loses what it can ill spare, but is also the most effectual way of providing that, in the sex or class so fettered, the [85] qualities which are not permitted to be exercised shall not exist.", "textTwo": "38. Both authors would most likely agree that the changes in gender roles that they describe would be", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:34:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:39:55" }, { "id": "995", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2. Originally published in 1840. Passage 2 is adapted from Harriet Taylor Mill, \u0093Enfranchisement of Women.\u0094 Originally published in 1851. As United States and European societies grew increasingly democratic during the nineteenth century, debates arose about whether freedoms enjoyed by men should be extended to women as well.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nI have shown how democracy destroys or modifies the different inequalities which originate in society; but is this all? or does it not ultimately affect {Line} that great inequality of man and woman which has [5] seemed, up to the present day, to be eternally based in human nature? I believe that the social changes which bring nearer to the same level the father and son, the master and servant, and superiors and inferiors generally speaking, will raise woman and [10] make her more and more the equal of man. But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly understood; for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range. [15] There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant [20] to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things\u0097their occupations, their pleasures, their business. It may readily be conceived, that by thus attempting to make one sex equal to the other, both are degraded; and from so preposterous a medley of\r\n[25] the works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.\r\nIt is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes. They admit, that as [30] nature has appointed such wide differences between the physical and moral constitution of man and woman, her manifest design was to give a distinct employment to their various faculties; and they hold that improvement does not consist in making beings [35] so dissimilar do pretty nearly the same things, but in getting each of them to fulfill their respective tasks in the best possible manner. The Americans have applied to the sexes the great principle of political economy which governs the manufactures of our age, [40] by carefully dividing the duties of man from those of woman, in order that the great work of society may be the better carried on.\r\nPassage 2\r\nAs society was constituted until the last few generations, inequality was its very basis; association [45] grounded on equal rights scarcely existed; to be equals was to be enemies; two persons could hardly cooperate in anything, or meet in any amicable relation, without the law\u0092s appointing that one of them should be the superior of the other. [50] Mankind have outgrown this state, and all things now tend to substitute, as the general principle of human relations, a just equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. But of all relations, that between men and women, being the nearest and [55] most intimate, and connected with the greatest number of strong emotions, was sure to be the last to throw off the old rule, and receive the new; for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling is the tenacity with which it clings to the forms and [60] circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. . .. . . . The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is, cannot be ascertained without complete [65] liberty of choice\tLet every occupation be open to all, without favor or discouragement to any, and employments will fall into the hands of those men or women who are found by experience to be most capable of worthily exercising them. There need be [70] no fear that women will take out of the hands of men any occupation which men perform better than they. Each individual will prove his or her capacities, in the only way in which capacities can be proved, \u0097by trial; and the world will have the benefit of the best [75] faculties of all its inhabitants. But to interfere beforehand by an arbitrary limit, and declare that whatever be the genius, talent, energy, or force of mind, of an individual of a certain sex or class, those faculties shall not be exerted, or shall be exerted only [80] in some few of the many modes in which others are permitted to use theirs, is not only an injustice to the individual, and a detriment to society, which loses what it can ill spare, but is also the most effectual way of providing that, in the sex or class so fettered, the [85] qualities which are not permitted to be exercised shall not exist.", "textTwo": "39. Tocqueville in Passage 1 would most likely characterize the position taken by Mill in lines 65-69 in Passage 2 (\u0093Let . . . them\u0094) as", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:36:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:40:38" }, { "id": "996", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2. Originally published in 1840. Passage 2 is adapted from Harriet Taylor Mill, \u0093Enfranchisement of Women.\u0094 Originally published in 1851. As United States and European societies grew increasingly democratic during the nineteenth century, debates arose about whether freedoms enjoyed by men should be extended to women as well.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nI have shown how democracy destroys or modifies the different inequalities which originate in society; but is this all? or does it not ultimately affect {Line} that great inequality of man and woman which has [5] seemed, up to the present day, to be eternally based in human nature? I believe that the social changes which bring nearer to the same level the father and son, the master and servant, and superiors and inferiors generally speaking, will raise woman and [10] make her more and more the equal of man. But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly understood; for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range. [15] There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant [20] to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things\u0097their occupations, their pleasures, their business. It may readily be conceived, that by thus attempting to make one sex equal to the other, both are degraded; and from so preposterous a medley of [25] the works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.\r\nIt is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes. They admit, that as [30] nature has appointed such wide differences between the physical and moral constitution of man and woman, her manifest design was to give a distinct employment to their various faculties; and they hold that improvement does not consist in making beings [35] so dissimilar do pretty nearly the same things, but in getting each of them to fulfill their respective tasks in the best possible manner. The Americans have applied to the sexes the great principle of political economy which governs the manufactures of our age, [40] by carefully dividing the duties of man from those of woman, in order that the great work of society may be the better carried on.\r\nPassage 2\r\nAs society was constituted until the last few generations, inequality was its very basis; association [45] grounded on equal rights scarcely existed; to be equals was to be enemies; two persons could hardly cooperate in anything, or meet in any amicable relation, without the law\u0092s appointing that one of them should be the superior of the other. [50] Mankind have outgrown this state, and all things now tend to substitute, as the general principle of human relations, a just equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. But of all relations, that between men and women, being the nearest and [55] most intimate, and connected with the greatest number of strong emotions, was sure to be the last to throw off the old rule, and receive the new; for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling is the tenacity with which it clings to the forms and [60] circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. . .. . . . The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is, cannot be ascertained without complete [65] liberty of choice\tLet every occupation be open to all, without favor or discouragement to any, and employments will fall into the hands of those men or women who are found by experience to be most capable of worthily exercising them. There need be [70] no fear that women will take out of the hands of men any occupation which men perform better than they. Each individual will prove his or her capacities, in the only way in which capacities can be proved, \u0097by trial; and the world will have the benefit of the best [75] faculties of all its inhabitants. But to interfere beforehand by an arbitrary limit, and declare that whatever be the genius, talent, energy, or force of mind, of an individual of a certain sex or class, those faculties shall not be exerted, or shall be exerted only [80] in some few of the many modes in which others are permitted to use theirs, is not only an injustice to the individual, and a detriment to society, which loses what it can ill spare, but is also the most effectual way of providing that, in the sex or class so fettered, the [85] qualities which are not permitted to be exercised shall not exist.", "textTwo": "40. Which choice best describes the ways that the two authors conceive of the individual\u0092s proper position in society?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:40:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:41:15" }, { "id": "997", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Volume 2. Originally published in 1840. Passage 2 is adapted from Harriet Taylor Mill, \u0093Enfranchisement of Women.\u0094 Originally published in 1851. As United States and European societies grew increasingly democratic during the nineteenth century, debates arose about whether freedoms enjoyed by men should be extended to women as well.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nI have shown how democracy destroys or modifies the different inequalities which originate in society; but is this all? or does it not ultimately affect {Line} that great inequality of man and woman which has [5] seemed, up to the present day, to be eternally based in human nature? I believe that the social changes which bring nearer to the same level the father and son, the master and servant, and superiors and inferiors generally speaking, will raise woman and [10] make her more and more the equal of man. But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly understood; for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range. [15] There are people in Europe who, confounding together the different characteristics of the sexes, would make of man and woman beings not only equal but alike. They would give to both the same functions, impose on both the same duties, and grant [20] to both the same rights; they would mix them in all things\u0097their occupations, their pleasures, their business. It may readily be conceived, that by thus attempting to make one sex equal to the other, both are degraded; and from so preposterous a medley of [25] the works of nature nothing could ever result but weak men and disorderly women.\r\nIt is not thus that the Americans understand that species of democratic equality which may be established between the sexes. They admit, that as [30] nature has appointed such wide differences between the physical and moral constitution of man and woman, her manifest design was to give a distinct employment to their various faculties; and they hold that improvement does not consist in making beings [35] so dissimilar do pretty nearly the same things, but in getting each of them to fulfill their respective tasks in the best possible manner. The Americans have applied to the sexes the great principle of political economy which governs the manufactures of our age, [40] by carefully dividing the duties of man from those of woman, in order that the great work of society may be the better carried on.\r\nPassage 2\r\nAs society was constituted until the last few generations, inequality was its very basis; association [45] grounded on equal rights scarcely existed; to be equals was to be enemies; two persons could hardly cooperate in anything, or meet in any amicable relation, without the law\u0092s appointing that one of them should be the superior of the other. [50] Mankind have outgrown this state, and all things now tend to substitute, as the general principle of human relations, a just equality, instead of the dominion of the strongest. But of all relations, that between men and women, being the nearest and [55] most intimate, and connected with the greatest number of strong emotions, was sure to be the last to throw off the old rule, and receive the new; for, in proportion to the strength of a feeling is the tenacity with which it clings to the forms and [60] circumstances with which it has even accidentally become associated. . .. . . . The proper sphere for all human beings is the largest and highest which they are able to attain to. What this is, cannot be ascertained without complete [65] liberty of choice\tLet every occupation be open to all, without favor or discouragement to any, and employments will fall into the hands of those men or women who are found by experience to be most capable of worthily exercising them. There need be [70] no fear that women will take out of the hands of men any occupation which men perform better than they. Each individual will prove his or her capacities, in the only way in which capacities can be proved, \u0097by trial; and the world will have the benefit of the best [75] faculties of all its inhabitants. But to interfere beforehand by an arbitrary limit, and declare that whatever be the genius, talent, energy, or force of mind, of an individual of a certain sex or class, those faculties shall not be exerted, or shall be exerted only [80] in some few of the many modes in which others are permitted to use theirs, is not only an injustice to the individual, and a detriment to society, which loses what it can ill spare, but is also the most effectual way of providing that, in the sex or class so fettered, the [85] qualities which are not permitted to be exercised shall not exist.", "textTwo": "41. Based on Passage 2, Mill would most likely say that the application of the \u0093great principle of political economy\u0094 (lines 38-39, Passage 1) to gender roles has which effect?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:42:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:50:28" }, { "id": "998", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "42. Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/870911c2baee2aa88589c8e152b466310061dc58.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:46:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:51:23" }, { "id": "999", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "43. The main purpose of the analogy of the ping-pong ball (line 40) is to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/334f00e2b445f893bd7121c588dc0e49f6877be8.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:48:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:51:53" }, { "id": "1000", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "44. The author most strongly suggests that the reason the scientific community initially rejected Higgs\u0092s idea was that the idea", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b27f397d32fef7e65a7e1ade873ce2b8f10843d7.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:52:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:52:21" }, { "id": "1001", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "45. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/2b2b14511535a74304163e5bc442cd553c57c310.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:55:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:52:44" }, { "id": "1002", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "46. The author notes that one reason Higgs\u0092s theory gained acceptance was that it", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a39aad6510c30a4377d9982867bdd99c30738ebb.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:59:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:53:08" }, { "id": "1003", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "47. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8bcf6db5f1b060f11dc6668989d4df6cf3328867.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:04:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:53:35" }, { "id": "1004", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "48. Which statement best describes the technique the author uses to advance the main point of the last paragraph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/88ca92a1706a78b22cc02543bc79d63195c701bf.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:09:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:58:21" }, { "id": "1005", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "49. As used in line 77, \u0093established\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/163c3784ebce5fc78648e1f74efcec67bd29b8a3.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:11:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:58:58" }, { "id": "1006", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "50. What purpose does the graph serve in relation to the passage as a whole?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/ab7fffc586d5ff51b0a467ed3bd4aaacfc1e41df.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:15:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:59:20" }, { "id": "1007", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "51. Which statement is best supported by the data presented in the graph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/fa924ad3d3af3d6fc01108a9ab2b27d935199a1f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:17:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 21:59:39" }, { "id": "1008", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "52. Based on the graph, the author\u0092s depiction of Higgs\u0092s theory in the mid-1980s is most analogous to which hypothetical situation?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f93789c7052541d7a958020e5e332df1483640c7.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:19:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:03:12" }, { "id": "1009", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Brian Greene, \u0093How the Higgs Boson Was Found.\u0094 \u00a92013 by Smithsonian Institution. The Higgs boson is an elementary particle associated with the Higgs field. Experiments conducted in 2012\u00962013 tentatively confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson and thus of the Higgs field.\r\n\r\nNearly a half-century ago, Peter Higgs and a handful of other physicists were trying to understand the origin of a basic physical feature: mass. You can {Line} think of mass as an object\u0092s heft or, a little more [5] precisely, as the resistance it offers to having its motion changed. Push on a freight train (or a feather) to increase its speed, and the resistance you feel reflects its mass. At a microscopic level, the freight train\u0092s mass comes from its constituent [10] molecules and atoms, which are themselves built from fundamental particles, electrons and quarks. But where do the masses of these and other fundamental particles come from? When physicists in the 1960s modeled the [15] behavior of these particles using equations rooted in quantum physics, they encountered a puzzle. If they imagined that the particles were all massless, then each term in the equations clicked into a perfectly symmetric pattern, like the tips of a perfect [20] snowflake. And this symmetry was not just mathematically elegant. It explained patterns evident in the experimental data. But\u0097and here\u0092s the puzzle\u0097physicists knew that the particles did have mass, and when they modified the equations to [25] account for this fact, the mathematical harmony was spoiled. The equations became complex and unwieldy and, worse still, inconsistent. What to do? Here\u0092s the idea put forward by Higgs. Don\u0092t shove the particles\u0092 masses down the throat of [30] the beautiful equations. Instead, keep the equations pristine and symmetric, but consider them operating within a peculiar environment. Imagine that all of space is uniformly filled with an invisible substance\u0097now called the Higgs field\u0097that exerts a [35] drag force on particles when they accelerate through it. Push on a fundamental particle in an effort to increase its speed and, according to Higgs, you would feel this drag force as a resistance. Justifiably, you would interpret the resistance as the particle\u0092s mass. [40] For a mental toehold, think of a ping-pong ball submerged in water. When you push on the ping-pong ball, it will feel much more massive than it does outside of water. Its interaction with the watery environment has the effect of endowing it with mass. [45] So with particles submerged in the Higgs field. In 1964, Higgs submitted a paper to a prominent physics journal in which he formulated this idea mathematically. The paper was rejected. Not because it contained a technical error, but because the [50] premise of an invisible something permeating space, interacting with particles to provide their mass, well, it all just seemed like heaps of overwrought speculation. The editors of the journal deemed it \u0093of no obvious relevance to physics.\u0094 [55]\tBut Higgs persevered (and his revised paper appeared later that year in another journal), and physicists who took the time to study the proposal gradually realized that his idea was a stroke of genius, one that allowed them to have their cake and eat it [60] too. In Higgs\u0092s scheme, the fundamental equations can retain their pristine form because the dirty work of providing the particles\u0092 masses is relegated to the environment. While I wasn\u0092t around to witness the initial [65] rejection of Higgs\u0092s proposal in 1964 (well, I was around, but only barely), I can attest that by the mid-1980s, the assessment had changed. The physics community had, for the most part, fully bought into the idea that there was a Higgs field permeating [70] space. In fact, in a graduate course I took that covered what\u0092s known as the Standard Model of Particle Physics (the quantum equations physicists have assembled to describe the particles of matter and the dominant forces by which they influence [75] each other), the professor presented the Higgs field with such certainty that for a long while I had no idea it had yet to be established experimentally. On occasion, that happens in physics. Mathematical equations can sometimes tell such a convincing tale, [80] they can seemingly radiate reality so strongly, that they become entrenched in the vernacular of working physicists, even before there\u0092s data to confirm them.", "textTwo": "52. Based on the graph, the author\u0092s depiction of Higgs\u0092s theory in the mid-1980s is most analogous to which hypothetical situation?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4f5b9ca0d591b09dbf34524d3038219089b57aa7.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:19:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:10:01" }, { "id": "1010", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Which of the following is equivalent to 9^3\/4?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3?3", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:24:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:34:16" }, { "id": "1011", "parentId": "", "textOne": "At a restaurant, n cups of tea are made by adding t tea bags to hot water. If t = n + 2, how many additional tea bags are needed to make each additional cup of tea?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "One", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:31:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:34:45" }, { "id": "1012", "parentId": "", "textOne": "f(x) = 2^x + 1\r\nThe function f is defined by the equation above. Which of the following is the graph of y = ?f (x) in the xy-plane?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:35:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:35:11" }, { "id": "1013", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "1.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:10:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:11:14" }, { "id": "1014", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "2.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:12:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:11:44" }, { "id": "1015", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "3.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:14:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:12:05" }, { "id": "1016", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "4.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:17:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:12:29" }, { "id": "1017", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "5. Which choice most effectively sets up the list of examples that follows in the next sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:19:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:21:06" }, { "id": "1018", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "6.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:21:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:21:28" }, { "id": "1019", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "7.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:25:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:23:29" }, { "id": "1020", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "8.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:26:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:23:53" }, { "id": "1021", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "9. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 1 should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:29:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:24:25" }, { "id": "1022", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "10. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nIn addition, NASA has facilities in Washington, DC, Florida, Texas, California, and other states. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:30:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:24:59" }, { "id": "1023", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nNASA: A Space Program with Down-to-Earth Benefits\r\nThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently [1] many times contested. Many people think of NASA\u0092s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,[3] to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe. In 1958, the program\u0092s first year, very few people believed that it was even possible for a manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere and orbit Earth. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space [4] Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible. All along, these NASA projects have [5] greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions [6] elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions [7] spawn\u0092s new industries, and with those industries, jobs. NASA also sponsors the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, which are specifically designed to support technological development in the private sector. {1} A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. {2} More than 60 percent of the contribution [8] coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. {3} This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. {4} This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States\u0092 competitiveness in the international market. {5} Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: \u0093For . . . a penny on a dollar\u0097we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.\u0094 [9] {6} Tyson\u0092s expansive vision for the agency hints at another mission of NASA\u0092s, illuminated in this observation by Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: \u0093You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it.\u0094{7} [10 ]With world population topping seven billion, humanity is in need of some perspective. [11] Therefore, we should continue to support NASA not only for practical reasons but also because it is a necessary vehicle for increasing our awareness of how we can fulfill our responsibilities to the planet and each other.", "textTwo": "11.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:32:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:25:19" }, { "id": "1024", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility\r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them.\r\nCritics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "12.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/e9e6ec2aa0aa6d8e60683068f3cad2b29fbc8684.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:14:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:26:08" }, { "id": "1025", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility\r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them.\r\nCritics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "13.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1145db6795e4327032403c4a57f9ce1414254241.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:16:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:26:30" }, { "id": "1026", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility\r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them.\r\nCritics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "14.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f8bcc6b07b049c16f8e9c0aacdc8236cb6fb5433.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:18:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:27:02" }, { "id": "1027", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility\r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them.\r\nCritics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "15. Which choice best establishes the argument that follows?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d796803375acb01dc4f6867c09d5ac63ec0fd677.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:20:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:27:24" }, { "id": "1028", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility \r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them. Critics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "16.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/0e0e1eca92df5c4a5378203edfdd8fb69664030f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:26:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:28:00" }, { "id": "1029", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility \r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them. Critics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "17.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/259b48895b8d7e62b2c4ad610356688316d6d437.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:28:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:28:31" }, { "id": "1030", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility \r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them. Critics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "18.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:30:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:28:58" }, { "id": "1031", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility \r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them. Critics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "19", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/48f16acadd89b68372abaa64eda9031421154660.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:40:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:29:30" }, { "id": "1032", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility \r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them. Critics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "20.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4013393e129180a1d28228971f0f0cc7ff8c4422.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:42:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:30:15" }, { "id": "1033", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility \r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them. Critics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "21. Which choice makes the writer\u0092s description of the figure most accurate?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f24856cc78953c0d0988b3b77d67664c342cda19.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:44:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:30:42" }, { "id": "1034", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nProfessional Development: A Shared Responsibility \r\nNew theories, [12] new practices too, and technologies are transforming the twenty-first-century workplace at lightning speed. To perform their jobs successfully in this dynamic environment, workers in many [13] fields\u0097from social services to manufacturing, must continually acquire relevant knowledge and update key skills. This practice of continued education, also known as professional development, benefits not only employees but also their employers. [14] Accordingly, meaningful professional development is a shared responsibility: it is the responsibility of employers to provide useful programs, and it is also the responsibility of employees to take advantage of the opportunities offered to them. Critics of employer-provided professional development argue that employees [15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics [16] contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay for, appropriate resources to [17] show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it. This argument ignores research pointing to high employee turnover and training of new staff as significant costs plaguing employers in many fields. Forward-thinking employers recognize the importance of investing in the employees they have rather than hiring new staff when the skills of current workers [18] get old and worn out. The most common forms of professional development provided to employees [19] includes coaching, mentoring, technical assistance, and workshops. Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. [20] Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel. As the figure suggests, [21] receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework, while the opportunity to belong to professional networks and participate in activities such as foundation anD skill-building workshops is relatively unimportant. A recent trend in professional development that has provided advantages to both employers and employees is online instruction. From an employer perspective, the first and perhaps most obvious advantage is the lower cost of online professional development compared with that of in-person workshops and training. Employers can also [22] identify, which employees have successfully completed instructional modules and which need to be offered additional training. For employees, online professional development provides the opportunity to receive instruction at their own pace and interact with other professionals online. This exciting trend has the potential to make the shared responsibility of professional development less burdensome for both employers and employees.", "textTwo": "22.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/893e46dacb0efcef9305e9d555e47e79c16bb7ec.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:45:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:31:05" }, { "id": "1035", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "23.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:49:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:31:53" }, { "id": "1036", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "24.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:51:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:32:15" }, { "id": "1037", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "25. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.\r\nThe group\u0092s philosophy was connected to the tale of the hare and the tortoise, in which the tortoise wins the race. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:53:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-15 22:32:44" }, { "id": "1038", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "26.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:55:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:17:11" }, { "id": "1039", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "27.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:57:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:17:35" }, { "id": "1040", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "28. Which choice most effectively supports the central point of the paragraph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:59:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:18:01" }, { "id": "1041", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "29.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:01:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:18:37" }, { "id": "1042", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "30.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:03:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:23:04" }, { "id": "1043", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "31.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:05:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:27:59" }, { "id": "1044", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "32.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:06:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:28:17" }, { "id": "1045", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nThe Evolution of Slow Food\r\nIn 1986, McDonald\u0092s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome\u0092s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; [23] specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy\u0092s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast [24] life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. [25] From its beginning, the movement [26] had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald\u0092s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental [27] factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese\u0092s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful. During [29] their early years, the movement also focused on the value of [30] spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals. It emphasized the importance of preserving these \u0093easygoing, slow pleasures.\u0094 As the movement grew beyond Italy\u0092s borders\u0097today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries\u0097this emphasis on pleasure [31] pictured criticism for being elitist. Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, [32] can adequately and affordably feed the world? Given the hectic pace of modern life, who among us has the time and resources for elaborate meals? Such questions, in addition to environmental concerns, are at the heart of perennial debates about food production. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. Members assert that food should be flavorful, carrying the properties of a particular region; it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. [33] In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.", "textTwo": "33.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:08:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:28:31" }, { "id": "1046", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "34.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:29:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:30:44" }, { "id": "1047", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "35. The writer wants to add a supporting detail to indicate that the story was widely reported. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:32:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:31:10" }, { "id": "1048", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "36.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:36:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:31:37" }, { "id": "1049", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "37.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:37:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:32:01" }, { "id": "1050", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "38.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:39:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:32:17" }, { "id": "1051", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "39. Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:40:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:32:45" }, { "id": "1052", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "40. Which choice best establishes the main idea of the paragraph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:44:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:33:28" }, { "id": "1053", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "41.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:45:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:33:49" }, { "id": "1054", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "42. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 4 should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:46:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:36:15" }, { "id": "1055", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "43.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:48:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:36:32" }, { "id": "1056", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWas the Hoax a Hoax?\r\nFor an hour on the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and other performers from the Mercury Theatre flooded the airwaves with alarming \u0093news bulletins\u0094 about a Martian invasion supposedly occurring in Grover\u0092s Mill, New Jersey. They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds,\r\na science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page [34] headline in the New York Times declared, \u0093Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.\u0094 [35] The Times article claimed that people had fled their homes and that police stations had been swamped with calls. This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles\u0092s broadcast had as many as twelve million people [36] who feared that Martians had invaded Earth. Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go [37] so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry. [38] At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers\u0092 [39] profits. The newspaper industry tried to do this by portraying the new medium as irresponsible.{1} Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, [40] consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow\u0092s argument. {2} For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. {3} Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. {4} Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn\u0092t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. {5} According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been \u0093frightened\u0094 by the broadcast. {6} Ratings, however, reveal that [41] far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. {7} Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey \u0093conflated being \u0091frightened,\u0092 \u0091disturbed,\u0092 or \u0091excited\u0092 by the program with being \u0091panicked.\u0092\u0094 [42] Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but [43] some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later \u0093remembered\u0094 being more afraid than they had been. The researchers also suggest that, [44] not unlike people who got caught up in the excitement of the story when reading about it in the newspaper, the American public may have been willing to embrace the legend because of its appeal to the imagination.", "textTwo": "44. Which choice most effectively signals the comparison the writer is making between the two groups mentioned?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:49:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:38:10" }, { "id": "1057", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is from Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n, The Angel\u0092s Game.\r\n\u00a92008 by Dragonworks, S.L. Translation \u00a92009 by\r\nLucia Graves. The narrator, a writer, recalls his childhood in early twentieth-century Barcelona.\r\n\r\nEven then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school {Line} friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible [5] pages, I saw light, streets, and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a safe haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even [10] could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn\u0092t like to see books in the house. There was something about them\u0097apart from the letters he could not decipher\u0097that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten, he would [15] send me off to work and that I\u0092d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn\u0092t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night [20] and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window. \u0093If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you\u0092ll be sorry.\u0094 My father was not a miser and, despite the [25] hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on licorice sticks, sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, [30] and when I\u0092d collected four or five realest, I\u0092d secretly rush out to buy myself a book. My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my [35] sanctuaries, my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart\u0092s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn\u0092t looking, I\u0092d leave the coins I\u0092d managed to [40] collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change\u0097if I\u0092d had to buy a book with that pittance, I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on [45] my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever. One Christmas Sempere gave me the best gift I have ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full. [50] \u0093Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens,\u0094 I read on the cover. I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought [55] perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them. \u0093A friend of yours?\u0094 \u0093A lifelong friend. And from now on, he\u0092s your friend too.\u0094 That afternoon I took my new friend home, [60] hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn\u0092t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in [65] the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn\u0092t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.", "textTwo": "1. Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from a", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:14:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:43:34" }, { "id": "1058", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is from Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n, The Angel\u0092s Game.\r\n\u00a92008 by Dragonworks, S.L. Translation \u00a92009 by\r\nLucia Graves. The narrator, a writer, recalls his childhood in early twentieth-century Barcelona.\r\n\r\nEven then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school {Line} friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible [5] pages, I saw light, streets, and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a safe haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even [10] could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn\u0092t like to see books in the house. There was something about them\u0097apart from the letters he could not decipher\u0097that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten, he would [15] send me off to work and that I\u0092d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn\u0092t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night [20] and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window. \u0093If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you\u0092ll be sorry.\u0094 My father was not a miser and, despite the [25] hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on licorice sticks, sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, [30] and when I\u0092d collected four or five realest, I\u0092d secretly rush out to buy myself a book. My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my [35] sanctuaries, my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart\u0092s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn\u0092t looking, I\u0092d leave the coins I\u0092d managed to [40] collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change\u0097if I\u0092d had to buy a book with that pittance, I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on [45] my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever. One Christmas Sempere gave me the best gift I have ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full. [50] \u0093Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens,\u0094 I read on the cover. I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought [55] perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them. \u0093A friend of yours?\u0094 \u0093A lifelong friend. And from now on, he\u0092s your friend too.\u0094 That afternoon I took my new friend home, [60] hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn\u0092t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in [65] the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn\u0092t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.", "textTwo": "2. The main purpose of lines 1-10 (\u0093Even . . . awaited me\u0094) is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:15:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:44:14" }, { "id": "1059", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is from Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n, The Angel\u0092s Game.\r\n\u00a92008 by Dragonworks, S.L. Translation \u00a92009 by\r\nLucia Graves. The narrator, a writer, recalls his childhood in early twentieth-century Barcelona.\r\n\r\nEven then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school {Line} friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible [5] pages, I saw light, streets, and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a safe haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even [10] could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn\u0092t like to see books in the house. There was something about them\u0097apart from the letters he could not decipher\u0097that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten, he would [15] send me off to work and that I\u0092d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn\u0092t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night [20] and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window. \u0093If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you\u0092ll be sorry.\u0094 My father was not a miser and, despite the [25] hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on licorice sticks, sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, [30] and when I\u0092d collected four or five realest, I\u0092d secretly rush out to buy myself a book. My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my [35] sanctuaries, my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart\u0092s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn\u0092t looking, I\u0092d leave the coins I\u0092d managed to [40] collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change\u0097if I\u0092d had to buy a book with that pittance, I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on [45] my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever. One Christmas Sempere gave me the best gift I have ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full. [50] \u0093Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens,\u0094 I read on the cover. I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought [55] perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them. \u0093A friend of yours?\u0094 \u0093A lifelong friend. And from now on, he\u0092s your friend too.\u0094 That afternoon I took my new friend home, [60] hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn\u0092t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in [65] the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn\u0092t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.", "textTwo": "3. With which of the following statements about his father would the narrator most likely agree?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:19:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:47:27" }, { "id": "1060", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is from Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n, The Angel\u0092s Game.\r\n\u00a92008 by Dragonworks, S.L. Translation \u00a92009 by\r\nLucia Graves. The narrator, a writer, recalls his childhood in early twentieth-century Barcelona.\r\n\r\nEven then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school {Line} friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible [5] pages, I saw light, streets, and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a safe haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even [10] could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn\u0092t like to see books in the house. There was something about them\u0097apart from the letters he could not decipher\u0097that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten, he would [15] send me off to work and that I\u0092d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn\u0092t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night [20] and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window. \u0093If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you\u0092ll be sorry.\u0094 My father was not a miser and, despite the [25] hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on licorice sticks, sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, [30] and when I\u0092d collected four or five realest, I\u0092d secretly rush out to buy myself a book. My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my [35] sanctuaries, my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart\u0092s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn\u0092t looking, I\u0092d leave the coins I\u0092d managed to [40] collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change\u0097if I\u0092d had to buy a book with that pittance, I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on [45] my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever. One Christmas Sempere gave me the best gift I have ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full. [50] \u0093Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens,\u0094 I read on the cover. I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought [55] perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them. \u0093A friend of yours?\u0094 \u0093A lifelong friend. And from now on, he\u0092s your friend too.\u0094 That afternoon I took my new friend home, [60] hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn\u0092t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in [65] the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn\u0092t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.", "textTwo": "4. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:24:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:47:50" }, { "id": "1061", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is from Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n, The Angel\u0092s Game.\r\n\u00a92008 by Dragonworks, S.L. Translation \u00a92009 by\r\nLucia Graves. The narrator, a writer, recalls his childhood in early twentieth-century Barcelona.\r\n\r\nEven then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school {Line} friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible [5] pages, I saw light, streets, and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a safe haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even [10] could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn\u0092t like to see books in the house. There was something about them\u0097apart from the letters he could not decipher\u0097that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten, he would [15] send me off to work and that I\u0092d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn\u0092t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night [20] and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window. \u0093If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you\u0092ll be sorry.\u0094 My father was not a miser and, despite the [25] hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on licorice sticks, sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, [30] and when I\u0092d collected four or five realest, I\u0092d secretly rush out to buy myself a book. My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my [35] sanctuaries, my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart\u0092s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn\u0092t looking, I\u0092d leave the coins I\u0092d managed to [40] collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change\u0097if I\u0092d had to buy a book with that pittance, I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on [45] my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever. One Christmas Sempere gave me the best gift I have ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full. [50] \u0093Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens,\u0094 I read on the cover. I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought [55] perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them. \u0093A friend of yours?\u0094 \u0093A lifelong friend. And from now on, he\u0092s your friend too.\u0094 That afternoon I took my new friend home, [60] hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn\u0092t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in [65] the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn\u0092t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.", "textTwo": "5. It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that the main reason that the narrator consider Great Expectations to be the best gift he ever received is because", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:26:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:48:13" }, { "id": "1062", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is from Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n, The Angel\u0092s Game.\r\n\u00a92008 by Dragonworks, S.L. Translation \u00a92009 by\r\nLucia Graves. The narrator, a writer, recalls his childhood in early twentieth-century Barcelona.\r\n\r\nEven then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school {Line} friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible [5] pages, I saw light, streets, and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a safe haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even [10] could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn\u0092t like to see books in the house. There was something about them\u0097apart from the letters he could not decipher\u0097that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten, he would [15] send me off to work and that I\u0092d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn\u0092t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night [20] and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window. \u0093If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you\u0092ll be sorry.\u0094 My father was not a miser and, despite the [25] hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on licorice sticks, sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, [30] and when I\u0092d collected four or five realest, I\u0092d secretly rush out to buy myself a book. My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my [35] sanctuaries, my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart\u0092s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn\u0092t looking, I\u0092d leave the coins I\u0092d managed to [40] collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change\u0097if I\u0092d had to buy a book with that pittance, I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on [45] my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever. One Christmas Sempere gave me the best gift I have ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full. [50] \u0093Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens,\u0094 I read on the cover. I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought [55] perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them. \u0093A friend of yours?\u0094 \u0093A lifelong friend. And from now on, he\u0092s your friend too.\u0094 That afternoon I took my new friend home, [60] hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn\u0092t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in [65] the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn\u0092t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.", "textTwo": "6. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:29:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 14:48:55" }, { "id": "1063", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is from Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n, The Angel\u0092s Game.\r\n\u00a92008 by Dragonworks, S.L. Translation \u00a92009 by\r\nLucia Graves. The narrator, a writer, recalls his childhood in early twentieth-century Barcelona.\r\n\r\nEven then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school {Line} friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible [5] pages, I saw light, streets, and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a safe haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even [10] could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn\u0092t like to see books in the house. There was something about them\u0097apart from the letters he could not decipher\u0097that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten, he would [15] send me off to work and that I\u0092d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn\u0092t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night [20] and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window. \u0093If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you\u0092ll be sorry.\u0094 My father was not a miser and, despite the [25] hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on licorice sticks, sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, [30] and when I\u0092d collected four or five realest, I\u0092d secretly rush out to buy myself a book. My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my [35] sanctuaries, my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart\u0092s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn\u0092t looking, I\u0092d leave the coins I\u0092d managed to [40] collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change\u0097if I\u0092d had to buy a book with that pittance, I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on [45] my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever. One Christmas Sempere gave me the best gift I have ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full. [50] \u0093Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens,\u0094 I read on the cover. I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought [55] perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them. \u0093A friend of yours?\u0094 \u0093A lifelong friend. And from now on, he\u0092s your friend too.\u0094 That afternoon I took my new friend home, [60] hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn\u0092t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in [65] the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn\u0092t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.", "textTwo": "7. The narrator indicates that he pays Sempere", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:31:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:01:44" }, { "id": "1064", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is from Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n, The Angel\u0092s Game.\r\n\u00a92008 by Dragonworks, S.L. Translation \u00a92009 by\r\nLucia Graves. The narrator, a writer, recalls his childhood in early twentieth-century Barcelona.\r\n\r\nEven then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school {Line} friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible [5] pages, I saw light, streets, and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a safe haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even [10] could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn\u0092t like to see books in the house. There was something about them\u0097apart from the letters he could not decipher\u0097that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten, he would [15] send me off to work and that I\u0092d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn\u0092t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night [20] and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window. \u0093If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you\u0092ll be sorry.\u0094 My father was not a miser and, despite the [25] hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on licorice sticks, sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, [30] and when I\u0092d collected four or five realest, I\u0092d secretly rush out to buy myself a book. My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my [35] sanctuaries, my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart\u0092s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn\u0092t looking, I\u0092d leave the coins I\u0092d managed to [40] collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change\u0097if I\u0092d had to buy a book with that pittance, I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on [45] my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever. One Christmas Sempere gave me the best gift I have ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full. [50] \u0093Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens,\u0094 I read on the cover. I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought [55] perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them. \u0093A friend of yours?\u0094 \u0093A lifelong friend. And from now on, he\u0092s your friend too.\u0094 That afternoon I took my new friend home, [60] hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn\u0092t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in [65] the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn\u0092t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.", "textTwo": "8. As used in line 44, \u0093weight\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:35:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:02:13" }, { "id": "1065", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is from Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n, The Angel\u0092s Game.\r\n\u00a92008 by Dragonworks, S.L. Translation \u00a92009 by\r\nLucia Graves. The narrator, a writer, recalls his childhood in early twentieth-century Barcelona.\r\n\r\nEven then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school {Line} friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible [5] pages, I saw light, streets, and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a safe haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even [10] could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn\u0092t like to see books in the house. There was something about them\u0097apart from the letters he could not decipher\u0097that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten, he would [15] send me off to work and that I\u0092d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn\u0092t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night [20] and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window. \u0093If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you\u0092ll be sorry.\u0094 My father was not a miser and, despite the [25] hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on licorice sticks, sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, [30] and when I\u0092d collected four or five realest, I\u0092d secretly rush out to buy myself a book. My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my [35] sanctuaries, my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart\u0092s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn\u0092t looking, I\u0092d leave the coins I\u0092d managed to [40] collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change\u0097if I\u0092d had to buy a book with that pittance, I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on [45] my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever. One Christmas Sempere gave me the best gift I have ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full. [50] \u0093Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens,\u0094 I read on the cover. I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought [55] perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them. \u0093A friend of yours?\u0094 \u0093A lifelong friend. And from now on, he\u0092s your friend too.\u0094 That afternoon I took my new friend home, [60] hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn\u0092t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in [65] the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn\u0092t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.", "textTwo": "9. The word \u0093friend\u0094 is used twice in lines 57-58 to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:37:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:02:45" }, { "id": "1066", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is from Carlos Ruiz Zaf\u00f3n, The Angel\u0092s Game.\r\n\u00a92008 by Dragonworks, S.L. Translation \u00a92009 by\r\nLucia Graves. The narrator, a writer, recalls his childhood in early twentieth-century Barcelona.\r\n\r\nEven then my only friends were made of paper and ink. At school I had learned to read and write long before the other children. Where my school {Line} friends saw notches of ink on incomprehensible [5] pages, I saw light, streets, and people. Words and the mystery of their hidden science fascinated me, and I saw in them a key with which I could unlock a boundless world, a safe haven from that home, those streets, and those troubled days in which even [10] could sense that only a limited fortune awaited me. My father didn\u0092t like to see books in the house. There was something about them\u0097apart from the letters he could not decipher\u0097that offended him. He used to tell me that as soon as I was ten, he would [15] send me off to work and that I\u0092d better get rid of all my scatterbrained ideas if I didn\u0092t want to end up a loser, a nobody. I used to hide my books under the mattress and wait for him to go out or fall asleep so that I could read. Once he caught me reading at night [20] and flew into a rage. He tore the book from my hands and flung it out of the window. \u0093If I catch you wasting electricity again, reading all this nonsense, you\u0092ll be sorry.\u0094 My father was not a miser and, despite the [25] hardships we suffered, whenever he could he gave me a few coins so that I could buy myself some treats like the other children. He was convinced that I spent them on licorice sticks, sunflower seeds, or sweets, but I would keep them in a coffee tin under the bed, [30] and when I\u0092d collected four or five realest, I\u0092d secretly rush out to buy myself a book. My favorite place in the whole city was the Sempere & Sons bookshop on Calle Santa Ana. It smelled of old paper and dust and it was my [35] sanctuaries, my refuge. The bookseller would let me sit on a chair in a corner and read any book I liked to my heart\u0092s content. He hardly ever allowed me to pay for the books he placed in my hands, but when he wasn\u0092t looking, I\u0092d leave the coins I\u0092d managed to [40] collect on the counter before I left. It was only small change\u0097if I\u0092d had to buy a book with that pittance, I would probably have been able to afford only a booklet of cigarette papers. When it was time for me to leave, I would do so dragging my feet, a weight on [45] my soul. If it had been up to me, I would have stayed there forever. One Christmas Sempere gave me the best gift I have ever received. It was an old volume, read and experienced to the full. [50] \u0093Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens,\u0094 I read on the cover. I was aware that Sempere knew a few authors who frequented his establishment and, judging by the care with which he handled the volume, I thought [55] perhaps this Mr. Dickens was one of them. \u0093A friend of yours?\u0094 \u0093A lifelong friend. And from now on, he\u0092s your friend too.\u0094 That afternoon I took my new friend home, [60] hidden under my clothes so that my father wouldn\u0092t see it. It was a rainy winter, with days as gray as lead, and I read Great Expectations about nine times, partly because I had no other book at hand, partly because I did not think there could be a better one in [65] the whole world and I was beginning to suspect that Mr. Dickens had written it just for me. Soon I was convinced that I didn\u0092t want to do anything else in life but learn to do what Mr. Dickens had done.", "textTwo": "10. Which statement best characterizes the relationship between Sempere and Charles Dickens?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:42:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:03:11" }, { "id": "1067", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "11. The passage primarily serves to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/e053a8a419471e7e0b682a67ea4269b901822422.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:47:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:05:47" }, { "id": "1068", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "12. As used in line 21, \u0093allows\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9e7ae0a6dd8285439a676b4216bc0a6e23f358cf.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:50:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:06:10" }, { "id": "1069", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "13. As used in line 43, \u0093strength\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/687573ebf0c9ad8936c916e4bca8da27b3a1ea7c.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:52:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:06:33" }, { "id": "1070", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "14. The passage indicates that a problem with failing to document null results is that", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/eb1e62445fa7ac3d2166fb647d61f4e1a1ac755c.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:58:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:06:54" }, { "id": "1071", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "15. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/0222313911e009c6a0314c4cc0d166ef881fd6c9.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:00:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:07:21" }, { "id": "1072", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "16. Based on the passage, to which of the following hypothetical situations would Malhotra most strongly object?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3d9c702aff7056fcbebbd8ae6ef2cd2e6856e742.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:02:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:08:10" }, { "id": "1073", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "17. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/6f60d83f94252d48e20ece10cc0cd24301c7adaf.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:20:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:22:17" }, { "id": "1074", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "18. The last paragraph serves mainly to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b9a1c33ea5a64ffba9bf91c24128d2d89843341e.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:24:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:22:38" }, { "id": "1075", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "19. According to the graph, social science studies yielding strong results were", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f2e7e04571f7303a594b82e5c3fd6efd9fd09eb2.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:26:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:23:03" }, { "id": "1076", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "20. Which of the following statements is supported by the graph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4e8098c13c99e313cfbc2c0f01e24084b12649d0.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:50:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:23:24" }, { "id": "1077", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-21 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Jeffrey Mervis, \u0093Why Null Results Rarely See the Light of Day.\u0094 \u00a92014 by American Association for the Advancement of Science.\r\n\r\nThe question of what to do with null results\u0097when researchers fail to see an effect that should be detectable\u0097has long been hotly debated {Line} among those conducting medical trials, where the\r\n[5] results can have a big impact on lives and corporate bottom lines. More recently, the debate has spread to the social and behavioral sciences, which also have the potential to sway public and social policy.\r\nThere were little hard data, however, on how often or [10] why null results were squelched. \u0093Yes, it\u0092s true that null results are not as exciting,\u0094 political scientist Gary King of Harvard University says. \u0093But I suspect another reason they are rarely published is that there are many, many ways to produce null results by [15] messing up. So they are much harder to interpret.\u0094 In a recent study, Stanford political economist Neil Malhotra and two of his graduate students examined every study since 2002 that was funded by a competitive grants program called TESSN [20] (Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences). TESS allows scientists to order up Internet-based surveys of a representative sample of US adults to test a particular hypothesis (for example, whether voters tend to favor legislators who boast of bringing federal [25] dollars to their districts over those who tout a focus on policy matters). Malhotra\u0092s team tracked down working papers from most of the experiments that weren\u0092t published, and for the rest asked grantees what had happened to [30] their results. In their e-mailed responses, some scientists cited deeper problems with a study or more pressing matters\u0097but many also believed the journals just wouldn\u0092t be interested. \u0093The unfortunate reality of the publishing world [is] that [35] null effects do not tell a clear story, \u0093Said one scientist. Said another, \u0093Never published, definitely disappointed to not see any major effects.\u0094 Their answers suggest to Malhotra that rescuing findings from the file drawer will require a shift in [40] expectations. \u0093What needs to change is the culture\u0097the author\u0092s belief about what will happen if the research is written up,\u0094 he says. Not unexpectedly, the statistical strength of the findings made a huge difference in whether they [45] were ever published. Overall, 42% of the experiments produced statistically significant results. Of those, 62% were ultimately published, compared with 21% of the null results. However, the Stanford team was surprised that researchers didn\u0092t even write up [50] 65% of the experiments that yielded a null finding. Scientists not involved in the study praise its \u0093clever\u0094 design. \u0093It\u0092s a very important paper\u0094 that \u0093starts to put numbers on things we want to understand,\u0094 says economist Edward Miguel of the [55] University of California, Berkeley. He and others note that the bias against null studies can waste time and money when researchers devise new studies replicating strategies already found to be ineffective. Worse, if researchers publish [60] significant results from similar experiments in the future, they could look stronger than they should because the earlier null studies are ignored. Even more troubling to Malhotra was the fact that two scientists whose initial studies \u0093didn\u0092t work out\u0094 [65] went on to publish results based on a smaller sample. \u0093The non-TESS version of the same study, in which we used a student sample, did yield fruit,\u0094 noted one investigator. A registry for data generated by all experiments [70] would address these problems, the authors argue. They say it should also include a \u0093reanalysis\u0094 plan, that is, a detailed description of what the scientist hopes to achieve and how the data will be analyzed. Such plans would help deter researchers from [75] tweaking their analyses after the data are collected in search of more publishable results.", "textTwo": "21. Which statement from the passage is most directly reflected by the data presented in the graph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:56:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:23:46" }, { "id": "1078", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Rachel Ehrenberg, \u0093Salt Stretches in Nanoworld.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Society for Science & the Public. The \u0093nanoworld\u0094 is the world observed on a scale one billionth that of ordinary human experience.\r\n\r\nInflexible old salt becomes a softy in the nanoworld, stretching like taffy to more than twice its length, researchers report. The findings may lead {Line} to new approaches for making nanowires that could [5] end up in solar cells or electronic circuits. The work also suggests that these ultra-tiny salt wires may already exist in sea spray and large underground salt deposits. \u0093We think nanowires are special and go to great [10] lengths to make them,\u0094 says study coauthor Nathan Moore of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. \u0093Maybe they are more common than we think.\u0094 Metals such as gold or lead, in which bonding [15] angles are loosely-goosey, can stretch out at temperatures well below their melting points. But scientists don\u0092t expect this super plasticity in a rigid, crystalline material like salt, Moore says. This unusual behavior highlights that different [20] forces rule the nanoworld, says theoretical physicist Krzysztof Kempa of Boston College. \u0093Forget about gravity. It plays no role,\u0094 he says. Surface tension and electrostatic forces are much more important at this scale. [25] Moore and his colleagues discovered salt\u0092s stretchiness accidently. They were investigating how water sticks to a surface such as salt and created a super-dry salt sample for testing. After cleaving a chunk of salt about the size of a sugar cube with a [30] razor, the scientists guided a microscope that detects forces toward the surface. When the tip was far away there was no measured force, but within about seven nanometers a very strong attraction rapidly developed between the diamond tip of the [35] microscope and the salt. The salt actually stretched out to glom on to the microscope tip. Using an electron microscope to see what was happening, the researchers observed the nanowires. The initial attraction between the tip and salt [40] might be due to electrostatic forces, perhaps good old van der Waals interactions,1 the researchers speculate. Several mechanisms might lead to the elasticity, including the excessive surface tension found in the nanoworld (the same tension that allows [45] a water strider to skim the surface of a pond). The surface tension is so strong that as the microscope pulls away from the salt, the salt stretches, Kempa says. \u0093The inside has no choice but to rearrange the atoms, rather than break,\u0094 he says. [50] This bizarre behavior is actually mirrored in the macroworld, the researchers say. Huge underground deposits of salt can bend like plastic, but water is believed to play a role at these scales. Perhaps salty nanowires are present in these deposits as well. [55] \u0093Sodium chloride2 is everywhere\u0097in the air, in our bodies,\u0094 Moore says. \u0093This may change our view of things, of what\u0092s happening at the nanoscale.\u0094 The work also suggests new techniques for making nanowires, which are often created through [60] nano-imprinting techniques, Kempa says. \u0093We invoke the intuition of the macroworld,\u0094 he says. \u0093Maybe instead of stamping [nanowires] we should be nano-pulling them.\u0094 \r\n1 Attractive force between nearby atoms \r\n2 Common salt", "textTwo": "22. One central idea of the passage is that", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1526b0428f1f66a65a3556872493966487ad9705.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:53:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:26:39" }, { "id": "1079", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Rachel Ehrenberg, \u0093Salt Stretches in Nanoworld.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Society for Science & the Public. The \u0093nanoworld\u0094 is the world observed on a scale one billionth that of ordinary human experience.\r\n\r\nInflexible old salt becomes a softy in the nanoworld, stretching like taffy to more than twice its length, researchers report. The findings may lead {Line} to new approaches for making nanowires that could [5] end up in solar cells or electronic circuits. The work also suggests that these ultra-tiny salt wires may already exist in sea spray and large underground salt deposits. \u0093We think nanowires are special and go to great [10] lengths to make them,\u0094 says study coauthor Nathan Moore of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. \u0093Maybe they are more common than we think.\u0094 Metals such as gold or lead, in which bonding [15] angles are loosely-goosey, can stretch out at temperatures well below their melting points. But scientists don\u0092t expect this super plasticity in a rigid, crystalline material like salt, Moore says. This unusual behavior highlights that different [20] forces rule the nanoworld, says theoretical physicist Krzysztof Kempa of Boston College. \u0093Forget about gravity. It plays no role,\u0094 he says. Surface tension and electrostatic forces are much more important at this scale. [25] Moore and his colleagues discovered salt\u0092s stretchiness accidently. They were investigating how water sticks to a surface such as salt and created a super-dry salt sample for testing. After cleaving a chunk of salt about the size of a sugar cube with a [30] razor, the scientists guided a microscope that detects forces toward the surface. When the tip was far away there was no measured force, but within about seven nanometers a very strong attraction rapidly developed between the diamond tip of the [35] microscope and the salt. The salt actually stretched out to glom on to the microscope tip. Using an electron microscope to see what was happening, the researchers observed the nanowires. The initial attraction between the tip and salt [40] might be due to electrostatic forces, perhaps good old van der Waals interactions,1 the researchers speculate. Several mechanisms might lead to the elasticity, including the excessive surface tension found in the nanoworld (the same tension that allows [45] a water strider to skim the surface of a pond). The surface tension is so strong that as the microscope pulls away from the salt, the salt stretches, Kempa says. \u0093The inside has no choice but to rearrange the atoms, rather than break,\u0094 he says. [50] This bizarre behavior is actually mirrored in the macroworld, the researchers say. Huge underground deposits of salt can bend like plastic, but water is believed to play a role at these scales. Perhaps salty nanowires are present in these deposits as well. [55] \u0093Sodium chloride2 is everywhere\u0097in the air, in our bodies,\u0094 Moore says. \u0093This may change our view of things, of what\u0092s happening at the nanoscale.\u0094 The work also suggests new techniques for making nanowires, which are often created through [60] nano-imprinting techniques, Kempa says. \u0093We invoke the intuition of the macroworld,\u0094 he says. \u0093Maybe instead of stamping [nanowires] we should be nano-pulling them.\u0094 \r\n1 Attractive force between nearby atoms \r\n2 Common salt.", "textTwo": "23. Which choice best describes the overall structure of the passage?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b7d84334d6febb543e4c4e826de824feed128b24.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:55:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:27:11" }, { "id": "1080", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Rachel Ehrenberg, \u0093Salt Stretches in Nanoworld.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Society for Science & the Public. The \u0093nanoworld\u0094 is the world observed on a scale one billionth that of ordinary human experience.\r\n\r\nInflexible old salt becomes a softy in the nanoworld, stretching like taffy to more than twice its length, researchers report. The findings may lead {Line} to new approaches for making nanowires that could [5] end up in solar cells or electronic circuits. The work also suggests that these ultra-tiny salt wires may already exist in sea spray and large underground salt deposits. \u0093We think nanowires are special and go to great [10] lengths to make them,\u0094 says study coauthor Nathan Moore of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. \u0093Maybe they are more common than we think.\u0094 Metals such as gold or lead, in which bonding [15] angles are loosely-goosey, can stretch out at temperatures well below their melting points. But scientists don\u0092t expect this super plasticity in a rigid, crystalline material like salt, Moore says. This unusual behavior highlights that different [20] forces rule the nanoworld, says theoretical physicist Krzysztof Kempa of Boston College. \u0093Forget about gravity. It plays no role,\u0094 he says. Surface tension and electrostatic forces are much more important at this scale. [25] Moore and his colleagues discovered salt\u0092s stretchiness accidently. They were investigating how water sticks to a surface such as salt and created a super-dry salt sample for testing. After cleaving a chunk of salt about the size of a sugar cube with a [30] razor, the scientists guided a microscope that detects forces toward the surface. When the tip was far away there was no measured force, but within about seven nanometers a very strong attraction rapidly developed between the diamond tip of the [35] microscope and the salt. The salt actually stretched out to glom on to the microscope tip. Using an electron microscope to see what was happening, the researchers observed the nanowires. The initial attraction between the tip and salt [40] might be due to electrostatic forces, perhaps good old van der Waals interactions,1 the researchers speculate. Several mechanisms might lead to the elasticity, including the excessive surface tension found in the nanoworld (the same tension that allows [45] a water strider to skim the surface of a pond). The surface tension is so strong that as the microscope pulls away from the salt, the salt stretches, Kempa says. \u0093The inside has no choice but to rearrange the atoms, rather than break,\u0094 he says. [50] This bizarre behavior is actually mirrored in the macroworld, the researchers say. Huge underground deposits of salt can bend like plastic, but water is believed to play a role at these scales. Perhaps salty nanowires are present in these deposits as well. [55] \u0093Sodium chloride2 is everywhere\u0097in the air, in our bodies,\u0094 Moore says. \u0093This may change our view of things, of what\u0092s happening at the nanoscale.\u0094 The work also suggests new techniques for making nanowires, which are often created through [60] nano-imprinting techniques, Kempa says. \u0093We invoke the intuition of the macroworld,\u0094 he says. \u0093Maybe instead of stamping [nanowires] we should be nano-pulling them.\u0094 \r\n1 Attractive force between nearby atoms \r\n2 Common salt.", "textTwo": "24. Which choice provides the best evidence for the claim that Moore\u0092s group was surprised to observe salt stretching?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/3e602d228676c401c07b02b3fcaa055d142cceed.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:57:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:27:47" }, { "id": "1081", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Rachel Ehrenberg, \u0093Salt Stretches in Nanoworld.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Society for Science & the Public. The \u0093nanoworld\u0094 is the world observed on a scale one billionth that of ordinary human experience.\r\n\r\nInflexible old salt becomes a softy in the nanoworld, stretching like taffy to more than twice its length, researchers report. The findings may lead {Line} to new approaches for making nanowires that could [5] end up in solar cells or electronic circuits. The work also suggests that these ultra-tiny salt wires may already exist in sea spray and large underground salt deposits. \u0093We think nanowires are special and go to great [10] lengths to make them,\u0094 says study coauthor Nathan Moore of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. \u0093Maybe they are more common than we think.\u0094 Metals such as gold or lead, in which bonding [15] angles are loosely-goosey, can stretch out at temperatures well below their melting points. But scientists don\u0092t expect this super plasticity in a rigid, crystalline material like salt, Moore says. This unusual behavior highlights that different [20] forces rule the nanoworld, says theoretical physicist Krzysztof Kempa of Boston College. \u0093Forget about gravity. It plays no role,\u0094 he says. Surface tension and electrostatic forces are much more important at this scale. [25] Moore and his colleagues discovered salt\u0092s stretchiness accidently. They were investigating how water sticks to a surface such as salt and created a super-dry salt sample for testing. After cleaving a chunk of salt about the size of a sugar cube with a [30] razor, the scientists guided a microscope that detects forces toward the surface. When the tip was far away there was no measured force, but within about seven nanometers a very strong attraction rapidly developed between the diamond tip of the [35] microscope and the salt. The salt actually stretched out to glom on to the microscope tip. Using an electron microscope to see what was happening, the researchers observed the nanowires. The initial attraction between the tip and salt [40] might be due to electrostatic forces, perhaps good old van der Waals interactions,1 the researchers speculate. Several mechanisms might lead to the elasticity, including the excessive surface tension found in the nanoworld (the same tension that allows [45] a water strider to skim the surface of a pond). The surface tension is so strong that as the microscope pulls away from the salt, the salt stretches, Kempa says. \u0093The inside has no choice but to rearrange the atoms, rather than break,\u0094 he says. [50] This bizarre behavior is actually mirrored in the macroworld, the researchers say. Huge underground deposits of salt can bend like plastic, but water is believed to play a role at these scales. Perhaps salty nanowires are present in these deposits as well. [55] \u0093Sodium chloride2 is everywhere\u0097in the air, in our bodies,\u0094 Moore says. \u0093This may change our view of things, of what\u0092s happening at the nanoscale.\u0094 The work also suggests new techniques for making nanowires, which are often created through [60] nano-imprinting techniques, Kempa says. \u0093We invoke the intuition of the macroworld,\u0094 he says. \u0093Maybe instead of stamping [nanowires] we should be nano-pulling them.\u0094 \r\n1 Attractive force between nearby atoms \r\n2 Common salt.", "textTwo": "25. As used in line 20, \u0093rule\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/84c15cc32ce6d65de2b038dc77a8788e59be4744.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:58:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:40:58" }, { "id": "1082", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Rachel Ehrenberg, \u0093Salt Stretches in Nanoworld.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Society for Science & the Public. The \u0093nanoworld\u0094 is the world observed on a scale one billionth that of ordinary human experience.\r\n\r\nInflexible old salt becomes a softy in the nanoworld, stretching like taffy to more than twice its length, researchers report. The findings may lead {Line} to new approaches for making nanowires that could [5] end up in solar cells or electronic circuits. The work also suggests that these ultra-tiny salt wires may already exist in sea spray and large underground salt deposits. \u0093We think nanowires are special and go to great [10] lengths to make them,\u0094 says study coauthor Nathan Moore of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. \u0093Maybe they are more common than we think.\u0094 Metals such as gold or lead, in which bonding [15] angles are loosely-goosey, can stretch out at temperatures well below their melting points. But scientists don\u0092t expect this super plasticity in a rigid, crystalline material like salt, Moore says. This unusual behavior highlights that different [20] forces rule the nanoworld, says theoretical physicist Krzysztof Kempa of Boston College. \u0093Forget about gravity. It plays no role,\u0094 he says. Surface tension and electrostatic forces are much more important at this scale. [25] Moore and his colleagues discovered salt\u0092s stretchiness accidently. They were investigating how water sticks to a surface such as salt and created a super-dry salt sample for testing. After cleaving a chunk of salt about the size of a sugar cube with a [30] razor, the scientists guided a microscope that detects forces toward the surface. When the tip was far away there was no measured force, but within about seven nanometers a very strong attraction rapidly developed between the diamond tip of the [35] microscope and the salt. The salt actually stretched out to glom on to the microscope tip. Using an electron microscope to see what was happening, the researchers observed the nanowires. The initial attraction between the tip and salt [40] might be due to electrostatic forces, perhaps good old van der Waals interactions,1 the researchers speculate. Several mechanisms might lead to the elasticity, including the excessive surface tension found in the nanoworld (the same tension that allows [45] a water strider to skim the surface of a pond). The surface tension is so strong that as the microscope pulls away from the salt, the salt stretches, Kempa says. \u0093The inside has no choice but to rearrange the atoms, rather than break,\u0094 he says. [50] This bizarre behavior is actually mirrored in the macroworld, the researchers say. Huge underground deposits of salt can bend like plastic, but water is believed to play a role at these scales. Perhaps salty nanowires are present in these deposits as well. [55] \u0093Sodium chloride2 is everywhere\u0097in the air, in our bodies,\u0094 Moore says. \u0093This may change our view of things, of what\u0092s happening at the nanoscale.\u0094 The work also suggests new techniques for making nanowires, which are often created through [60] nano-imprinting techniques, Kempa says. \u0093We invoke the intuition of the macroworld,\u0094 he says. \u0093Maybe instead of stamping [nanowires] we should be nano-pulling them.\u0094 \r\n1 Attractive force between nearby atoms \r\n2 Common salt.", "textTwo": "26. According to the passage, researchers have identified which mechanism as potentially responsible for the initial attraction between the microscope tip and the salt?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f8f19d5e3305045b6e8ef934c6701c4718dbdb79.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:05:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:41:27" }, { "id": "1083", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Rachel Ehrenberg, \u0093Salt Stretches in Nanoworld.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Society for Science & the Public. The \u0093nanoworld\u0094 is the world observed on a scale one billionth that of ordinary human experience.\r\n\r\nInflexible old salt becomes a softy in the nanoworld, stretching like taffy to more than twice its length, researchers report. The findings may lead {Line} to new approaches for making nanowires that could [5] end up in solar cells or electronic circuits. The work also suggests that these ultra-tiny salt wires may already exist in sea spray and large underground salt deposits. \u0093We think nanowires are special and go to great [10] lengths to make them,\u0094 says study coauthor Nathan Moore of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. \u0093Maybe they are more common than we think.\u0094 Metals such as gold or lead, in which bonding [15] angles are loosely-goosey, can stretch out at temperatures well below their melting points. But scientists don\u0092t expect this super plasticity in a rigid, crystalline material like salt, Moore says. This unusual behavior highlights that different [20] forces rule the nanoworld, says theoretical physicist Krzysztof Kempa of Boston College. \u0093Forget about gravity. It plays no role,\u0094 he says. Surface tension and electrostatic forces are much more important at this scale. [25] Moore and his colleagues discovered salt\u0092s stretchiness accidently. They were investigating how water sticks to a surface such as salt and created a super-dry salt sample for testing. After cleaving a chunk of salt about the size of a sugar cube with a [30] razor, the scientists guided a microscope that detects forces toward the surface. When the tip was far away there was no measured force, but within about seven nanometers a very strong attraction rapidly developed between the diamond tip of the [35] microscope and the salt. The salt actually stretched out to glom on to the microscope tip. Using an electron microscope to see what was happening, the researchers observed the nanowires. The initial attraction between the tip and salt [40] might be due to electrostatic forces, perhaps good old van der Waals interactions,1 the researchers speculate. Several mechanisms might lead to the elasticity, including the excessive surface tension found in the nanoworld (the same tension that allows [45] a water strider to skim the surface of a pond). The surface tension is so strong that as the microscope pulls away from the salt, the salt stretches, Kempa says. \u0093The inside has no choice but to rearrange the atoms, rather than break,\u0094 he says. [50] This bizarre behavior is actually mirrored in the macroworld, the researchers say. Huge underground deposits of salt can bend like plastic, but water is believed to play a role at these scales. Perhaps salty nanowires are present in these deposits as well. [55] \u0093Sodium chloride2 is everywhere\u0097in the air, in our bodies,\u0094 Moore says. \u0093This may change our view of things, of what\u0092s happening at the nanoscale.\u0094 The work also suggests new techniques for making nanowires, which are often created through [60] nano-imprinting techniques, Kempa says. \u0093We invoke the intuition of the macroworld,\u0094 he says. \u0093Maybe instead of stamping [nanowires] we should be nano-pulling them.\u0094 \r\n1 Attractive force between nearby atoms \r\n2 Common salt.", "textTwo": "27. As used in line 42, \u0093lead to\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/dd6768930b2b6c08da3f6c1a81adeb63e2e4b0be.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:06:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:42:25" }, { "id": "1084", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Rachel Ehrenberg, \u0093Salt Stretches in Nanoworld.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Society for Science & the Public. The \u0093nanoworld\u0094 is the world observed on a scale one billionth that of ordinary human experience.\r\n\r\nInflexible old salt becomes a softy in the nanoworld, stretching like taffy to more than twice its length, researchers report. The findings may lead {Line} to new approaches for making nanowires that could [5] end up in solar cells or electronic circuits. The work also suggests that these ultra-tiny salt wires may already exist in sea spray and large underground salt deposits. \u0093We think nanowires are special and go to great [10] lengths to make them,\u0094 says study coauthor Nathan Moore of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. \u0093Maybe they are more common than we think.\u0094 Metals such as gold or lead, in which bonding [15] angles are loosely-goosey, can stretch out at temperatures well below their melting points. But scientists don\u0092t expect this super plasticity in a rigid, crystalline material like salt, Moore says. This unusual behavior highlights that different [20] forces rule the nanoworld, says theoretical physicist Krzysztof Kempa of Boston College. \u0093Forget about gravity. It plays no role,\u0094 he says. Surface tension and electrostatic forces are much more important at this scale. [25] Moore and his colleagues discovered salt\u0092s stretchiness accidently. They were investigating how water sticks to a surface such as salt and created a super-dry salt sample for testing. After cleaving a chunk of salt about the size of a sugar cube with a [30] razor, the scientists guided a microscope that detects forces toward the surface. When the tip was far away there was no measured force, but within about seven nanometers a very strong attraction rapidly developed between the diamond tip of the [35] microscope and the salt. The salt actually stretched out to glom on to the microscope tip. Using an electron microscope to see what was happening, the researchers observed the nanowires. The initial attraction between the tip and salt [40] might be due to electrostatic forces, perhaps good old van der Waals interactions,1 the researchers speculate. Several mechanisms might lead to the elasticity, including the excessive surface tension found in the nanoworld (the same tension that allows [45] a water strider to skim the surface of a pond). The surface tension is so strong that as the microscope pulls away from the salt, the salt stretches, Kempa says. \u0093The inside has no choice but to rearrange the atoms, rather than break,\u0094 he says. [50] This bizarre behavior is actually mirrored in the macroworld, the researchers say. Huge underground deposits of salt can bend like plastic, but water is believed to play a role at these scales. Perhaps salty nanowires are present in these deposits as well. [55] \u0093Sodium chloride2 is everywhere\u0097in the air, in our bodies,\u0094 Moore says. \u0093This may change our view of things, of what\u0092s happening at the nanoscale.\u0094 The work also suggests new techniques for making nanowires, which are often created through [60] nano-imprinting techniques, Kempa says. \u0093We invoke the intuition of the macroworld,\u0094 he says. \u0093Maybe instead of stamping [nanowires] we should be nano-pulling them.\u0094 \r\n1 Attractive force between nearby atoms \r\n2 Common salt.", "textTwo": "28. Based on the passage, which choice best describes the relationship between salt behavior in the nanoworld and in the macroworld?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/05c87234f5cceab52a6c187953aff7bee85721ac.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:08:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:43:01" }, { "id": "1085", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Rachel Ehrenberg, \u0093Salt Stretches in Nanoworld.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Society for Science & the Public. The \u0093nanoworld\u0094 is the world observed on a scale one billionth that of ordinary human experience.\r\n\r\nInflexible old salt becomes a softy in the nanoworld, stretching like taffy to more than twice its length, researchers report. The findings may lead {Line} to new approaches for making nanowires that could [5] end up in solar cells or electronic circuits. The work also suggests that these ultra-tiny salt wires may already exist in sea spray and large underground salt deposits. \u0093We think nanowires are special and go to great [10] lengths to make them,\u0094 says study coauthor Nathan Moore of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. \u0093Maybe they are more common than we think.\u0094 Metals such as gold or lead, in which bonding [15] angles are loosely-goosey, can stretch out at temperatures well below their melting points. But scientists don\u0092t expect this super plasticity in a rigid, crystalline material like salt, Moore says. This unusual behavior highlights that different [20] forces rule the nanoworld, says theoretical physicist Krzysztof Kempa of Boston College. \u0093Forget about gravity. It plays no role,\u0094 he says. Surface tension and electrostatic forces are much more important at this scale. [25] Moore and his colleagues discovered salt\u0092s stretchiness accidently. They were investigating how water sticks to a surface such as salt and created a super-dry salt sample for testing. After cleaving a chunk of salt about the size of a sugar cube with a [30] razor, the scientists guided a microscope that detects forces toward the surface. When the tip was far away there was no measured force, but within about seven nanometers a very strong attraction rapidly developed between the diamond tip of the [35] microscope and the salt. The salt actually stretched out to glom on to the microscope tip. Using an electron microscope to see what was happening, the researchers observed the nanowires. The initial attraction between the tip and salt [40] might be due to electrostatic forces, perhaps good old van der Waals interactions,1 the researchers speculate. Several mechanisms might lead to the elasticity, including the excessive surface tension found in the nanoworld (the same tension that allows [45] a water strider to skim the surface of a pond). The surface tension is so strong that as the microscope pulls away from the salt, the salt stretches, Kempa says. \u0093The inside has no choice but to rearrange the atoms, rather than break,\u0094 he says. [50] This bizarre behavior is actually mirrored in the macroworld, the researchers say. Huge underground deposits of salt can bend like plastic, but water is believed to play a role at these scales. Perhaps salty nanowires are present in these deposits as well. [55] \u0093Sodium chloride2 is everywhere\u0097in the air, in our bodies,\u0094 Moore says. \u0093This may change our view of things, of what\u0092s happening at the nanoscale.\u0094 The work also suggests new techniques for making nanowires, which are often created through [60] nano-imprinting techniques, Kempa says. \u0093We invoke the intuition of the macroworld,\u0094 he says. \u0093Maybe instead of stamping [nanowires] we should be nano-pulling them.\u0094 \r\n1 Attractive force between nearby atoms \r\n2 Common salt.", "textTwo": "29. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7590269fe4b9bb644de52e6f387f6d03a22351cf.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:10:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:43:34" }, { "id": "1086", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Rachel Ehrenberg, \u0093Salt Stretches in Nanoworld.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Society for Science & the Public. The \u0093nanoworld\u0094 is the world observed on a scale one billionth that of ordinary human experience.\r\n\r\nInflexible old salt becomes a softy in the nanoworld, stretching like taffy to more than twice its length, researchers report. The findings may lead {Line} to new approaches for making nanowires that could [5] end up in solar cells or electronic circuits. The work also suggests that these ultra-tiny salt wires may already exist in sea spray and large underground salt deposits. \u0093We think nanowires are special and go to great [10] lengths to make them,\u0094 says study coauthor Nathan Moore of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. \u0093Maybe they are more common than we think.\u0094 Metals such as gold or lead, in which bonding [15] angles are loosely-goosey, can stretch out at temperatures well below their melting points. But scientists don\u0092t expect this super plasticity in a rigid, crystalline material like salt, Moore says. This unusual behavior highlights that different [20] forces rule the nanoworld, says theoretical physicist Krzysztof Kempa of Boston College. \u0093Forget about gravity. It plays no role,\u0094 he says. Surface tension and electrostatic forces are much more important at this scale. [25] Moore and his colleagues discovered salt\u0092s stretchiness accidently. They were investigating how water sticks to a surface such as salt and created a super-dry salt sample for testing. After cleaving a chunk of salt about the size of a sugar cube with a [30] razor, the scientists guided a microscope that detects forces toward the surface. When the tip was far away there was no measured force, but within about seven nanometers a very strong attraction rapidly developed between the diamond tip of the [35] microscope and the salt. The salt actually stretched out to glom on to the microscope tip. Using an electron microscope to see what was happening, the researchers observed the nanowires. The initial attraction between the tip and salt [40] might be due to electrostatic forces, perhaps good old van der Waals interactions,1 the researchers speculate. Several mechanisms might lead to the elasticity, including the excessive surface tension found in the nanoworld (the same tension that allows [45] a water strider to skim the surface of a pond). The surface tension is so strong that as the microscope pulls away from the salt, the salt stretches, Kempa says. \u0093The inside has no choice but to rearrange the atoms, rather than break,\u0094 he says. [50] This bizarre behavior is actually mirrored in the macroworld, the researchers say. Huge underground deposits of salt can bend like plastic, but water is believed to play a role at these scales. Perhaps salty nanowires are present in these deposits as well. [55] \u0093Sodium chloride2 is everywhere\u0097in the air, in our bodies,\u0094 Moore says. \u0093This may change our view of things, of what\u0092s happening at the nanoscale.\u0094 The work also suggests new techniques for making nanowires, which are often created through [60] nano-imprinting techniques, Kempa says. \u0093We invoke the intuition of the macroworld,\u0094 he says. \u0093Maybe instead of stamping [nanowires] we should be nano-pulling them.\u0094 \r\n1 Attractive force between nearby atoms \r\n2 Common salt.", "textTwo": "30. According to the information in the graph, when the microscope tip is moving away from the salt surface and is 15 nanometers from the surface, what is the approximate force on the microscope tip, in micronewtons?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/92570adca79a8618ded33e7fbee4ac73a3f3d2c6.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:12:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:44:10" }, { "id": "1087", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 22-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Rachel Ehrenberg, \u0093Salt Stretches in Nanoworld.\u0094 \u00a92009 by Society for Science & the Public. The \u0093nanoworld\u0094 is the world observed on a scale one billionth that of ordinary human experience.\r\n\r\nInflexible old salt becomes a softy in the nanoworld, stretching like taffy to more than twice its length, researchers report. The findings may lead {Line} to new approaches for making nanowires that could [5] end up in solar cells or electronic circuits. The work also suggests that these ultra-tiny salt wires may already exist in sea spray and large underground salt deposits. \u0093We think nanowires are special and go to great [10] lengths to make them,\u0094 says study coauthor Nathan Moore of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. \u0093Maybe they are more common than we think.\u0094 Metals such as gold or lead, in which bonding [15] angles are loosely-goosey, can stretch out at temperatures well below their melting points. But scientists don\u0092t expect this super plasticity in a rigid, crystalline material like salt, Moore says. This unusual behavior highlights that different [20] forces rule the nanoworld, says theoretical physicist Krzysztof Kempa of Boston College. \u0093Forget about gravity. It plays no role,\u0094 he says. Surface tension and electrostatic forces are much more important at this scale. [25] Moore and his colleagues discovered salt\u0092s stretchiness accidently. They were investigating how water sticks to a surface such as salt and created a super-dry salt sample for testing. After cleaving a chunk of salt about the size of a sugar cube with a [30] razor, the scientists guided a microscope that detects forces toward the surface. When the tip was far away there was no measured force, but within about seven nanometers a very strong attraction rapidly developed between the diamond tip of the [35] microscope and the salt. The salt actually stretched out to glom on to the microscope tip. Using an electron microscope to see what was happening, the researchers observed the nanowires. The initial attraction between the tip and salt [40] might be due to electrostatic forces, perhaps good old van der Waals interactions,1 the researchers speculate. Several mechanisms might lead to the elasticity, including the excessive surface tension found in the nanoworld (the same tension that allows [45] a water strider to skim the surface of a pond). The surface tension is so strong that as the microscope pulls away from the salt, the salt stretches, Kempa says. \u0093The inside has no choice but to rearrange the atoms, rather than break,\u0094 he says. [50] This bizarre behavior is actually mirrored in the macroworld, the researchers say. Huge underground deposits of salt can bend like plastic, but water is believed to play a role at these scales. Perhaps salty nanowires are present in these deposits as well. [55] \u0093Sodium chloride2 is everywhere\u0097in the air, in our bodies,\u0094 Moore says. \u0093This may change our view of things, of what\u0092s happening at the nanoscale.\u0094 The work also suggests new techniques for making nanowires, which are often created through [60] nano-imprinting techniques, Kempa says. \u0093We invoke the intuition of the macroworld,\u0094 he says. \u0093Maybe instead of stamping [nanowires] we should be nano-pulling them.\u0094 \r\n1 Attractive force between nearby atoms \r\n2 Common salt.", "textTwo": "31. Based on the passage and the graph, which label on the graph indicates the point at which a salt nanowire breaks?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b9d0c1156546a38fea257a6fd65fa9c7ebfcd95a.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:17:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 15:44:41" }, { "id": "1088", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nThese passages are adapted from the Lincoln Douglas debates. Passage 1 is from a statement by Stephen Douglas. Passage 2 is from a statement by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of debates while competing for a US Senate seat in 1858.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nMr. Lincoln likens that bond of the Federal Constitution, joining Free and Slave States together, to a house divided against itself, and says that it is {Line} contrary to the law of God, and cannot stand.\r\n5 When did he learn, and by what authority does he proclaim, that this Government is contrary to the law of God and cannot stand? It has stood thus divided into Free and Slave States from its organization up to this day. During that period we have increased from 10 four millions to thirty millions of people; we have extended our territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; we have acquired the Florida\u0092s and Texas, and other territory sufficient to double our geographical extent; we have increased in population, 15 in wealth, and in power beyond any example on earth; we have risen from a weak and feeble power to become the terror and admiration of the civilized world; and all this has been done under a Constitution which Mr. Lincoln, in substance, says is 20 in violation of the law of God; and under a Union divided into Free and Slave States, which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because of such division, cannot stand. Surely, Mr. Lincoln is a wiser man than those who framed the Government. . . . 25 I now come back to the question, why cannot this Union exist forever, divided into Free and Slave States, as our fathers made it? It can thus exist if each State will carry out the principles upon which our institutions were founded; to wit, the right of each 30 State to do as it pleases, without meddling with its neighbors. Just act upon that great principle, and this Union will not only live forever, but it will extend and expand until it covers the whole continent, and makes this confederacy one grand, ocean-bound 35 Republic. We must bear in mind that we are yet a young nation, growing with a rapidity unequalled in the history of the world, that our national increase is great, and that the emigration from the old world is increasing, requiring us to expand and acquire new 40 territories from time to time, in order to give our people, land to live upon. If we live upon the principle of State rights and State sovereignty, each State regulating its own affairs and minding its own business, we can go on and extend indefinitely, just 45 as fast and as far as we need the territory. . . . \r\nPassage 2\r\nIn complaining of what I said in my speech at Springfield, in which he says I accepted my nomination for the Senator ship.\the again quotes\r\nthat portion in which I said that \u0093a house divided 50 against itself cannot stand.\u0094 Let me say a word in regard to that matter. He tries to persuade us that there must be a variety in the different institutions of the States of the Union; that that variety necessarily proceeds from the variety of soil, climate, of the face\r\n55 of the country, and the difference in the natural features of the States. I agree to all that. Have these very matters ever produced any difficulty among us? Not at all. Have we ever had any quarrel over the fact that they have laws in Louisiana designed to regulate 60 the commerce that springs from the production of sugar? Or because we have a different class relative to the production of flour in this State? Have they produced any differences? Not at all. They are the very cements of this Union. They don\u0092t make the\r\n65 house a \u0093house divided against itself.\u0094 They are the props that hold up the house and sustain the Union.\r\nBut has it been so with this element of slavery? Have we not always had quarrels and difficulties over it? And when will we cease to have quarrels over it? 70 Like causes produce like effects. It is worthwhile to observe that we have generally had comparative peace upon the slavery question, and that there has\r\nbeen no cause for alarm until it was excited by the effort to spread it into new territory. Whenever it has\r\n75 been limited to its present bounds, and there has been no effort to spread it, there has been peace. All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory. It was thus at the date of the Missouri Compromise. It was so again 80 with the annexation of Texas; so with the territory acquired by the Mexican War; and it is so now. Whenever there has been an effort to spread it there has been agitation and resistance Do you think that the nature of man will be changed, that the same 85 causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?", "textTwo": "32. In the first paragraph of Passage 1, the main purpose of Douglas\u0092s discussion of the growth of the territory and population of the United States is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:31:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:09:00" }, { "id": "1089", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nThese passages are adapted from the Lincoln Douglas debates. Passage 1 is from a statement by Stephen Douglas. Passage 2 is from a statement by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of debates while competing for a US Senate seat in 1858.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nMr. Lincoln likens that bond of the Federal Constitution, joining Free and Slave States together, to a house divided against itself, and says that it is {Line} contrary to the law of God, and cannot stand.\r\n5 When did he learn, and by what authority does he proclaim, that this Government is contrary to the law of God and cannot stand? It has stood thus divided into Free and Slave States from its organization up to this day. During that period we have increased from 10 four millions to thirty millions of people; we have extended our territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; we have acquired the Florida\u0092s and Texas, and other territory sufficient to double our geographical extent; we have increased in population, 15 in wealth, and in power beyond any example on earth; we have risen from a weak and feeble power to become the terror and admiration of the civilized world; and all this has been done under a Constitution which Mr. Lincoln, in substance, says is 20 in violation of the law of God; and under a Union divided into Free and Slave States, which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because of such division, cannot stand. Surely, Mr. Lincoln is a wiser man than those who framed the Government. . . . 25 I now come back to the question, why cannot this Union exist forever, divided into Free and Slave States, as our fathers made it? It can thus exist if each State will carry out the principles upon which our institutions were founded; to wit, the right of each 30 State to do as it pleases, without meddling with its neighbors. Just act upon that great principle, and this Union will not only live forever, but it will extend and expand until it covers the whole continent, and makes this confederacy one grand, ocean-bound 35 Republic. We must bear in mind that we are yet a young nation, growing with a rapidity unequalled in the history of the world, that our national increase is great, and that the emigration from the old world is increasing, requiring us to expand and acquire new 40 territories from time to time, in order to give our people, land to live upon. If we live upon the principle of State rights and State sovereignty, each State regulating its own affairs and minding its own business, we can go on and extend indefinitely, just 45 as fast and as far as we need the territory. . . . \r\nPassage 2\r\nIn complaining of what I said in my speech at Springfield, in which he says I accepted my nomination for the Senator ship.\the again quotes\r\nthat portion in which I said that \u0093a house divided 50 against itself cannot stand.\u0094 Let me say a word in regard to that matter. He tries to persuade us that there must be a variety in the different institutions of the States of the Union; that that variety necessarily proceeds from the variety of soil, climate, of the face\r\n55 of the country, and the difference in the natural features of the States. I agree to all that. Have these very matters ever produced any difficulty among us? Not at all. Have we ever had any quarrel over the fact that they have laws in Louisiana designed to regulate 60 the commerce that springs from the production of sugar? Or because we have a different class relative to the production of flour in this State? Have they produced any differences? Not at all. They are the very cements of this Union. They don\u0092t make the\r\n65 house a \u0093house divided against itself.\u0094 They are the props that hold up the house and sustain the Union.\r\nBut has it been so with this element of slavery? Have we not always had quarrels and difficulties over it? And when will we cease to have quarrels over it? 70 Like causes produce like effects. It is worthwhile to observe that we have generally had comparative peace upon the slavery question, and that there has\r\nbeen no cause for alarm until it was excited by the effort to spread it into new territory. Whenever it has\r\n75 been limited to its present bounds, and there has been no effort to spread it, there has been peace. All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory. It was thus at the date of the Missouri Compromise. It was so again 80 with the annexation of Texas; so with the territory acquired by the Mexican War; and it is so now. Whenever there has been an effort to spread it there has been agitation and resistance Do you think that the nature of man will be changed, that the same 85 causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?", "textTwo": "33. What does Passage 1 suggest about the US government\u0092s provisions for the institution of slavery, as framed in the Constitution?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:34:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:09:24" }, { "id": "1090", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nThese passages are adapted from the Lincoln Douglas debates. Passage 1 is from a statement by Stephen Douglas. Passage 2 is from a statement by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of debates while competing for a US Senate seat in 1858.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nMr. Lincoln likens that bond of the Federal Constitution, joining Free and Slave States together, to a house divided against itself, and says that it is {Line} contrary to the law of God, and cannot stand.\r\n5 When did he learn, and by what authority does he proclaim, that this Government is contrary to the law of God and cannot stand? It has stood thus divided into Free and Slave States from its organization up to this day. During that period we have increased from 10 four millions to thirty millions of people; we have extended our territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; we have acquired the Florida\u0092s and Texas, and other territory sufficient to double our geographical extent; we have increased in population, 15 in wealth, and in power beyond any example on earth; we have risen from a weak and feeble power to become the terror and admiration of the civilized world; and all this has been done under a Constitution which Mr. Lincoln, in substance, says is 20 in violation of the law of God; and under a Union divided into Free and Slave States, which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because of such division, cannot stand. Surely, Mr. Lincoln is a wiser man than those who framed the Government. . . . 25 I now come back to the question, why cannot this Union exist forever, divided into Free and Slave States, as our fathers made it? It can thus exist if each State will carry out the principles upon which our institutions were founded; to wit, the right of each 30 State to do as it pleases, without meddling with its neighbors. Just act upon that great principle, and this Union will not only live forever, but it will extend and expand until it covers the whole continent, and makes this confederacy one grand, ocean-bound 35 Republic. We must bear in mind that we are yet a young nation, growing with a rapidity unequalled in the history of the world, that our national increase is great, and that the emigration from the old world is increasing, requiring us to expand and acquire new 40 territories from time to time, in order to give our people, land to live upon. If we live upon the principle of State rights and State sovereignty, each State regulating its own affairs and minding its own business, we can go on and extend indefinitely, just 45 as fast and as far as we need the territory. . . . \r\nPassage 2\r\nIn complaining of what I said in my speech at Springfield, in which he says I accepted my nomination for the Senator ship.\the again quotes\r\nthat portion in which I said that \u0093a house divided 50 against itself cannot stand.\u0094 Let me say a word in regard to that matter. He tries to persuade us that there must be a variety in the different institutions of the States of the Union; that that variety necessarily proceeds from the variety of soil, climate, of the face\r\n55 of the country, and the difference in the natural features of the States. I agree to all that. Have these very matters ever produced any difficulty among us? Not at all. Have we ever had any quarrel over the fact that they have laws in Louisiana designed to regulate 60 the commerce that springs from the production of sugar? Or because we have a different class relative to the production of flour in this State? Have they produced any differences? Not at all. They are the very cements of this Union. They don\u0092t make the\r\n65 house a \u0093house divided against itself.\u0094 They are the props that hold up the house and sustain the Union.\r\nBut has it been so with this element of slavery? Have we not always had quarrels and difficulties over it? And when will we cease to have quarrels over it? 70 Like causes produce like effects. It is worthwhile to observe that we have generally had comparative peace upon the slavery question, and that there has\r\nbeen no cause for alarm until it was excited by the effort to spread it into new territory. Whenever it has\r\n75 been limited to its present bounds, and there has been no effort to spread it, there has been peace. All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory. It was thus at the date of the Missouri Compromise. It was so again 80 with the annexation of Texas; so with the territory acquired by the Mexican War; and it is so now. Whenever there has been an effort to spread it there has been agitation and resistance Do you think that the nature of man will be changed, that the same 85 causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?", "textTwo": "34. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:36:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:09:45" }, { "id": "1091", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nThese passages are adapted from the Lincoln Douglas debates. Passage 1 is from a statement by Stephen Douglas. Passage 2 is from a statement by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of debates while competing for a US Senate seat in 1858.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nMr. Lincoln likens that bond of the Federal Constitution, joining Free and Slave States together, to a house divided against itself, and says that it is {Line} contrary to the law of God, and cannot stand.\r\n5 When did he learn, and by what authority does he proclaim, that this Government is contrary to the law of God and cannot stand? It has stood thus divided into Free and Slave States from its organization up to this day. During that period we have increased from 10 four millions to thirty millions of people; we have extended our territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; we have acquired the Florida\u0092s and Texas, and other territory sufficient to double our geographical extent; we have increased in population, 15 in wealth, and in power beyond any example on earth; we have risen from a weak and feeble power to become the terror and admiration of the civilized world; and all this has been done under a Constitution which Mr. Lincoln, in substance, says is 20 in violation of the law of God; and under a Union divided into Free and Slave States, which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because of such division, cannot stand. Surely, Mr. Lincoln is a wiser man than those who framed the Government. . . . 25 I now come back to the question, why cannot this Union exist forever, divided into Free and Slave States, as our fathers made it? It can thus exist if each State will carry out the principles upon which our institutions were founded; to wit, the right of each 30 State to do as it pleases, without meddling with its neighbors. Just act upon that great principle, and this Union will not only live forever, but it will extend and expand until it covers the whole continent, and makes this confederacy one grand, ocean-bound 35 Republic. We must bear in mind that we are yet a young nation, growing with a rapidity unequalled in the history of the world, that our national increase is great, and that the emigration from the old world is increasing, requiring us to expand and acquire new 40 territories from time to time, in order to give our people, land to live upon. If we live upon the principle of State rights and State sovereignty, each State regulating its own affairs and minding its own business, we can go on and extend indefinitely, just 45 as fast and as far as we need the territory. . . . \r\nPassage 2\r\nIn complaining of what I said in my speech at Springfield, in which he says I accepted my nomination for the Senator ship.\the again quotes\r\nthat portion in which I said that \u0093a house divided 50 against itself cannot stand.\u0094 Let me say a word in regard to that matter. He tries to persuade us that there must be a variety in the different institutions of the States of the Union; that that variety necessarily proceeds from the variety of soil, climate, of the face\r\n55 of the country, and the difference in the natural features of the States. I agree to all that. Have these very matters ever produced any difficulty among us? Not at all. Have we ever had any quarrel over the fact that they have laws in Louisiana designed to regulate 60 the commerce that springs from the production of sugar? Or because we have a different class relative to the production of flour in this State? Have they produced any differences? Not at all. They are the very cements of this Union. They don\u0092t make the\r\n65 house a \u0093house divided against itself.\u0094 They are the props that hold up the house and sustain the Union.\r\nBut has it been so with this element of slavery? Have we not always had quarrels and difficulties over it? And when will we cease to have quarrels over it? 70 Like causes produce like effects. It is worthwhile to observe that we have generally had comparative peace upon the slavery question, and that there has\r\nbeen no cause for alarm until it was excited by the effort to spread it into new territory. Whenever it has\r\n75 been limited to its present bounds, and there has been no effort to spread it, there has been peace. All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory. It was thus at the date of the Missouri Compromise. It was so again 80 with the annexation of Texas; so with the territory acquired by the Mexican War; and it is so now. Whenever there has been an effort to spread it there has been agitation and resistance Do you think that the nature of man will be changed, that the same 85 causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?", "textTwo": "35. As used in line 67, \u0093element\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:37:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:10:08" }, { "id": "1092", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nThese passages are adapted from the Lincoln Douglas debates. Passage 1 is from a statement by Stephen Douglas. Passage 2 is from a statement by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of debates while competing for a US Senate seat in 1858.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nMr. Lincoln likens that bond of the Federal Constitution, joining Free and Slave States together, to a house divided against itself, and says that it is {Line} contrary to the law of God, and cannot stand.\r\n5 When did he learn, and by what authority does he proclaim, that this Government is contrary to the law of God and cannot stand? It has stood thus divided into Free and Slave States from its organization up to this day. During that period we have increased from 10 four millions to thirty millions of people; we have extended our territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; we have acquired the Florida\u0092s and Texas, and other territory sufficient to double our geographical extent; we have increased in population, 15 in wealth, and in power beyond any example on earth; we have risen from a weak and feeble power to become the terror and admiration of the civilized world; and all this has been done under a Constitution which Mr. Lincoln, in substance, says is 20 in violation of the law of God; and under a Union divided into Free and Slave States, which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because of such division, cannot stand. Surely, Mr. Lincoln is a wiser man than those who framed the Government. . . . 25 I now come back to the question, why cannot this Union exist forever, divided into Free and Slave States, as our fathers made it? It can thus exist if each State will carry out the principles upon which our institutions were founded; to wit, the right of each 30 State to do as it pleases, without meddling with its neighbors. Just act upon that great principle, and this Union will not only live forever, but it will extend and expand until it covers the whole continent, and makes this confederacy one grand, ocean-bound 35 Republic. We must bear in mind that we are yet a young nation, growing with a rapidity unequalled in the history of the world, that our national increase is great, and that the emigration from the old world is increasing, requiring us to expand and acquire new 40 territories from time to time, in order to give our people, land to live upon. If we live upon the principle of State rights and State sovereignty, each State regulating its own affairs and minding its own business, we can go on and extend indefinitely, just 45 as fast and as far as we need the territory. . . . \r\nPassage 2\r\nIn complaining of what I said in my speech at Springfield, in which he says I accepted my nomination for the Senator ship.\the again quotes\r\nthat portion in which I said that \u0093a house divided 50 against itself cannot stand.\u0094 Let me say a word in regard to that matter. He tries to persuade us that there must be a variety in the different institutions of the States of the Union; that that variety necessarily proceeds from the variety of soil, climate, of the face\r\n55 of the country, and the difference in the natural features of the States. I agree to all that. Have these very matters ever produced any difficulty among us? Not at all. Have we ever had any quarrel over the fact that they have laws in Louisiana designed to regulate 60 the commerce that springs from the production of sugar? Or because we have a different class relative to the production of flour in this State? Have they produced any differences? Not at all. They are the very cements of this Union. They don\u0092t make the\r\n65 house a \u0093house divided against itself.\u0094 They are the props that hold up the house and sustain the Union.\r\nBut has it been so with this element of slavery? Have we not always had quarrels and difficulties over it? And when will we cease to have quarrels over it? 70 Like causes produce like effects. It is worthwhile to observe that we have generally had comparative peace upon the slavery question, and that there has\r\nbeen no cause for alarm until it was excited by the effort to spread it into new territory. Whenever it has\r\n75 been limited to its present bounds, and there has been no effort to spread it, there has been peace. All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory. It was thus at the date of the Missouri Compromise. It was so again 80 with the annexation of Texas; so with the territory acquired by the Mexican War; and it is so now. Whenever there has been an effort to spread it there has been agitation and resistance Do you think that the nature of man will be changed, that the same 85 causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?", "textTwo": "36. Based on Passage 2, Lincoln would be most likely to agree with which claim about the controversy over slavery?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:48:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:11:03" }, { "id": "1093", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nThese passages are adapted from the Lincoln Douglas debates. Passage 1 is from a statement by Stephen Douglas. Passage 2 is from a statement by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of debates while competing for a US Senate seat in 1858.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nMr. Lincoln likens that bond of the Federal Constitution, joining Free and Slave States together, to a house divided against itself, and says that it is {Line} contrary to the law of God, and cannot stand.\r\n5 When did he learn, and by what authority does he proclaim, that this Government is contrary to the law of God and cannot stand? It has stood thus divided into Free and Slave States from its organization up to this day. During that period we have increased from 10 four millions to thirty millions of people; we have extended our territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; we have acquired the Florida\u0092s and Texas, and other territory sufficient to double our geographical extent; we have increased in population, 15 in wealth, and in power beyond any example on earth; we have risen from a weak and feeble power to become the terror and admiration of the civilized world; and all this has been done under a Constitution which Mr. Lincoln, in substance, says is 20 in violation of the law of God; and under a Union divided into Free and Slave States, which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because of such division, cannot stand. Surely, Mr. Lincoln is a wiser man than those who framed the Government. . . . 25 I now come back to the question, why cannot this Union exist forever, divided into Free and Slave States, as our fathers made it? It can thus exist if each State will carry out the principles upon which our institutions were founded; to wit, the right of each 30 State to do as it pleases, without meddling with its neighbors. Just act upon that great principle, and this Union will not only live forever, but it will extend and expand until it covers the whole continent, and makes this confederacy one grand, ocean-bound 35 Republic. We must bear in mind that we are yet a young nation, growing with a rapidity unequalled in the history of the world, that our national increase is great, and that the emigration from the old world is increasing, requiring us to expand and acquire new 40 territories from time to time, in order to give our people, land to live upon. If we live upon the principle of State rights and State sovereignty, each State regulating its own affairs and minding its own business, we can go on and extend indefinitely, just 45 as fast and as far as we need the territory. . . . \r\nPassage 2\r\nIn complaining of what I said in my speech at Springfield, in which he says I accepted my nomination for the Senator ship.\the again quotes\r\nthat portion in which I said that \u0093a house divided 50 against itself cannot stand.\u0094 Let me say a word in regard to that matter. He tries to persuade us that there must be a variety in the different institutions of the States of the Union; that that variety necessarily proceeds from the variety of soil, climate, of the face\r\n55 of the country, and the difference in the natural features of the States. I agree to all that. Have these very matters ever produced any difficulty among us? Not at all. Have we ever had any quarrel over the fact that they have laws in Louisiana designed to regulate 60 the commerce that springs from the production of sugar? Or because we have a different class relative to the production of flour in this State? Have they produced any differences? Not at all. They are the very cements of this Union. They don\u0092t make the\r\n65 house a \u0093house divided against itself.\u0094 They are the props that hold up the house and sustain the Union.\r\nBut has it been so with this element of slavery? Have we not always had quarrels and difficulties over it? And when will we cease to have quarrels over it? 70 Like causes produce like effects. It is worthwhile to observe that we have generally had comparative peace upon the slavery question, and that there has\r\nbeen no cause for alarm until it was excited by the effort to spread it into new territory. Whenever it has\r\n75 been limited to its present bounds, and there has been no effort to spread it, there has been peace. All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory. It was thus at the date of the Missouri Compromise. It was so again 80 with the annexation of Texas; so with the territory acquired by the Mexican War; and it is so now. Whenever there has been an effort to spread it there has been agitation and resistance Do you think that the nature of man will be changed, that the same 85 causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?", "textTwo": "37. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:50:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:11:23" }, { "id": "1094", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nThese passages are adapted from the Lincoln Douglas debates. Passage 1 is from a statement by Stephen Douglas. Passage 2 is from a statement by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of debates while competing for a US Senate seat in 1858.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nMr. Lincoln likens that bond of the Federal Constitution, joining Free and Slave States together, to a house divided against itself, and says that it is {Line} contrary to the law of God, and cannot stand.\r\n5 When did he learn, and by what authority does he proclaim, that this Government is contrary to the law of God and cannot stand? It has stood thus divided into Free and Slave States from its organization up to this day. During that period we have increased from 10 four millions to thirty millions of people; we have extended our territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; we have acquired the Florida\u0092s and Texas, and other territory sufficient to double our geographical extent; we have increased in population, 15 in wealth, and in power beyond any example on earth; we have risen from a weak and feeble power to become the terror and admiration of the civilized world; and all this has been done under a Constitution which Mr. Lincoln, in substance, says is 20 in violation of the law of God; and under a Union divided into Free and Slave States, which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because of such division, cannot stand. Surely, Mr. Lincoln is a wiser man than those who framed the Government. . . . 25 I now come back to the question, why cannot this Union exist forever, divided into Free and Slave States, as our fathers made it? It can thus exist if each State will carry out the principles upon which our institutions were founded; to wit, the right of each 30 State to do as it pleases, without meddling with its neighbors. Just act upon that great principle, and this Union will not only live forever, but it will extend and expand until it covers the whole continent, and makes this confederacy one grand, ocean-bound 35 Republic. We must bear in mind that we are yet a young nation, growing with a rapidity unequalled in the history of the world, that our national increase is great, and that the emigration from the old world is increasing, requiring us to expand and acquire new 40 territories from time to time, in order to give our people, land to live upon. If we live upon the principle of State rights and State sovereignty, each State regulating its own affairs and minding its own business, we can go on and extend indefinitely, just 45 as fast and as far as we need the territory. . . . \r\nPassage 2\r\nIn complaining of what I said in my speech at Springfield, in which he says I accepted my nomination for the Senator ship.\the again quotes\r\nthat portion in which I said that \u0093a house divided 50 against itself cannot stand.\u0094 Let me say a word in regard to that matter. He tries to persuade us that there must be a variety in the different institutions of the States of the Union; that that variety necessarily proceeds from the variety of soil, climate, of the face\r\n55 of the country, and the difference in the natural features of the States. I agree to all that. Have these very matters ever produced any difficulty among us? Not at all. Have we ever had any quarrel over the fact that they have laws in Louisiana designed to regulate 60 the commerce that springs from the production of sugar? Or because we have a different class relative to the production of flour in this State? Have they produced any differences? Not at all. They are the very cements of this Union. They don\u0092t make the\r\n65 house a \u0093house divided against itself.\u0094 They are the props that hold up the house and sustain the Union.\r\nBut has it been so with this element of slavery? Have we not always had quarrels and difficulties over it? And when will we cease to have quarrels over it? 70 Like causes produce like effects. It is worthwhile to observe that we have generally had comparative peace upon the slavery question, and that there has\r\nbeen no cause for alarm until it was excited by the effort to spread it into new territory. Whenever it has\r\n75 been limited to its present bounds, and there has been no effort to spread it, there has been peace. All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory. It was thus at the date of the Missouri Compromise. It was so again 80 with the annexation of Texas; so with the territory acquired by the Mexican War; and it is so now. Whenever there has been an effort to spread it there has been agitation and resistance Do you think that the nature of man will be changed, that the same 85 causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?", "textTwo": "38. As used in line 84, \u0093nature\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:51:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:14:18" }, { "id": "1095", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nThese passages are adapted from the Lincoln Douglas debates. Passage 1 is from a statement by Stephen Douglas. Passage 2 is from a statement by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of debates while competing for a US Senate seat in 1858.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nMr. Lincoln likens that bond of the Federal Constitution, joining Free and Slave States together, to a house divided against itself, and says that it is {Line} contrary to the law of God, and cannot stand.\r\n5 When did he learn, and by what authority does he proclaim, that this Government is contrary to the law of God and cannot stand? It has stood thus divided into Free and Slave States from its organization up to this day. During that period we have increased from 10 four millions to thirty millions of people; we have extended our territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; we have acquired the Florida\u0092s and Texas, and other territory sufficient to double our geographical extent; we have increased in population, 15 in wealth, and in power beyond any example on earth; we have risen from a weak and feeble power to become the terror and admiration of the civilized world; and all this has been done under a Constitution which Mr. Lincoln, in substance, says is 20 in violation of the law of God; and under a Union divided into Free and Slave States, which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because of such division, cannot stand. Surely, Mr. Lincoln is a wiser man than those who framed the Government. . . . 25 I now come back to the question, why cannot this Union exist forever, divided into Free and Slave States, as our fathers made it? It can thus exist if each State will carry out the principles upon which our institutions were founded; to wit, the right of each 30 State to do as it pleases, without meddling with its neighbors. Just act upon that great principle, and this Union will not only live forever, but it will extend and expand until it covers the whole continent, and makes this confederacy one grand, ocean-bound 35 Republic. We must bear in mind that we are yet a young nation, growing with a rapidity unequalled in the history of the world, that our national increase is great, and that the emigration from the old world is increasing, requiring us to expand and acquire new 40 territories from time to time, in order to give our people, land to live upon. If we live upon the principle of State rights and State sovereignty, each State regulating its own affairs and minding its own business, we can go on and extend indefinitely, just 45 as fast and as far as we need the territory. . . . \r\nPassage 2\r\nIn complaining of what I said in my speech at Springfield, in which he says I accepted my nomination for the Senator ship.\the again quotes\r\nthat portion in which I said that \u0093a house divided 50 against itself cannot stand.\u0094 Let me say a word in regard to that matter. He tries to persuade us that there must be a variety in the different institutions of the States of the Union; that that variety necessarily proceeds from the variety of soil, climate, of the face\r\n55 of the country, and the difference in the natural features of the States. I agree to all that. Have these very matters ever produced any difficulty among us? Not at all. Have we ever had any quarrel over the fact that they have laws in Louisiana designed to regulate 60 the commerce that springs from the production of sugar? Or because we have a different class relative to the production of flour in this State? Have they produced any differences? Not at all. They are the very cements of this Union. They don\u0092t make the\r\n65 house a \u0093house divided against itself.\u0094 They are the props that hold up the house and sustain the Union.\r\nBut has it been so with this element of slavery? Have we not always had quarrels and difficulties over it? And when will we cease to have quarrels over it? 70 Like causes produce like effects. It is worthwhile to observe that we have generally had comparative peace upon the slavery question, and that there has\r\nbeen no cause for alarm until it was excited by the effort to spread it into new territory. Whenever it has\r\n75 been limited to its present bounds, and there has been no effort to spread it, there has been peace. All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory. It was thus at the date of the Missouri Compromise. It was so again 80 with the annexation of Texas; so with the territory acquired by the Mexican War; and it is so now. Whenever there has been an effort to spread it there has been agitation and resistance Do you think that the nature of man will be changed, that the same 85 causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?", "textTwo": "39.Which choice identifies a central tension between the two passages?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:53:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:14:56" }, { "id": "1096", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nThese passages are adapted from the Lincoln Douglas debates. Passage 1 is from a statement by Stephen Douglas. Passage 2 is from a statement by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of debates while competing for a US Senate seat in 1858.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nMr. Lincoln likens that bond of the Federal Constitution, joining Free and Slave States together, to a house divided against itself, and says that it is {Line} contrary to the law of God, and cannot stand.\r\n5 When did he learn, and by what authority does he proclaim, that this Government is contrary to the law of God and cannot stand? It has stood thus divided into Free and Slave States from its organization up to this day. During that period we have increased from 10 four millions to thirty millions of people; we have extended our territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; we have acquired the Florida\u0092s and Texas, and other territory sufficient to double our geographical extent; we have increased in population, 15 in wealth, and in power beyond any example on earth; we have risen from a weak and feeble power to become the terror and admiration of the civilized world; and all this has been done under a Constitution which Mr. Lincoln, in substance, says is 20 in violation of the law of God; and under a Union divided into Free and Slave States, which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because of such division, cannot stand. Surely, Mr. Lincoln is a wiser man than those who framed the Government. . . . 25 I now come back to the question, why cannot this Union exist forever, divided into Free and Slave States, as our fathers made it? It can thus exist if each State will carry out the principles upon which our institutions were founded; to wit, the right of each 30 State to do as it pleases, without meddling with its neighbors. Just act upon that great principle, and this Union will not only live forever, but it will extend and expand until it covers the whole continent, and makes this confederacy one grand, ocean-bound 35 Republic. We must bear in mind that we are yet a young nation, growing with a rapidity unequalled in the history of the world, that our national increase is great, and that the emigration from the old world is increasing, requiring us to expand and acquire new 40 territories from time to time, in order to give our people, land to live upon. If we live upon the principle of State rights and State sovereignty, each State regulating its own affairs and minding its own business, we can go on and extend indefinitely, just 45 as fast and as far as we need the territory. . . . \r\nPassage 2\r\nIn complaining of what I said in my speech at Springfield, in which he says I accepted my nomination for the Senator ship.\the again quotes\r\nthat portion in which I said that \u0093a house divided 50 against itself cannot stand.\u0094 Let me say a word in regard to that matter. He tries to persuade us that there must be a variety in the different institutions of the States of the Union; that that variety necessarily proceeds from the variety of soil, climate, of the face\r\n55 of the country, and the difference in the natural features of the States. I agree to all that. Have these very matters ever produced any difficulty among us? Not at all. Have we ever had any quarrel over the fact that they have laws in Louisiana designed to regulate 60 the commerce that springs from the production of sugar? Or because we have a different class relative to the production of flour in this State? Have they produced any differences? Not at all. They are the very cements of this Union. They don\u0092t make the\r\n65 house a \u0093house divided against itself.\u0094 They are the props that hold up the house and sustain the Union.\r\nBut has it been so with this element of slavery? Have we not always had quarrels and difficulties over it? And when will we cease to have quarrels over it? 70 Like causes produce like effects. It is worthwhile to observe that we have generally had comparative peace upon the slavery question, and that there has\r\nbeen no cause for alarm until it was excited by the effort to spread it into new territory. Whenever it has\r\n75 been limited to its present bounds, and there has been no effort to spread it, there has been peace. All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory. It was thus at the date of the Missouri Compromise. It was so again 80 with the annexation of Texas; so with the territory acquired by the Mexican War; and it is so now. Whenever there has been an effort to spread it there has been agitation and resistance Do you think that the nature of man will be changed, that the same 85 causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?", "textTwo": "40. Both passages discuss the issue of slavery in\r\nrelationship to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:55:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:16:02" }, { "id": "1097", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-41 are based on the following passages.\r\nThese passages are adapted from the Lincoln Douglas debates. Passage 1 is from a statement by Stephen Douglas. Passage 2 is from a statement by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas and Lincoln engaged in a series of debates while competing for a US Senate seat in 1858.\r\n\r\nPassage 1\r\nMr. Lincoln likens that bond of the Federal Constitution, joining Free and Slave States together, to a house divided against itself, and says that it is {Line} contrary to the law of God, and cannot stand.\r\n5 When did he learn, and by what authority does he proclaim, that this Government is contrary to the law of God and cannot stand? It has stood thus divided into Free and Slave States from its organization up to this day. During that period we have increased from 10 four millions to thirty millions of people; we have extended our territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; we have acquired the Florida\u0092s and Texas, and other territory sufficient to double our geographical extent; we have increased in population, 15 in wealth, and in power beyond any example on earth; we have risen from a weak and feeble power to become the terror and admiration of the civilized world; and all this has been done under a Constitution which Mr. Lincoln, in substance, says is 20 in violation of the law of God; and under a Union divided into Free and Slave States, which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because of such division, cannot stand. Surely, Mr. Lincoln is a wiser man than those who framed the Government. . . . 25 I now come back to the question, why cannot this Union exist forever, divided into Free and Slave States, as our fathers made it? It can thus exist if each State will carry out the principles upon which our institutions were founded; to wit, the right of each 30 State to do as it pleases, without meddling with its neighbors. Just act upon that great principle, and this Union will not only live forever, but it will extend and expand until it covers the whole continent, and makes this confederacy one grand, ocean-bound 35 Republic. We must bear in mind that we are yet a young nation, growing with a rapidity unequalled in the history of the world, that our national increase is great, and that the emigration from the old world is increasing, requiring us to expand and acquire new 40 territories from time to time, in order to give our people, land to live upon. If we live upon the principle of State rights and State sovereignty, each State regulating its own affairs and minding its own business, we can go on and extend indefinitely, just 45 as fast and as far as we need the territory. . . . \r\nPassage 2\r\nIn complaining of what I said in my speech at Springfield, in which he says I accepted my nomination for the Senator ship.\the again quotes\r\nthat portion in which I said that \u0093a house divided 50 against itself cannot stand.\u0094 Let me say a word in regard to that matter. He tries to persuade us that there must be a variety in the different institutions of the States of the Union; that that variety necessarily proceeds from the variety of soil, climate, of the face\r\n55 of the country, and the difference in the natural features of the States. I agree to all that. Have these very matters ever produced any difficulty among us? Not at all. Have we ever had any quarrel over the fact that they have laws in Louisiana designed to regulate 60 the commerce that springs from the production of sugar? Or because we have a different class relative to the production of flour in this State? Have they produced any differences? Not at all. They are the very cements of this Union. They don\u0092t make the\r\n65 house a \u0093house divided against itself.\u0094 They are the props that hold up the house and sustain the Union.\r\nBut has it been so with this element of slavery? Have we not always had quarrels and difficulties over it? And when will we cease to have quarrels over it? 70 Like causes produce like effects. It is worthwhile to observe that we have generally had comparative peace upon the slavery question, and that there has\r\nbeen no cause for alarm until it was excited by the effort to spread it into new territory. Whenever it has\r\n75 been limited to its present bounds, and there has been no effort to spread it, there has been peace. All the trouble and convulsion has proceeded from efforts to spread it over more territory. It was thus at the date of the Missouri Compromise. It was so again 80 with the annexation of Texas; so with the territory acquired by the Mexican War; and it is so now. Whenever there has been an effort to spread it there has been agitation and resistance Do you think that the nature of man will be changed, that the same 85 causes that produced agitation at one time will not have the same effect at another?", "textTwo": "41. In the context of each passage as a whole, the questions in lines 25-27 of Passage 1 and lines 67-69 of Passage 2 primarily function to help each speaker", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:56:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:16:32" }, { "id": "1098", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "42. The primary purpose of the passage is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:00:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:23:21" }, { "id": "1099", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "43. Based on the passage, a significant advantage of the Venus flytrap\u0092s requirement for multiple triggers is that it", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:02:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:23:47" }, { "id": "1100", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "44. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:03:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:25:54" }, { "id": "1101", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "45. The use of the phrases \u0093dawdling insect\u0094 (line 6), \u0093happily meanders\u0094 (line 27), and \u0093unassuming bug\u0092s encounter\u0094 (lines 28-29) in the first two paragraphs establishes a tone that is", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:06:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:26:21" }, { "id": "1102", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "46. In the second paragraph (lines 15-31), the discussion of short-term memory primarily functions to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:07:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:26:48" }, { "id": "1103", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "47. According to the passage, which statement best explains why the Venus flytrap requires a second trigger hair to be touched within a short amount of time in order for its trap to close?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:09:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:27:14" }, { "id": "1104", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "48. Which choice describes a scenario in which Hodick and Sievers\u0092s model predicts that a Venus flytrap will NOT close around an insect?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:11:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:27:39" }, { "id": "1105", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "49. As used in line 67, \u0093demonstrated\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:12:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:28:00" }, { "id": "1106", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "50. Based on the passage, what potential criticism might be made of Volkov\u0092s testing of Hodick and\r\nSievers\u0092s model?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:14:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:28:25" }, { "id": "1107", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "51. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:15:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:38:39" }, { "id": "1108", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 42-52 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Daniel Chamovitz, What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses. \u00a92012 by Daniel Chamovitz.\r\n\r\nThe Venus flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] needs to know when an ideal meal is crawling across its leaves. Closing its trap requires a huge expense of energy, {Line} and reopening the trap can take several hours, so [5] Dionaea only wants to spring closed when it\u0092s sure that the dawdling insect visiting its surface is large enough to be worth its time. The large black hairs on their lobes allow the Venus flytraps to literally feel their prey, and they act as triggers that spring the [10]-trap closed when the proper prey makes its way across the trap. If the insect touches just one hair, the trap will not spring shut; but a large enough bug will likely touch two hairs within about twenty seconds, and that signal springs the Venus flytrap into action. [15] We can look at this system as analogous to short-term memory. First, the flytrap encodes the information (forms the memory) that something (it doesn\u0092t know what) has touched one of its hairs. Then it stores this information for a number of [20] seconds (retains the memory) and finally retrieves this information (recalls the memory) once a second hair is touched. If a small ant takes a while to get from one hair to the next, the trap will have forgotten the first touch by the time the ant brushes up against [25] the next hair. In other words, it loses the storage of the information, doesn\u0092t close, and the ant happily, meanders on. How does the plant encode and store the information from the unassuming bug\u0092s encounter with the first hair? How does it [30] remember the first touch in order to react upon the second? Scientists have been puzzled by these questions ever since John Burdon-Sanderson\u0092s early report on the physiology of the Venus flytrap in 1882. A [35] century later, Dieter Hodick and Andreas Sievers at the University of Bonn in Germany proposed that the flytrap stored information regarding how many hairs have been touched in the electric charge of its leaf. Their model is quite elegant in its simplicity. [40] In their studies, they discovered that touching a trigger hair on the Venus flytrap causes an electric action potential [a temporary reversal in the electrical polarity of a cell membrane] that induces calcium channels to open in the trap (this [45] coupling of action potentials and the opening of calcium channels is similar to the processes that occur during communication between human neurons), thus causing a rapid increase in the concentration of calcium ions. [50] They proposed that the trap requires a relatively high concentration of calcium in order to close and that a single action potential from just one trigger hair being touched does not reach this level. Therefore, a second hair needs to be stimulated to [55] push the calcium concentration over this threshold and spring the trap. The encoding of the information requires maintaining a high enough level of calcium so that a second increase (triggered by touching the second hair) pushes the total concentration of [60] calcium over the threshold. As the calcium ion concentrations dissipate over time, if the second touch and potential don\u0092t happen quickly, the final concentration after the second trigger won\u0092t be high enough to close the trap, and the memory is lost. [65] Subsequent research supports this model. Alexander Volkov and his colleagues at Oakwood University in Alabama first demonstrated that it is indeed electricity that causes the Venus flytrap to close. To test the model, they rigged up very fine [70] electrodes and applied an electrical current to the open lobes of the trap. This made the trap close without any direct touch to its trigger hairs (while they didn\u0092t measure calcium levels, the current likely led to increases). When they modified these [75] experiments by altering the amount of electrical current, Volkov could determine the exact electrical charge needed for the trap to close. As long as fourteen microcoulombs\u0097a tiny bit more than the static electricity generated by rubbing two balloons [80] together\u0097flowed between the two electrodes, the trap closed. This could come as one large burst or as a series of smaller charges within twenty seconds. If it took longer than twenty seconds to accumulate the total charge, the trap would remain open.", "textTwo": "52. Based on the passage, in studying the Venus flytrap, Volkov and his colleagues made the most extensive use of which type of evidence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:17:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:39:54" }, { "id": "1109", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "1.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/0040ab4a6c24d524730556ef04d5503573dbd87e.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:32:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:44:09" }, { "id": "1110", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "2. Which choice best maintains the style and tone of the passage?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/621a6cc2f0c637acab96ec7e7bef8324a03a4d04.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:35:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:44:35" }, { "id": "1111", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "3.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/6c6de9b2c96485479a2689d3afd4ed4d03e1c70b.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:36:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:45:15" }, { "id": "1112", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "4.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/5a27e297c56f95fb4e39673953110dbd1f9c2000.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:38:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:45:46" }, { "id": "1113", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "5.. The writer wants to include information from the graph that is consistent with the description of compost in the passage. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/f837c5e86e6a94dba50d2c6eac832cd68c0442fa.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:40:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:46:30" }, { "id": "1114", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "6. The writer wants to support the paragraph\u0092s main idea with accurate, relevant information from the graph. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/aba2213d33d8a458c3d0ab6d84664ba617d701ec.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:43:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:47:57" }, { "id": "1115", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "7.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/377a842e3f6f35ca3b6f06307a566238f8265b21.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:45:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:48:31" }, { "id": "1116", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "8.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c93015eaff118386f8434d06c972523db7e1a08f.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:48:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:49:21" }, { "id": "1117", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "9.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/8d1c25e2e18a8256a1dbc5a742d6068d8b76997e.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:49:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:49:55" }, { "id": "1118", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "10. Which choice provides the most effective transition from the previous paragraph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9013d0d008483cc44b1f1f09394e6b9941d3fea8.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:51:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:50:29" }, { "id": "1119", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nCompost: Don\u0092t Waste This Waste\r\nOver the past generation, people in many parts of the United States have become accustomed to dividing their household waste products into different categories for recycling.[1] Regardless, paper may go in one container, glass and aluminum in another, regular garbage in a third. Recently, some US cities have added a new category: compost, organic matter such as food scraps and yard debris. Like paper or glass recycling, composting demands a certain amount of effort from the public in order to be successful. But the inconveniences of composting are far outweighed by its benefits. Most people think of banana peels, eggshells, and dead leaves as \u0093waste,\u0094 but compost is actually a valuable resource with multiple practical uses. When utilized as a garden fertilizer, compost provides nutrients to soil and improves plant growth while deterring or killing pests and preventing some plant diseases. It also enhances soil texture, encouraging healthy roots and minimizing or [2] annihilating the need for chemical fertilizers. Better than soil at holding moisture, compost minimizes water waste and storm runoff, [3] it increases savings on watering costs, and helps reduce erosion on embankments near bodies of water. In large [4] quantities, which one would expect to see when it is collected for an entire municipality), compost can be converted into a natural gas that can be used as fuel for transportation or heating and cooling systems. In spite of all compost\u0092s potential uses, however, most of this so-called waste is wasted. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over [5] 13 million tons of metal ended up in US landfills in 2009, along with over 13 million tons of yard debris. Remarkably, P6] less glass was discarded in landfills in that year than any other substance, including plastics or paper. Even [7] worse, then the squandering of this useful resource is the fact that compost in landfills cannot break down due to the lack of necessary air and moisture. As a result, organic material that is sent to landfills [8] contribute to the release of methane, a very [9] potent greenhouse gas. [10] While composting can sometimes lead to accidental pollution through the release of methane gas, cities such as San Francisco and Seattle have instituted mandatory composting laws requiring individuals and businesses to use separate bins for compostable waste. This strict approach may not work everywhere. However, given the clear benefits of composting and the environmental costs of not composting, all municipalities should encourage their residents either to create their own compost piles for use in backyard gardens [11] or to dispose of compostable materials in bins for collection.", "textTwo": "11.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c250449b63f8e8b094ce0e33c605c710610e8f63.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:53:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:51:25" }, { "id": "1120", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck\r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "12. Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 11:18:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:52:51" }, { "id": "1121", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck\r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "13.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:22:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:53:19" }, { "id": "1122", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck\r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "14. Which choice most effectively completes the explanation of a possible origin of the lion dance?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:25:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:53:57" }, { "id": "1123", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck \r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "15. Which choice most effectively concludes the paragraph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:29:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:54:37" }, { "id": "1124", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck \r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "16.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:31:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:55:03" }, { "id": "1125", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck \r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "17.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:32:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:57:51" }, { "id": "1126", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck \r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "18. Which choice provides information that is most consistent in style and content with the information about the symbolism of the tortoise?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:35:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:58:17" }, { "id": "1127", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck \r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "19. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:37:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:58:41" }, { "id": "1128", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck \r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "20.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:42:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 16:59:07" }, { "id": "1129", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck \r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "21.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:44:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 17:02:26" }, { "id": "1130", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nA Lion\u0092s Share of Luck \r\nIt\u0092s the beginning of February, and as they do every year, thousands of people line H Street, the heart of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The crowd has gathered to celebrate Lunar New Year. The street is a sea of [12] red. Red is the traditional Chinese color of luck and happiness. Buildings are [13] draped with festive, red, banners, and garlands. Lampposts are strung with crimson paper lanterns, which bob in the crisp winter breeze. The eager spectators await the highlight of the New Year parade: the lion dance. Experts agree that the lion dance originated in the Han dynasty (206 BCE\u0096220 CE); however, there is little agreement about the dance\u0092s original purpose. Some evidence suggests that the earliest version of the dance was an attempt to ward off an evil spirit; [14] lions are obviously very fierce. Another theory is that an emperor, upon waking from a dream about a lion, hired an artist to choreograph the dance. [15] The current function of the dance is celebration. The lion dance requires the strength, grace, and coordination of two dancers, [16] both of whom are almost completely hidden by the elaborate bamboo and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 lion costume that they maneuver. One person operates the lion\u0092s head as the other guides the torso and tail. Many of the moves in the dance, such as jumps, rolls, and kicks, are similar to [17] martial arts and acrobatics. The dancers must be synchronized with the music accompanying the dance\u0097drums, cymbals, and gongs that supply the lion\u0092s roar\u0097as well as with each other. {1} While there are many regional variations of the lion dance costume, all make extensive use of symbols and colors. {2} The lion\u0092s head is often adorned with a phoenix [18] (a mythical bird) or a tortoise (for longevity). {3} Green lions encourage friendliness. {4} Golden and red lions represent liveliness and bravery, respectively. {5} Their older counterparts, yellow and white lions, dance more slowly and deliberately. {6} In some variations, lions of different colors are different ages, and they move accordingly. {7} Black lions are the youngest; therefore, they dance quickly and playfully. [8] The appearance of the lions varies, but their message is consistent: Happy New Year. [19] As the parade winds its way through Chinatown, the music crescendos, and the lion dance reaches [20] its climax with the \u0093plucking of the greens.\u0094 Approaching a doorway in which dangles a red envelope filled with green paper money, the [21] lion\u0092s teeth snare the envelope. It then chews up the bills and spits out the [22] money-filled envelope instead of chewing it up. The crowd cheers for the lion dancers and for the prosperity and good fortune their dance foretells.", "textTwo": "22.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:45:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 17:03:14" }, { "id": "1131", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines\r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during\r\n[24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record.\r\n{1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "23. Which choice best fits with the tone of the rest of the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:58:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:17:51" }, { "id": "1132", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines\r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during\r\n[24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record.\r\n{1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "24.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:01:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:18:15" }, { "id": "1133", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines\r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during\r\n[24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record.\r\n{1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "25. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following graph.\r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/eb843fc98e010b760e384dd954b7324a0a3f3f87.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:03:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:18:56" }, { "id": "1134", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines\r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during\r\n[24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record.\r\n{1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "26.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:05:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:19:33" }, { "id": "1135", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines \r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during [24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record. {1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "27.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:07:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:20:18" }, { "id": "1136", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines \r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during [24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record. {1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "28. To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 6 should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:09:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:20:44" }, { "id": "1137", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines \r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during [24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record. {1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "29. Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:11:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:21:10" }, { "id": "1138", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines \r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during [24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record. {1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "30.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:13:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:32:43" }, { "id": "1139", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines \r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during [24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record. {1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "31.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:15:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:33:35" }, { "id": "1140", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines \r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during [24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record. {1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "32.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:16:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:33:59" }, { "id": "1141", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage. \r\n\r\nCourt Reporting: Humans v. Machines \r\nCourt reporters for years have been the record keepers of the court, taking [23] scrupulous notes during [24] hearings; depositions, and other legal proceedings. Despite the increasing use of digital recording technologies, court reporters still play a vital role in courtrooms. [25] Although machines can easily make digital audio recordings of court events, they lack the nuance of human court reporters in providing a precise record. {1} Court reporters record the spoken word in real time, most commonly using the technique of stenography. {2} A stenotype machine allows a person to type about 200 words per minute (the speed of speech is about 180 words per minute). {3} The typed words are instantaneously translated onto a computer screen for the judge to view, and the transcript is used later by people who want to review the case, such as journalists and lawyers. {4} Digital audio recording is becoming increasingly popular in courtrooms across the United States, with six states using solely audio recordings for general jurisdiction sessions. {5} Proponents of going digital say that technology is the easiest way to get the most accurate record of the proceedings, as the machine records everything faithfully as it occurs and is not [26] subject to human errors such as mishearing or mistyping. [6] However, with the rise of high-quality recording technology, reliance on court reporters [27] as a record keeper is decreasing. [28] Champions of court reporting, though, argue the [29] opposite. They argue that with the increased reliance on technology, errors actually increase. Because digital systems record [30] indiscriminately; they cannot discern important parts of the proceedings from other noises in the courtroom. [31] Despite this, a digital device does indeed record everything, but that includes loud noises, such as a book dropping, that can make the actual words spoken impossible to hear. A court reporter, however, can distinguish between the words [32] and distinguish between the extrinsic noises that need not be recorded. Also, if a witness mumbles, a human court reporter can pause court proceedings to ask the witness to repeat what he or she said. In some cases, digital recording [33] makes it necessary for the judge to make additional announcements at the beginning of a trial. Increasing use of technology is \u0093a transition from accurate records to adequate records,\u0094 says Bob Tate, president of the Certified Court Reporters Association of New Jersey. Despite the apparent benefits of using digital recording systems in courtrooms, there is still a need for the human touch in legal proceedings. At least for the foreseeable future, machines simply cannot replicate the invaluable clarification skills and adaptability of human court reporters.", "textTwo": "33. Which choice provides the best supporting example for the main idea of the paragraph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:18:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:34:27" }, { "id": "1142", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "34.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:47:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:35:14" }, { "id": "1143", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "35.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:49:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:35:35" }, { "id": "1144", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "36. Which choice provides the most precise description of the phenomenon depicted in the previous sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:51:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:45:24" }, { "id": "1145", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "37.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:53:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:45:49" }, { "id": "1146", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "38.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:55:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:46:05" }, { "id": "1147", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "39. Which choice provides the most effective transition between ideas in the paragraph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:56:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:46:46" }, { "id": "1148", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "40.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:58:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:47:08" }, { "id": "1149", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "41. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following.\r\nand perform their experiment without traveling into space \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:00:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 18:47:35" }, { "id": "1150", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "42.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:01:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:05:56" }, { "id": "1151", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "43. Which choice most effectively establishes that the UCSD students\u0092 approach had solved a problem, mentioned earlier in the passage, relating to burning fuel on Earth?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:03:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:10:07" }, { "id": "1152", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nFire in Space\r\nOn Earth, fire provides light, heat, and comfort. Its creation, by a process called combustion, requires a chemical reaction between a fuel source and oxygen. The shape that fire assumes on Earth is a result of gravitational influence and the movement of molecules. In the microgravity environment of space, [34] moreover, combustion and the resulting fire behave in fundamentally different ways than they do on Earth\u0097differences that have important implications for researchers. A group of engineering students from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), for example, [35] tried to find a method to make their biofuel combustion study (fuels derived from once-living material) free of the drawbacks researchers face on Earth. The standard method involves burning droplets of fuel, but Earth\u0092s gravitational influence causes the droplets to lose spherical symmetry while burning. These [36] deformation results in subtle variations in density that both [37] causes uneven heat flow and limits the size of the droplets that can be tested. Specially designed \u0093drop towers\u0094 [38] built for this purpose reduce these problems, but they provide no more than 10 seconds of microgravity, and droplet size is still too small to produce accurate models of combustion rates. [39 ][The UCSD students understood that these limitations had to be surmounted. As part of the program, researchers fly their experiments aboard aircraft that simulate the microgravity environment of space. The aircraft accomplish this feat by flying in parabolic paths instead of horizontal ones. On the plane\u0092s ascent, passengers feel twice Earth\u0092s gravitational pull, but for brief periods at the peak of the trajectory, [40] \u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space, is achieved. These flights allowed the UCSD students to experience microgravity [41]. Specifically, they [42] investigated the combustion of biofuel droplets in microgravity for twice as long as could be accomplished in drop towers and to perform tests with larger droplets. The larger, [43] spherically symmetric droplets burned longer and gave the students more reliable data on combustion rates of biofuels because the droplets\u0092 uniform shape reduced the variations in density that hinder tests performed in normal gravity. The students hope the new data will aid future research by improving theoretical models of biofuel combustion. Better combustion-rate models may even lead to the production of more fuel-efficient engines and improved [44] techniques, for fighting fires in space or at future outposts on the Moon and Mars.", "textTwo": "44.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:04:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:10:28" }, { "id": "1153", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Amy Tan, The Bonesetter\u0092s Daughter. \u00a92001 by Amy Tan.\r\n\r\nAt last, Old Widow Lau was done haggling with the driver and we stepped inside Father\u0092s shop. It was north-facing, quite dim inside, and perhaps this was {Line} why Father did not see us at first. He was busy with a [5] customers, a man who was distinguished-looking, like the scholars of two decades before. The two men were bent over a glass case, discussing the different qualities of inksticks. Big Uncle welcomed us and invited us to be seated. From his formal tone, I knew [10] he did not recognize who we were. So I called his name in a shy voice. And he squinted at me, then laughed and announced our arrival to Little Uncle, who apologized many times for not rushing over sooner to greet us. They rushed us to be seated at one [15] of two tea tables for customers. Old Widow Lau refused their invitation three times, exclaiming that my father and uncles must be too busy for visitors. She made weak efforts to leave. On the fourth insistence, we finally sat. Then Little Uncle brought [20] us hot tea and sweet oranges, as well as bamboo latticework fans with which to cool ourselves. I tried to notice everything so I could later tell GaoLing what I had seen, and tease out her envy. The floors of the shop were of dark wood, polished and [25] clean, no dirty footprints, even though this was during the dustiest part of the summer. And along the walls were display cases made of wood and glass. The glass was very shiny and not one pane was broken. Within those glass cases were our silk- [30] wrapped boxes, all our hard work. They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village. I saw that Father had opened several of the boxes. He set sticks and cakes and other shapes on a silk [35] cloth covering a glass case that served as a table on which he and the customer leaned. First he pointed to a stick with a top shaped like a fairy boat and said with graceful importance, \u0093Your writing will flow as smoothly as a keel cutting through a glassy lake.\u0094 [40] He picked up a bird shape: \u0093Your mind will soar into the clouds of higher thought.\u0094 He waved toward a row of ink cakes embellished with designs of peonies and bamboo: \u0093Your ledgers will blossom into abundance while bamboo surrounds your quiet [45] mind.\u0094 As he said this, Precious Auntie came back into mind. I was remembering how she taught me that everything, even ink, had a purpose and a meaning: Good ink cannot be the quick kind, ready to pour out [50] of a bottle. You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem of modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead [55] leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an ink stone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, what are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? [60] I remembered this, and yet that day in the ink shop, I listened to what Father was saying, and his words became far more important than anything Precious Auntie had thought. \u0093Look here,\u0094 Father said to his customer, and I looked. He held up an [65] inkstick and rotated it in the light. \u0093See? It\u0092s the right hue, purple-black, not brown or gray like the cheap brands you might find down the street. And listen to this.\u0094 And I heard a sound as clean and pure as a small silver bell. \u0093The high-pitched tone tells you that [70] the soot is very fine, as smooth as the sliding banks of old rivers. And the scent\u0097can you smell the balance of strength and delicacy, the musical notes of the ink\u0092s perfume? Expensive, and everyone who sees you using it will know that it was well worth the high [75] price.\u0094 I was very proud to hear Father speak of our family\u0092s ink this way.", "textTwo": "1.Which choice best summarizes the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:46:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:17:14" }, { "id": "1154", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Amy Tan, The Bonesetter\u0092s Daughter. \u00a92001 by Amy Tan.\r\n\r\nAt last, Old Widow Lau was done haggling with the driver and we stepped inside Father\u0092s shop. It was north-facing, quite dim inside, and perhaps this was {Line} why Father did not see us at first. He was busy with a [5] customers, a man who was distinguished-looking, like the scholars of two decades before. The two men were bent over a glass case, discussing the different qualities of inksticks. Big Uncle welcomed us and invited us to be seated. From his formal tone, I knew [10] he did not recognize who we were. So I called his name in a shy voice. And he squinted at me, then laughed and announced our arrival to Little Uncle, who apologized many times for not rushing over sooner to greet us. They rushed us to be seated at one [15] of two tea tables for customers. Old Widow Lau refused their invitation three times, exclaiming that my father and uncles must be too busy for visitors. She made weak efforts to leave. On the fourth insistence, we finally sat. Then Little Uncle brought [20] us hot tea and sweet oranges, as well as bamboo latticework fans with which to cool ourselves. I tried to notice everything so I could later tell GaoLing what I had seen, and tease out her envy. The floors of the shop were of dark wood, polished and [25] clean, no dirty footprints, even though this was during the dustiest part of the summer. And along the walls were display cases made of wood and glass. The glass was very shiny and not one pane was broken. Within those glass cases were our silk- [30] wrapped boxes, all our hard work. They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village. I saw that Father had opened several of the boxes. He set sticks and cakes and other shapes on a silk [35] cloth covering a glass case that served as a table on which he and the customer leaned. First he pointed to a stick with a top shaped like a fairy boat and said with graceful importance, \u0093Your writing will flow as smoothly as a keel cutting through a glassy lake.\u0094 [40] He picked up a bird shape: \u0093Your mind will soar into the clouds of higher thought.\u0094 He waved toward a row of ink cakes embellished with designs of peonies and bamboo: \u0093Your ledgers will blossom into abundance while bamboo surrounds your quiet [45] mind.\u0094 As he said this, Precious Auntie came back into mind. I was remembering how she taught me that everything, even ink, had a purpose and a meaning: Good ink cannot be the quick kind, ready to pour out [50] of a bottle. You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem of modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead [55] leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an ink stone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, what are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? [60] I remembered this, and yet that day in the ink shop, I listened to what Father was saying, and his words became far more important than anything Precious Auntie had thought. \u0093Look here,\u0094 Father said to his customer, and I looked. He held up an [65] inkstick and rotated it in the light. \u0093See? It\u0092s the right hue, purple-black, not brown or gray like the cheap brands you might find down the street. And listen to this.\u0094 And I heard a sound as clean and pure as a small silver bell. \u0093The high-pitched tone tells you that [70] the soot is very fine, as smooth as the sliding banks of old rivers. And the scent\u0097can you smell the balance of strength and delicacy, the musical notes of the ink\u0092s perfume? Expensive, and everyone who sees you using it will know that it was well worth the high [75] price.\u0094 I was very proud to hear Father speak of our family\u0092s ink this way.", "textTwo": "2. A main theme of the passage is that", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:47:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:17:44" }, { "id": "1155", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Amy Tan, The Bonesetter\u0092s Daughter. \u00a92001 by Amy Tan.\r\n\r\nAt last, Old Widow Lau was done haggling with the driver and we stepped inside Father\u0092s shop. It was north-facing, quite dim inside, and perhaps this was {Line} why Father did not see us at first. He was busy with a [5] customers, a man who was distinguished-looking, like the scholars of two decades before. The two men were bent over a glass case, discussing the different qualities of inksticks. Big Uncle welcomed us and invited us to be seated. From his formal tone, I knew [10] he did not recognize who we were. So I called his name in a shy voice. And he squinted at me, then laughed and announced our arrival to Little Uncle, who apologized many times for not rushing over sooner to greet us. They rushed us to be seated at one [15] of two tea tables for customers. Old Widow Lau refused their invitation three times, exclaiming that my father and uncles must be too busy for visitors. She made weak efforts to leave. On the fourth insistence, we finally sat. Then Little Uncle brought [20] us hot tea and sweet oranges, as well as bamboo latticework fans with which to cool ourselves. I tried to notice everything so I could later tell GaoLing what I had seen, and tease out her envy. The floors of the shop were of dark wood, polished and [25] clean, no dirty footprints, even though this was during the dustiest part of the summer. And along the walls were display cases made of wood and glass. The glass was very shiny and not one pane was broken. Within those glass cases were our silk- [30] wrapped boxes, all our hard work. They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village. I saw that Father had opened several of the boxes. He set sticks and cakes and other shapes on a silk [35] cloth covering a glass case that served as a table on which he and the customer leaned. First he pointed to a stick with a top shaped like a fairy boat and said with graceful importance, \u0093Your writing will flow as smoothly as a keel cutting through a glassy lake.\u0094 [40] He picked up a bird shape: \u0093Your mind will soar into the clouds of higher thought.\u0094 He waved toward a row of ink cakes embellished with designs of peonies and bamboo: \u0093Your ledgers will blossom into abundance while bamboo surrounds your quiet [45] mind.\u0094 As he said this, Precious Auntie came back into mind. I was remembering how she taught me that everything, even ink, had a purpose and a meaning: Good ink cannot be the quick kind, ready to pour out [50] of a bottle. You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem of modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead [55] leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an ink stone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, what are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? [60] I remembered this, and yet that day in the ink shop, I listened to what Father was saying, and his words became far more important than anything Precious Auntie had thought. \u0093Look here,\u0094 Father said to his customer, and I looked. He held up an [65] inkstick and rotated it in the light. \u0093See? It\u0092s the right hue, purple-black, not brown or gray like the cheap brands you might find down the street. And listen to this.\u0094 And I heard a sound as clean and pure as a small silver bell. \u0093The high-pitched tone tells you that [70] the soot is very fine, as smooth as the sliding banks of old rivers. And the scent\u0097can you smell the balance of strength and delicacy, the musical notes of the ink\u0092s perfume? Expensive, and everyone who sees you using it will know that it was well worth the high [75] price.\u0094 I was very proud to hear Father speak of our family\u0092s ink this way.", "textTwo": "3. Throughout the passage, the narrator is portrayed as someone who is", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:49:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:18:12" }, { "id": "1156", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Amy Tan, The Bonesetter\u0092s Daughter. \u00a92001 by Amy Tan.\r\n\r\nAt last, Old Widow Lau was done haggling with the driver and we stepped inside Father\u0092s shop. It was north-facing, quite dim inside, and perhaps this was {Line} why Father did not see us at first. He was busy with a [5] customers, a man who was distinguished-looking, like the scholars of two decades before. The two men were bent over a glass case, discussing the different qualities of inksticks. Big Uncle welcomed us and invited us to be seated. From his formal tone, I knew [10] he did not recognize who we were. So I called his name in a shy voice. And he squinted at me, then laughed and announced our arrival to Little Uncle, who apologized many times for not rushing over sooner to greet us. They rushed us to be seated at one [15] of two tea tables for customers. Old Widow Lau refused their invitation three times, exclaiming that my father and uncles must be too busy for visitors. She made weak efforts to leave. On the fourth insistence, we finally sat. Then Little Uncle brought [20] us hot tea and sweet oranges, as well as bamboo latticework fans with which to cool ourselves. I tried to notice everything so I could later tell GaoLing what I had seen, and tease out her envy. The floors of the shop were of dark wood, polished and [25] clean, no dirty footprints, even though this was during the dustiest part of the summer. And along the walls were display cases made of wood and glass. The glass was very shiny and not one pane was broken. Within those glass cases were our silk- [30] wrapped boxes, all our hard work. They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village. I saw that Father had opened several of the boxes. He set sticks and cakes and other shapes on a silk [35] cloth covering a glass case that served as a table on which he and the customer leaned. First he pointed to a stick with a top shaped like a fairy boat and said with graceful importance, \u0093Your writing will flow as smoothly as a keel cutting through a glassy lake.\u0094 [40] He picked up a bird shape: \u0093Your mind will soar into the clouds of higher thought.\u0094 He waved toward a row of ink cakes embellished with designs of peonies and bamboo: \u0093Your ledgers will blossom into abundance while bamboo surrounds your quiet [45] mind.\u0094 As he said this, Precious Auntie came back into mind. I was remembering how she taught me that everything, even ink, had a purpose and a meaning: Good ink cannot be the quick kind, ready to pour out [50] of a bottle. You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem of modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead [55] leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an ink stone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, what are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? [60] I remembered this, and yet that day in the ink shop, I listened to what Father was saying, and his words became far more important than anything Precious Auntie had thought. \u0093Look here,\u0094 Father said to his customer, and I looked. He held up an [65] inkstick and rotated it in the light. \u0093See? It\u0092s the right hue, purple-black, not brown or gray like the cheap brands you might find down the street. And listen to this.\u0094 And I heard a sound as clean and pure as a small silver bell. \u0093The high-pitched tone tells you that [70] the soot is very fine, as smooth as the sliding banks of old rivers. And the scent\u0097can you smell the balance of strength and delicacy, the musical notes of the ink\u0092s perfume? Expensive, and everyone who sees you using it will know that it was well worth the high [75] price.\u0094 I was very proud to hear Father speak of our family\u0092s ink this way.", "textTwo": "4. It can be most reasonably inferred from the passage that Old Widow Lau\u0092s reluctance to stay for tea is", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:50:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:19:04" }, { "id": "1157", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Amy Tan, The Bonesetter\u0092s Daughter. \u00a92001 by Amy Tan.\r\n\r\nAt last, Old Widow Lau was done haggling with the driver and we stepped inside Father\u0092s shop. It was north-facing, quite dim inside, and perhaps this was {Line} why Father did not see us at first. He was busy with a [5] customers, a man who was distinguished-looking, like the scholars of two decades before. The two men were bent over a glass case, discussing the different qualities of inksticks. Big Uncle welcomed us and invited us to be seated. From his formal tone, I knew [10] he did not recognize who we were. So I called his name in a shy voice. And he squinted at me, then laughed and announced our arrival to Little Uncle, who apologized many times for not rushing over sooner to greet us. They rushed us to be seated at one [15] of two tea tables for customers. Old Widow Lau refused their invitation three times, exclaiming that my father and uncles must be too busy for visitors. She made weak efforts to leave. On the fourth insistence, we finally sat. Then Little Uncle brought [20] us hot tea and sweet oranges, as well as bamboo latticework fans with which to cool ourselves. I tried to notice everything so I could later tell GaoLing what I had seen, and tease out her envy. The floors of the shop were of dark wood, polished and [25] clean, no dirty footprints, even though this was during the dustiest part of the summer. And along the walls were display cases made of wood and glass. The glass was very shiny and not one pane was broken. Within those glass cases were our silk- [30] wrapped boxes, all our hard work. They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village. I saw that Father had opened several of the boxes. He set sticks and cakes and other shapes on a silk [35] cloth covering a glass case that served as a table on which he and the customer leaned. First he pointed to a stick with a top shaped like a fairy boat and said with graceful importance, \u0093Your writing will flow as smoothly as a keel cutting through a glassy lake.\u0094 [40] He picked up a bird shape: \u0093Your mind will soar into the clouds of higher thought.\u0094 He waved toward a row of ink cakes embellished with designs of peonies and bamboo: \u0093Your ledgers will blossom into abundance while bamboo surrounds your quiet [45] mind.\u0094 As he said this, Precious Auntie came back into mind. I was remembering how she taught me that everything, even ink, had a purpose and a meaning: Good ink cannot be the quick kind, ready to pour out [50] of a bottle. You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem of modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead [55] leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an ink stone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, what are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? [60] I remembered this, and yet that day in the ink shop, I listened to what Father was saying, and his words became far more important than anything Precious Auntie had thought. \u0093Look here,\u0094 Father said to his customer, and I looked. He held up an [65] inkstick and rotated it in the light. \u0093See? It\u0092s the right hue, purple-black, not brown or gray like the cheap brands you might find down the street. And listen to this.\u0094 And I heard a sound as clean and pure as a small silver bell. \u0093The high-pitched tone tells you that [70] the soot is very fine, as smooth as the sliding banks of old rivers. And the scent\u0097can you smell the balance of strength and delicacy, the musical notes of the ink\u0092s perfume? Expensive, and everyone who sees you using it will know that it was well worth the high [75] price.\u0094 I was very proud to hear Father speak of our family\u0092s ink this way.", "textTwo": "5. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:51:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:19:47" }, { "id": "1158", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Amy Tan, The Bonesetter\u0092s Daughter. \u00a92001 by Amy Tan.\r\n\r\nAt last, Old Widow Lau was done haggling with the driver and we stepped inside Father\u0092s shop. It was north-facing, quite dim inside, and perhaps this was {Line} why Father did not see us at first. He was busy with a [5] customers, a man who was distinguished-looking, like the scholars of two decades before. The two men were bent over a glass case, discussing the different qualities of inksticks. Big Uncle welcomed us and invited us to be seated. From his formal tone, I knew [10] he did not recognize who we were. So I called his name in a shy voice. And he squinted at me, then laughed and announced our arrival to Little Uncle, who apologized many times for not rushing over sooner to greet us. They rushed us to be seated at one [15] of two tea tables for customers. Old Widow Lau refused their invitation three times, exclaiming that my father and uncles must be too busy for visitors. She made weak efforts to leave. On the fourth insistence, we finally sat. Then Little Uncle brought [20] us hot tea and sweet oranges, as well as bamboo latticework fans with which to cool ourselves. I tried to notice everything so I could later tell GaoLing what I had seen, and tease out her envy. The floors of the shop were of dark wood, polished and [25] clean, no dirty footprints, even though this was during the dustiest part of the summer. And along the walls were display cases made of wood and glass. The glass was very shiny and not one pane was broken. Within those glass cases were our silk- [30] wrapped boxes, all our hard work. They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village. I saw that Father had opened several of the boxes. He set sticks and cakes and other shapes on a silk [35] cloth covering a glass case that served as a table on which he and the customer leaned. First he pointed to a stick with a top shaped like a fairy boat and said with graceful importance, \u0093Your writing will flow as smoothly as a keel cutting through a glassy lake.\u0094 [40] He picked up a bird shape: \u0093Your mind will soar into the clouds of higher thought.\u0094 He waved toward a row of ink cakes embellished with designs of peonies and bamboo: \u0093Your ledgers will blossom into abundance while bamboo surrounds your quiet [45] mind.\u0094 As he said this, Precious Auntie came back into mind. I was remembering how she taught me that everything, even ink, had a purpose and a meaning: Good ink cannot be the quick kind, ready to pour out [50] of a bottle. You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem of modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead [55] leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an ink stone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, what are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? [60] I remembered this, and yet that day in the ink shop, I listened to what Father was saying, and his words became far more important than anything Precious Auntie had thought. \u0093Look here,\u0094 Father said to his customer, and I looked. He held up an [65] inkstick and rotated it in the light. \u0093See? It\u0092s the right hue, purple-black, not brown or gray like the cheap brands you might find down the street. And listen to this.\u0094 And I heard a sound as clean and pure as a small silver bell. \u0093The high-pitched tone tells you that [70] the soot is very fine, as smooth as the sliding banks of old rivers. And the scent\u0097can you smell the balance of strength and delicacy, the musical notes of the ink\u0092s perfume? Expensive, and everyone who sees you using it will know that it was well worth the high [75] price.\u0094 I was very proud to hear Father speak of our family\u0092s ink this way.", "textTwo": "6. The narrator indicates that the contrast between the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village and her family\u0092s ink shop is that the ink shop", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:53:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:20:12" }, { "id": "1159", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Amy Tan, The Bonesetter\u0092s Daughter. \u00a92001 by Amy Tan.\r\n\r\nAt last, Old Widow Lau was done haggling with the driver and we stepped inside Father\u0092s shop. It was north-facing, quite dim inside, and perhaps this was {Line} why Father did not see us at first. He was busy with a [5] customers, a man who was distinguished-looking, like the scholars of two decades before. The two men were bent over a glass case, discussing the different qualities of inksticks. Big Uncle welcomed us and invited us to be seated. From his formal tone, I knew [10] he did not recognize who we were. So I called his name in a shy voice. And he squinted at me, then laughed and announced our arrival to Little Uncle, who apologized many times for not rushing over sooner to greet us. They rushed us to be seated at one [15] of two tea tables for customers. Old Widow Lau refused their invitation three times, exclaiming that my father and uncles must be too busy for visitors. She made weak efforts to leave. On the fourth insistence, we finally sat. Then Little Uncle brought [20] us hot tea and sweet oranges, as well as bamboo latticework fans with which to cool ourselves. I tried to notice everything so I could later tell GaoLing what I had seen, and tease out her envy. The floors of the shop were of dark wood, polished and [25] clean, no dirty footprints, even though this was during the dustiest part of the summer. And along the walls were display cases made of wood and glass. The glass was very shiny and not one pane was broken. Within those glass cases were our silk- [30] wrapped boxes, all our hard work. They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village. I saw that Father had opened several of the boxes. He set sticks and cakes and other shapes on a silk [35] cloth covering a glass case that served as a table on which he and the customer leaned. First he pointed to a stick with a top shaped like a fairy boat and said with graceful importance, \u0093Your writing will flow as smoothly as a keel cutting through a glassy lake.\u0094 [40] He picked up a bird shape: \u0093Your mind will soar into the clouds of higher thought.\u0094 He waved toward a row of ink cakes embellished with designs of peonies and bamboo: \u0093Your ledgers will blossom into abundance while bamboo surrounds your quiet [45] mind.\u0094 As he said this, Precious Auntie came back into mind. I was remembering how she taught me that everything, even ink, had a purpose and a meaning: Good ink cannot be the quick kind, ready to pour out [50] of a bottle. You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem of modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead [55] leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an ink stone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, what are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? [60] I remembered this, and yet that day in the ink shop, I listened to what Father was saying, and his words became far more important than anything Precious Auntie had thought. \u0093Look here,\u0094 Father said to his customer, and I looked. He held up an [65] inkstick and rotated it in the light. \u0093See? It\u0092s the right hue, purple-black, not brown or gray like the cheap brands you might find down the street. And listen to this.\u0094 And I heard a sound as clean and pure as a small silver bell. \u0093The high-pitched tone tells you that [70] the soot is very fine, as smooth as the sliding banks of old rivers. And the scent\u0097can you smell the balance of strength and delicacy, the musical notes of the ink\u0092s perfume? Expensive, and everyone who sees you using it will know that it was well worth the high [75] price.\u0094 I was very proud to hear Father speak of our family\u0092s ink this way.", "textTwo": "7. Based on the artistic philosophy expressed in the fourth paragraph (lines 46-59), it is reasonable to infer that Precious Auntie would consider a hastily written first draft of a story to be", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:54:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:24:24" }, { "id": "1160", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Amy Tan, The Bonesetter\u0092s Daughter. \u00a92001 by Amy Tan.\r\n\r\nAt last, Old Widow Lau was done haggling with the driver and we stepped inside Father\u0092s shop. It was north-facing, quite dim inside, and perhaps this was {Line} why Father did not see us at first. He was busy with a [5] customers, a man who was distinguished-looking, like the scholars of two decades before. The two men were bent over a glass case, discussing the different qualities of inksticks. Big Uncle welcomed us and invited us to be seated. From his formal tone, I knew [10] he did not recognize who we were. So I called his name in a shy voice. And he squinted at me, then laughed and announced our arrival to Little Uncle, who apologized many times for not rushing over sooner to greet us. They rushed us to be seated at one [15] of two tea tables for customers. Old Widow Lau refused their invitation three times, exclaiming that my father and uncles must be too busy for visitors. She made weak efforts to leave. On the fourth insistence, we finally sat. Then Little Uncle brought [20] us hot tea and sweet oranges, as well as bamboo latticework fans with which to cool ourselves. I tried to notice everything so I could later tell GaoLing what I had seen, and tease out her envy. The floors of the shop were of dark wood, polished and [25] clean, no dirty footprints, even though this was during the dustiest part of the summer. And along the walls were display cases made of wood and glass. The glass was very shiny and not one pane was broken. Within those glass cases were our silk- [30] wrapped boxes, all our hard work. They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village. I saw that Father had opened several of the boxes. He set sticks and cakes and other shapes on a silk [35] cloth covering a glass case that served as a table on which he and the customer leaned. First he pointed to a stick with a top shaped like a fairy boat and said with graceful importance, \u0093Your writing will flow as smoothly as a keel cutting through a glassy lake.\u0094 [40] He picked up a bird shape: \u0093Your mind will soar into the clouds of higher thought.\u0094 He waved toward a row of ink cakes embellished with designs of peonies and bamboo: \u0093Your ledgers will blossom into abundance while bamboo surrounds your quiet [45] mind.\u0094 As he said this, Precious Auntie came back into mind. I was remembering how she taught me that everything, even ink, had a purpose and a meaning: Good ink cannot be the quick kind, ready to pour out [50] of a bottle. You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem of modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead [55] leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an ink stone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, what are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? [60] I remembered this, and yet that day in the ink shop, I listened to what Father was saying, and his words became far more important than anything Precious Auntie had thought. \u0093Look here,\u0094 Father said to his customer, and I looked. He held up an [65] inkstick and rotated it in the light. \u0093See? It\u0092s the right hue, purple-black, not brown or gray like the cheap brands you might find down the street. And listen to this.\u0094 And I heard a sound as clean and pure as a small silver bell. \u0093The high-pitched tone tells you that [70] the soot is very fine, as smooth as the sliding banks of old rivers. And the scent\u0097can you smell the balance of strength and delicacy, the musical notes of the ink\u0092s perfume? Expensive, and everyone who sees you using it will know that it was well worth the high [75] price.\u0094 I was very proud to hear Father speak of our family\u0092s ink this way.", "textTwo": "8. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:55:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:24:52" }, { "id": "1161", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Amy Tan, The Bonesetter\u0092s Daughter. \u00a92001 by Amy Tan.\r\n\r\nAt last, Old Widow Lau was done haggling with the driver and we stepped inside Father\u0092s shop. It was north-facing, quite dim inside, and perhaps this was {Line} why Father did not see us at first. He was busy with a [5] customers, a man who was distinguished-looking, like the scholars of two decades before. The two men were bent over a glass case, discussing the different qualities of inksticks. Big Uncle welcomed us and invited us to be seated. From his formal tone, I knew [10] he did not recognize who we were. So I called his name in a shy voice. And he squinted at me, then laughed and announced our arrival to Little Uncle, who apologized many times for not rushing over sooner to greet us. They rushed us to be seated at one [15] of two tea tables for customers. Old Widow Lau refused their invitation three times, exclaiming that my father and uncles must be too busy for visitors. She made weak efforts to leave. On the fourth insistence, we finally sat. Then Little Uncle brought [20] us hot tea and sweet oranges, as well as bamboo latticework fans with which to cool ourselves. I tried to notice everything so I could later tell GaoLing what I had seen, and tease out her envy. The floors of the shop were of dark wood, polished and [25] clean, no dirty footprints, even though this was during the dustiest part of the summer. And along the walls were display cases made of wood and glass. The glass was very shiny and not one pane was broken. Within those glass cases were our silk- [30] wrapped boxes, all our hard work. They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village. I saw that Father had opened several of the boxes. He set sticks and cakes and other shapes on a silk [35] cloth covering a glass case that served as a table on which he and the customer leaned. First he pointed to a stick with a top shaped like a fairy boat and said with graceful importance, \u0093Your writing will flow as smoothly as a keel cutting through a glassy lake.\u0094 [40] He picked up a bird shape: \u0093Your mind will soar into the clouds of higher thought.\u0094 He waved toward a row of ink cakes embellished with designs of peonies and bamboo: \u0093Your ledgers will blossom into abundance while bamboo surrounds your quiet [45] mind.\u0094 As he said this, Precious Auntie came back into mind. I was remembering how she taught me that everything, even ink, had a purpose and a meaning: Good ink cannot be the quick kind, ready to pour out [50] of a bottle. You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem of modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead [55] leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an ink stone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, what are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? [60] I remembered this, and yet that day in the ink shop, I listened to what Father was saying, and his words became far more important than anything Precious Auntie had thought. \u0093Look here,\u0094 Father said to his customer, and I looked. He held up an [65] inkstick and rotated it in the light. \u0093See? It\u0092s the right hue, purple-black, not brown or gray like the cheap brands you might find down the street. And listen to this.\u0094 And I heard a sound as clean and pure as a small silver bell. \u0093The high-pitched tone tells you that [70] the soot is very fine, as smooth as the sliding banks of old rivers. And the scent\u0097can you smell the balance of strength and delicacy, the musical notes of the ink\u0092s perfume? Expensive, and everyone who sees you using it will know that it was well worth the high [75] price.\u0094 I was very proud to hear Father speak of our family\u0092s ink this way.", "textTwo": "9. As used in line 59, \u0093matches\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:57:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:25:20" }, { "id": "1162", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-10 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Amy Tan, The Bonesetter\u0092s Daughter. \u00a92001 by Amy Tan.\r\n\r\nAt last, Old Widow Lau was done haggling with the driver and we stepped inside Father\u0092s shop. It was north-facing, quite dim inside, and perhaps this was {Line} why Father did not see us at first. He was busy with a [5] customers, a man who was distinguished-looking, like the scholars of two decades before. The two men were bent over a glass case, discussing the different qualities of inksticks. Big Uncle welcomed us and invited us to be seated. From his formal tone, I knew [10] he did not recognize who we were. So I called his name in a shy voice. And he squinted at me, then laughed and announced our arrival to Little Uncle, who apologized many times for not rushing over sooner to greet us. They rushed us to be seated at one [15] of two tea tables for customers. Old Widow Lau refused their invitation three times, exclaiming that my father and uncles must be too busy for visitors. She made weak efforts to leave. On the fourth insistence, we finally sat. Then Little Uncle brought [20] us hot tea and sweet oranges, as well as bamboo latticework fans with which to cool ourselves. I tried to notice everything so I could later tell GaoLing what I had seen, and tease out her envy. The floors of the shop were of dark wood, polished and [25] clean, no dirty footprints, even though this was during the dustiest part of the summer. And along the walls were display cases made of wood and glass. The glass was very shiny and not one pane was broken. Within those glass cases were our silk- [30] wrapped boxes, all our hard work. They looked so much nicer than they had in the ink-making studio at Immortal Heart village. I saw that Father had opened several of the boxes. He set sticks and cakes and other shapes on a silk [35] cloth covering a glass case that served as a table on which he and the customer leaned. First he pointed to a stick with a top shaped like a fairy boat and said with graceful importance, \u0093Your writing will flow as smoothly as a keel cutting through a glassy lake.\u0094 [40] He picked up a bird shape: \u0093Your mind will soar into the clouds of higher thought.\u0094 He waved toward a row of ink cakes embellished with designs of peonies and bamboo: \u0093Your ledgers will blossom into abundance while bamboo surrounds your quiet [45] mind.\u0094 As he said this, Precious Auntie came back into mind. I was remembering how she taught me that everything, even ink, had a purpose and a meaning: Good ink cannot be the quick kind, ready to pour out [50] of a bottle. You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem of modern ink from a bottle. You do not have to think. You simply write what is swimming on the top of your brain. And the top is nothing but pond scum, dead [55] leaves, and mosquito spawn. But when you push an inkstick along an ink stone, you take the first step to cleansing your mind and your heart. You push and you ask yourself, what are my intentions? What is in my heart that matches my mind? [60] I remembered this, and yet that day in the ink shop, I listened to what Father was saying, and his words became far more important than anything Precious Auntie had thought. \u0093Look here,\u0094 Father said to his customer, and I looked. He held up an [65] inkstick and rotated it in the light. \u0093See? It\u0092s the right hue, purple-black, not brown or gray like the cheap brands you might find down the street. And listen to this.\u0094 And I heard a sound as clean and pure as a small silver bell. \u0093The high-pitched tone tells you that [70] the soot is very fine, as smooth as the sliding banks of old rivers. And the scent\u0097can you smell the balance of strength and delicacy, the musical notes of the ink\u0092s perfume? Expensive, and everyone who sees you using it will know that it was well worth the high [75] price.\u0094 I was very proud to hear Father speak of our family\u0092s ink this way.", "textTwo": "10. As used in line 68, \u0093clean\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:58:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:26:08" }, { "id": "1163", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from \u0093How the Web Affects Memory.\u0094 \u00a92011 by Harvard Magazine Inc.\r\n\r\nSearch engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology {Line} Daniel Wegner\u0092s recent research proves that [5] websites\u0097and the Internet\u0097are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function. Wegner\u0092s latest study, \u0093Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having [10] Information at Our Fingertips,\u0094 shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on \u0093search\u0094 as a readily available shortcut.\r\n[15] Wegner, the senior author of the study, believes the new findings show that the Internet has become part of a trans active memory source, a method by which our brains compartmentalize information. First hypothesized by Wegner in 1985, trans active [20] memory exists in many forms, as when a husband relies on his wife to remember a relative\u0092s birthday. \u0093[It is] this whole network of memory where you don\u0092t have to remember everything in the world yourself,\u0094 he says. \u0093You just have to remember who [25] knows it.\u0094 Now computers and technology as well are becoming virtual extensions of our memory. The idea validates habits already forming in our daily lives. Cell phones have become the primary location for phone numbers. GPS devices in cars [30] remove the need to memorize directions. Wegner points out that we never have to stretch our memories too far to remember the name of an obscure movie actor or the capital of Kyrgyzstan\u0097we just type our questions into Google. \u0093We become [35] part of the Internet in a way,\u0094 he says. \u0093We become part of the system and we end up trusting it.\u0094 Working with researchers Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin\u0096Madison, Wegner conducted four [40] experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon, using various forms of memory recall to test reliance on computers. In the first experiment, participants demonstrated that they were more likely to think of computer terms like \u0093Yahoo\u0094 or \u0093Google\u0094 after being [45] asked a set of difficult trivia questions. In two other experiments, participants were asked to type a collection of readily memorable statements, such as \u0093An ostrich\u0092s eye is bigger than its brain.\u0094 Half the subjects were told that their work would be saved to a [50] computer; the other half were informed that the statements would be erased. In subsequent memory testing, participants who were told their work would not be saved were best at recalling the statements. In a fourth experiment, participants typed into a [55] computer statements they were told would be saved in specific folders. Next, they were asked to recall the statements. Finally, they were given cues to the wording and asked to name the folders where the statements were stored. The participants proved [60] better able to recall the folder locations than the statements themselves. Wegner concedes that questions remain about whether dependence on computers will affect memories negatively: \u0093Nobody knows now what the [65] effects are of these tools on logical thinking.\u0094 Students who have trouble remembering distinct facts, for example, may struggle to employ those facts in critical thinking. But he believes that the situation overall is beneficial, likening dependence on [70] computers to dependence on a mechanical hand or other prosthetic device. And even though we may not be taxing our memories to recall distinct facts, we are still using them to consider where the facts are located and how [75] to access them. \u0093We still have to remember things,\u0094 Wegner explains. \u0093We\u0092re just remembering a different range of things.\u0094 He believes his study will lead to further research into understanding computer dependence, and looks forward to tracing the extent [80] of human interdependence with the computer world\u0097pinpointing the \u0093movable dividing line between us and our computers in cyber networks.\u0094", "textTwo": "11. The main purpose of the passage is to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/6696853406e44cc223fbf3cf037a4c1aa2e854db.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:02:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:34:07" }, { "id": "1164", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from \u0093How the Web Affects Memory.\u0094 \u00a92011 by Harvard Magazine Inc.\r\n\r\nSearch engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology {Line} Daniel Wegner\u0092s recent research proves that [5] websites\u0097and the Internet\u0097are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function. Wegner\u0092s latest study, \u0093Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having [10] Information at Our Fingertips,\u0094 shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on \u0093search\u0094 as a readily available shortcut.\r\n[15] Wegner, the senior author of the study, believes the new findings show that the Internet has become part of a trans active memory source, a method by which our brains compartmentalize information. First hypothesized by Wegner in 1985, trans active [20] memory exists in many forms, as when a husband relies on his wife to remember a relative\u0092s birthday. \u0093[It is] this whole network of memory where you don\u0092t have to remember everything in the world yourself,\u0094 he says. \u0093You just have to remember who [25] knows it.\u0094 Now computers and technology as well are becoming virtual extensions of our memory. The idea validates habits already forming in our daily lives. Cell phones have become the primary location for phone numbers. GPS devices in cars [30] remove the need to memorize directions. Wegner points out that we never have to stretch our memories too far to remember the name of an obscure movie actor or the capital of Kyrgyzstan\u0097we just type our questions into Google. \u0093We become [35] part of the Internet in a way,\u0094 he says. \u0093We become part of the system and we end up trusting it.\u0094 Working with researchers Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin\u0096Madison, Wegner conducted four [40] experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon, using various forms of memory recall to test reliance on computers. In the first experiment, participants demonstrated that they were more likely to think of computer terms like \u0093Yahoo\u0094 or \u0093Google\u0094 after being [45] asked a set of difficult trivia questions. In two other experiments, participants were asked to type a collection of readily memorable statements, such as \u0093An ostrich\u0092s eye is bigger than its brain.\u0094 Half the subjects were told that their work would be saved to a [50] computer; the other half were informed that the statements would be erased. In subsequent memory testing, participants who were told their work would not be saved were best at recalling the statements. In a fourth experiment, participants typed into a [55] computer statements they were told would be saved in specific folders. Next, they were asked to recall the statements. Finally, they were given cues to the wording and asked to name the folders where the statements were stored. The participants proved [60] better able to recall the folder locations than the statements themselves. Wegner concedes that questions remain about whether dependence on computers will affect memories negatively: \u0093Nobody knows now what the [65] effects are of these tools on logical thinking.\u0094 Students who have trouble remembering distinct facts, for example, may struggle to employ those facts in critical thinking. But he believes that the situation overall is beneficial, likening dependence on [70] computers to dependence on a mechanical hand or other prosthetic device. And even though we may not be taxing our memories to recall distinct facts, we are still using them to consider where the facts are located and how [75] to access them. \u0093We still have to remember things,\u0094 Wegner explains. \u0093We\u0092re just remembering a different range of things.\u0094 He believes his study will lead to further research into understanding computer dependence, and looks forward to tracing the extent [80] of human interdependence with the computer world\u0097pinpointing the \u0093movable dividing line between us and our computers in cyber networks.\u0094", "textTwo": "12. Which choice best supports the idea that reliance on computers does not necessarily diminish human memory?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:04:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:34:39" }, { "id": "1165", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from \u0093How the Web Affects Memory.\u0094 \u00a92011 by Harvard Magazine Inc.\r\n\r\nSearch engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology {Line} Daniel Wegner\u0092s recent research proves that [5] websites\u0097and the Internet\u0097are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function. Wegner\u0092s latest study, \u0093Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having [10] Information at Our Fingertips,\u0094 shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on \u0093search\u0094 as a readily available shortcut.\r\n[15] Wegner, the senior author of the study, believes the new findings show that the Internet has become part of a trans active memory source, a method by which our brains compartmentalize information. First hypothesized by Wegner in 1985, trans active [20] memory exists in many forms, as when a husband relies on his wife to remember a relative\u0092s birthday. \u0093[It is] this whole network of memory where you don\u0092t have to remember everything in the world yourself,\u0094 he says. \u0093You just have to remember who [25] knows it.\u0094 Now computers and technology as well are becoming virtual extensions of our memory. The idea validates habits already forming in our daily lives. Cell phones have become the primary location for phone numbers. GPS devices in cars [30] remove the need to memorize directions. Wegner points out that we never have to stretch our memories too far to remember the name of an obscure movie actor or the capital of Kyrgyzstan\u0097we just type our questions into Google. \u0093We become [35] part of the Internet in a way,\u0094 he says. \u0093We become part of the system and we end up trusting it.\u0094 Working with researchers Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin\u0096Madison, Wegner conducted four [40] experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon, using various forms of memory recall to test reliance on computers. In the first experiment, participants demonstrated that they were more likely to think of computer terms like \u0093Yahoo\u0094 or \u0093Google\u0094 after being [45] asked a set of difficult trivia questions. In two other experiments, participants were asked to type a collection of readily memorable statements, such as \u0093An ostrich\u0092s eye is bigger than its brain.\u0094 Half the subjects were told that their work would be saved to a [50] computer; the other half were informed that the statements would be erased. In subsequent memory testing, participants who were told their work would not be saved were best at recalling the statements. In a fourth experiment, participants typed into a [55] computer statements they were told would be saved in specific folders. Next, they were asked to recall the statements. Finally, they were given cues to the wording and asked to name the folders where the statements were stored. The participants proved [60] better able to recall the folder locations than the statements themselves. Wegner concedes that questions remain about whether dependence on computers will affect memories negatively: \u0093Nobody knows now what the [65] effects are of these tools on logical thinking.\u0094 Students who have trouble remembering distinct facts, for example, may struggle to employ those facts in critical thinking. But he believes that the situation overall is beneficial, likening dependence on [70] computers to dependence on a mechanical hand or other prosthetic device. And even though we may not be taxing our memories to recall distinct facts, we are still using them to consider where the facts are located and how [75] to access them. \u0093We still have to remember things,\u0094 Wegner explains. \u0093We\u0092re just remembering a different range of things.\u0094 He believes his study will lead to further research into understanding computer dependence, and looks forward to tracing the extent [80] of human interdependence with the computer world\u0097pinpointing the \u0093movable dividing line between us and our computers in cyber networks.\u0094", "textTwo": "13. In context, the reference to remembering a relative\u0092s birthday mainly serves to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/63761359cdaa57b85b756fc3bf8845ad72271c33.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:05:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:35:11" }, { "id": "1166", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from \u0093How the Web Affects Memory.\u0094 \u00a92011 by Harvard Magazine Inc.\r\n\r\nSearch engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology {Line} Daniel Wegner\u0092s recent research proves that [5] websites\u0097and the Internet\u0097are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function. Wegner\u0092s latest study, \u0093Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having [10] Information at Our Fingertips,\u0094 shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on \u0093search\u0094 as a readily available shortcut.\r\n[15] Wegner, the senior author of the study, believes the new findings show that the Internet has become part of a trans active memory source, a method by which our brains compartmentalize information. First hypothesized by Wegner in 1985, trans active [20] memory exists in many forms, as when a husband relies on his wife to remember a relative\u0092s birthday. \u0093[It is] this whole network of memory where you don\u0092t have to remember everything in the world yourself,\u0094 he says. \u0093You just have to remember who [25] knows it.\u0094 Now computers and technology as well are becoming virtual extensions of our memory. The idea validates habits already forming in our daily lives. Cell phones have become the primary location for phone numbers. GPS devices in cars [30] remove the need to memorize directions. Wegner points out that we never have to stretch our memories too far to remember the name of an obscure movie actor or the capital of Kyrgyzstan\u0097we just type our questions into Google. \u0093We become [35] part of the Internet in a way,\u0094 he says. \u0093We become part of the system and we end up trusting it.\u0094 Working with researchers Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin\u0096Madison, Wegner conducted four [40] experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon, using various forms of memory recall to test reliance on computers. In the first experiment, participants demonstrated that they were more likely to think of computer terms like \u0093Yahoo\u0094 or \u0093Google\u0094 after being [45] asked a set of difficult trivia questions. In two other experiments, participants were asked to type a collection of readily memorable statements, such as \u0093An ostrich\u0092s eye is bigger than its brain.\u0094 Half the subjects were told that their work would be saved to a [50] computer; the other half were informed that the statements would be erased. In subsequent memory testing, participants who were told their work would not be saved were best at recalling the statements. In a fourth experiment, participants typed into a [55] computer statements they were told would be saved in specific folders. Next, they were asked to recall the statements. Finally, they were given cues to the wording and asked to name the folders where the statements were stored. The participants proved [60] better able to recall the folder locations than the statements themselves. Wegner concedes that questions remain about whether dependence on computers will affect memories negatively: \u0093Nobody knows now what the [65] effects are of these tools on logical thinking.\u0094 Students who have trouble remembering distinct facts, for example, may struggle to employ those facts in critical thinking. But he believes that the situation overall is beneficial, likening dependence on [70] computers to dependence on a mechanical hand or other prosthetic device. And even though we may not be taxing our memories to recall distinct facts, we are still using them to consider where the facts are located and how [75] to access them. \u0093We still have to remember things,\u0094 Wegner explains. \u0093We\u0092re just remembering a different range of things.\u0094 He believes his study will lead to further research into understanding computer dependence, and looks forward to tracing the extent [80] of human interdependence with the computer world\u0097pinpointing the \u0093movable dividing line between us and our computers in cyber networks.\u0094", "textTwo": "14. Based on the information in the passage, which of the following would be considered a transactive memory source?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/54dd7ed94b09b5a4c50a9eb6f5ddff6686b2d390.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:07:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:35:42" }, { "id": "1167", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from \u0093How the Web Affects Memory.\u0094 \u00a92011 by Harvard Magazine Inc.\r\n\r\nSearch engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology {Line} Daniel Wegner\u0092s recent research proves that [5] websites\u0097and the Internet\u0097are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function. Wegner\u0092s latest study, \u0093Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having [10] Information at Our Fingertips,\u0094 shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on \u0093search\u0094 as a readily available shortcut.\r\n[15] Wegner, the senior author of the study, believes the new findings show that the Internet has become part of a trans active memory source, a method by which our brains compartmentalize information. First hypothesized by Wegner in 1985, trans active [20] memory exists in many forms, as when a husband relies on his wife to remember a relative\u0092s birthday. \u0093[It is] this whole network of memory where you don\u0092t have to remember everything in the world yourself,\u0094 he says. \u0093You just have to remember who [25] knows it.\u0094 Now computers and technology as well are becoming virtual extensions of our memory. The idea validates habits already forming in our daily lives. Cell phones have become the primary location for phone numbers. GPS devices in cars [30] remove the need to memorize directions. Wegner points out that we never have to stretch our memories too far to remember the name of an obscure movie actor or the capital of Kyrgyzstan\u0097we just type our questions into Google. \u0093We become [35] part of the Internet in a way,\u0094 he says. \u0093We become part of the system and we end up trusting it.\u0094 Working with researchers Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin\u0096Madison, Wegner conducted four [40] experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon, using various forms of memory recall to test reliance on computers. In the first experiment, participants demonstrated that they were more likely to think of computer terms like \u0093Yahoo\u0094 or \u0093Google\u0094 after being [45] asked a set of difficult trivia questions. In two other experiments, participants were asked to type a collection of readily memorable statements, such as \u0093An ostrich\u0092s eye is bigger than its brain.\u0094 Half the subjects were told that their work would be saved to a [50] computer; the other half were informed that the statements would be erased. In subsequent memory testing, participants who were told their work would not be saved were best at recalling the statements. In a fourth experiment, participants typed into a [55] computer statements they were told would be saved in specific folders. Next, they were asked to recall the statements. Finally, they were given cues to the wording and asked to name the folders where the statements were stored. The participants proved [60] better able to recall the folder locations than the statements themselves. Wegner concedes that questions remain about whether dependence on computers will affect memories negatively: \u0093Nobody knows now what the [65] effects are of these tools on logical thinking.\u0094 Students who have trouble remembering distinct facts, for example, may struggle to employ those facts in critical thinking. But he believes that the situation overall is beneficial, likening dependence on [70] computers to dependence on a mechanical hand or other prosthetic device. And even though we may not be taxing our memories to recall distinct facts, we are still using them to consider where the facts are located and how [75] to access them. \u0093We still have to remember things,\u0094 Wegner explains. \u0093We\u0092re just remembering a different range of things.\u0094 He believes his study will lead to further research into understanding computer dependence, and looks forward to tracing the extent [80] of human interdependence with the computer world\u0097pinpointing the \u0093movable dividing line between us and our computers in cyber networks.\u0094", "textTwo": "15.As used in line 26, \u0093extensions of\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/a59a103c7c95c6856f319f325c03387e51ad2747.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:09:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:36:16" }, { "id": "1168", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from \u0093How the Web Affects Memory.\u0094 \u00a92011 by Harvard Magazine Inc.\r\n\r\nSearch engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology {Line} Daniel Wegner\u0092s recent research proves that [5] websites\u0097and the Internet\u0097are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function. Wegner\u0092s latest study, \u0093Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having [10] Information at Our Fingertips,\u0094 shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on \u0093search\u0094 as a readily available shortcut.\r\n[15] Wegner, the senior author of the study, believes the new findings show that the Internet has become part of a trans active memory source, a method by which our brains compartmentalize information. First hypothesized by Wegner in 1985, trans active [20] memory exists in many forms, as when a husband relies on his wife to remember a relative\u0092s birthday. \u0093[It is] this whole network of memory where you don\u0092t have to remember everything in the world yourself,\u0094 he says. \u0093You just have to remember who [25] knows it.\u0094 Now computers and technology as well are becoming virtual extensions of our memory. The idea validates habits already forming in our daily lives. Cell phones have become the primary location for phone numbers. GPS devices in cars [30] remove the need to memorize directions. Wegner points out that we never have to stretch our memories too far to remember the name of an obscure movie actor or the capital of Kyrgyzstan\u0097we just type our questions into Google. \u0093We become [35] part of the Internet in a way,\u0094 he says. \u0093We become part of the system and we end up trusting it.\u0094 Working with researchers Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin\u0096Madison, Wegner conducted four [40] experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon, using various forms of memory recall to test reliance on computers. In the first experiment, participants demonstrated that they were more likely to think of computer terms like \u0093Yahoo\u0094 or \u0093Google\u0094 after being [45] asked a set of difficult trivia questions. In two other experiments, participants were asked to type a collection of readily memorable statements, such as \u0093An ostrich\u0092s eye is bigger than its brain.\u0094 Half the subjects were told that their work would be saved to a [50] computer; the other half were informed that the statements would be erased. In subsequent memory testing, participants who were told their work would not be saved were best at recalling the statements. In a fourth experiment, participants typed into a [55] computer statements they were told would be saved in specific folders. Next, they were asked to recall the statements. Finally, they were given cues to the wording and asked to name the folders where the statements were stored. The participants proved [60] better able to recall the folder locations than the statements themselves. Wegner concedes that questions remain about whether dependence on computers will affect memories negatively: \u0093Nobody knows now what the [65] effects are of these tools on logical thinking.\u0094 Students who have trouble remembering distinct facts, for example, may struggle to employ those facts in critical thinking. But he believes that the situation overall is beneficial, likening dependence on [70] computers to dependence on a mechanical hand or other prosthetic device. And even though we may not be taxing our memories to recall distinct facts, we are still using them to consider where the facts are located and how [75] to access them. \u0093We still have to remember things,\u0094 Wegner explains. \u0093We\u0092re just remembering a different range of things.\u0094 He believes his study will lead to further research into understanding computer dependence, and looks forward to tracing the extent [80] of human interdependence with the computer world\u0097pinpointing the \u0093movable dividing line between us and our computers in cyber networks.\u0094", "textTwo": "16. The discussion of the experiments suggests that people are inclined to think of specific information sources in response to being", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/219a52390ad53f28fb49bc4f6e8d8b67e7925bc1.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:10:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:41:35" }, { "id": "1169", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from \u0093How the Web Affects Memory.\u0094 \u00a92011 by Harvard Magazine Inc.\r\n\r\nSearch engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology {Line} Daniel Wegner\u0092s recent research proves that [5] websites\u0097and the Internet\u0097are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function. Wegner\u0092s latest study, \u0093Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having [10] Information at Our Fingertips,\u0094 shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on \u0093search\u0094 as a readily available shortcut.\r\n[15] Wegner, the senior author of the study, believes the new findings show that the Internet has become part of a trans active memory source, a method by which our brains compartmentalize information. First hypothesized by Wegner in 1985, trans active [20] memory exists in many forms, as when a husband relies on his wife to remember a relative\u0092s birthday. \u0093[It is] this whole network of memory where you don\u0092t have to remember everything in the world yourself,\u0094 he says. \u0093You just have to remember who [25] knows it.\u0094 Now computers and technology as well are becoming virtual extensions of our memory. The idea validates habits already forming in our daily lives. Cell phones have become the primary location for phone numbers. GPS devices in cars [30] remove the need to memorize directions. Wegner points out that we never have to stretch our memories too far to remember the name of an obscure movie actor or the capital of Kyrgyzstan\u0097we just type our questions into Google. \u0093We become [35] part of the Internet in a way,\u0094 he says. \u0093We become part of the system and we end up trusting it.\u0094 Working with researchers Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin\u0096Madison, Wegner conducted four [40] experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon, using various forms of memory recall to test reliance on computers. In the first experiment, participants demonstrated that they were more likely to think of computer terms like \u0093Yahoo\u0094 or \u0093Google\u0094 after being [45] asked a set of difficult trivia questions. In two other experiments, participants were asked to type a collection of readily memorable statements, such as \u0093An ostrich\u0092s eye is bigger than its brain.\u0094 Half the subjects were told that their work would be saved to a [50] computer; the other half were informed that the statements would be erased. In subsequent memory testing, participants who were told their work would not be saved were best at recalling the statements. In a fourth experiment, participants typed into a [55] computer statements they were told would be saved in specific folders. Next, they were asked to recall the statements. Finally, they were given cues to the wording and asked to name the folders where the statements were stored. The participants proved [60] better able to recall the folder locations than the statements themselves. Wegner concedes that questions remain about whether dependence on computers will affect memories negatively: \u0093Nobody knows now what the [65] effects are of these tools on logical thinking.\u0094 Students who have trouble remembering distinct facts, for example, may struggle to employ those facts in critical thinking. But he believes that the situation overall is beneficial, likening dependence on [70] computers to dependence on a mechanical hand or other prosthetic device. And even though we may not be taxing our memories to recall distinct facts, we are still using them to consider where the facts are located and how [75] to access them. \u0093We still have to remember things,\u0094 Wegner explains. \u0093We\u0092re just remembering a different range of things.\u0094 He believes his study will lead to further research into understanding computer dependence, and looks forward to tracing the extent [80] of human interdependence with the computer world\u0097pinpointing the \u0093movable dividing line between us and our computers in cyber networks.\u0094", "textTwo": "17. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/bc5f62ec577429e4050fabcb1704d9d0cae129ee.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:12:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:41:56" }, { "id": "1170", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from \u0093How the Web Affects Memory.\u0094 \u00a92011 by Harvard Magazine Inc.\r\n\r\nSearch engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology {Line} Daniel Wegner\u0092s recent research proves that [5] websites\u0097and the Internet\u0097are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function. Wegner\u0092s latest study, \u0093Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having [10] Information at Our Fingertips,\u0094 shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on \u0093search\u0094 as a readily available shortcut.\r\n[15] Wegner, the senior author of the study, believes the new findings show that the Internet has become part of a trans active memory source, a method by which our brains compartmentalize information. First hypothesized by Wegner in 1985, trans active [20] memory exists in many forms, as when a husband relies on his wife to remember a relative\u0092s birthday. \u0093[It is] this whole network of memory where you don\u0092t have to remember everything in the world yourself,\u0094 he says. \u0093You just have to remember who [25] knows it.\u0094 Now computers and technology as well are becoming virtual extensions of our memory. The idea validates habits already forming in our daily lives. Cell phones have become the primary location for phone numbers. GPS devices in cars [30] remove the need to memorize directions. Wegner points out that we never have to stretch our memories too far to remember the name of an obscure movie actor or the capital of Kyrgyzstan\u0097we just type our questions into Google. \u0093We become [35] part of the Internet in a way,\u0094 he says. \u0093We become part of the system and we end up trusting it.\u0094 Working with researchers Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin\u0096Madison, Wegner conducted four [40] experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon, using various forms of memory recall to test reliance on computers. In the first experiment, participants demonstrated that they were more likely to think of computer terms like \u0093Yahoo\u0094 or \u0093Google\u0094 after being [45] asked a set of difficult trivia questions. In two other experiments, participants were asked to type a collection of readily memorable statements, such as \u0093An ostrich\u0092s eye is bigger than its brain.\u0094 Half the subjects were told that their work would be saved to a [50] computer; the other half were informed that the statements would be erased. In subsequent memory testing, participants who were told their work would not be saved were best at recalling the statements. In a fourth experiment, participants typed into a [55] computer statements they were told would be saved in specific folders. Next, they were asked to recall the statements. Finally, they were given cues to the wording and asked to name the folders where the statements were stored. The participants proved [60] better able to recall the folder locations than the statements themselves. Wegner concedes that questions remain about whether dependence on computers will affect memories negatively: \u0093Nobody knows now what the [65] effects are of these tools on logical thinking.\u0094 Students who have trouble remembering distinct facts, for example, may struggle to employ those facts in critical thinking. But he believes that the situation overall is beneficial, likening dependence on [70] computers to dependence on a mechanical hand or other prosthetic device. And even though we may not be taxing our memories to recall distinct facts, we are still using them to consider where the facts are located and how [75] to access them. \u0093We still have to remember things,\u0094 Wegner explains. \u0093We\u0092re just remembering a different range of things.\u0094 He believes his study will lead to further research into understanding computer dependence, and looks forward to tracing the extent [80] of human interdependence with the computer world\u0097pinpointing the \u0093movable dividing line between us and our computers in cyber networks.\u0094", "textTwo": "18. As used in line 67, \u0093employ\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b8cdf1b772a7e481aa068f012271eb6e1cbf1ad3.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:13:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:42:20" }, { "id": "1171", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from \u0093How the Web Affects Memory.\u0094 \u00a92011 by Harvard Magazine Inc.\r\n\r\nSearch engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology {Line} Daniel Wegner\u0092s recent research proves that [5] websites\u0097and the Internet\u0097are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function. Wegner\u0092s latest study, \u0093Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having [10] Information at Our Fingertips,\u0094 shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on \u0093search\u0094 as a readily available shortcut.\r\n[15] Wegner, the senior author of the study, believes the new findings show that the Internet has become part of a trans active memory source, a method by which our brains compartmentalize information. First hypothesized by Wegner in 1985, trans active [20] memory exists in many forms, as when a husband relies on his wife to remember a relative\u0092s birthday. \u0093[It is] this whole network of memory where you don\u0092t have to remember everything in the world yourself,\u0094 he says. \u0093You just have to remember who [25] knows it.\u0094 Now computers and technology as well are becoming virtual extensions of our memory. The idea validates habits already forming in our daily lives. Cell phones have become the primary location for phone numbers. GPS devices in cars [30] remove the need to memorize directions. Wegner points out that we never have to stretch our memories too far to remember the name of an obscure movie actor or the capital of Kyrgyzstan\u0097we just type our questions into Google. \u0093We become [35] part of the Internet in a way,\u0094 he says. \u0093We become part of the system and we end up trusting it.\u0094 Working with researchers Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin\u0096Madison, Wegner conducted four [40] experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon, using various forms of memory recall to test reliance on computers. In the first experiment, participants demonstrated that they were more likely to think of computer terms like \u0093Yahoo\u0094 or \u0093Google\u0094 after being [45] asked a set of difficult trivia questions. In two other experiments, participants were asked to type a collection of readily memorable statements, such as \u0093An ostrich\u0092s eye is bigger than its brain.\u0094 Half the subjects were told that their work would be saved to a [50] computer; the other half were informed that the statements would be erased. In subsequent memory testing, participants who were told their work would not be saved were best at recalling the statements. In a fourth experiment, participants typed into a [55] computer statements they were told would be saved in specific folders. Next, they were asked to recall the statements. Finally, they were given cues to the wording and asked to name the folders where the statements were stored. The participants proved [60] better able to recall the folder locations than the statements themselves. Wegner concedes that questions remain about whether dependence on computers will affect memories negatively: \u0093Nobody knows now what the [65] effects are of these tools on logical thinking.\u0094 Students who have trouble remembering distinct facts, for example, may struggle to employ those facts in critical thinking. But he believes that the situation overall is beneficial, likening dependence on [70] computers to dependence on a mechanical hand or other prosthetic device. And even though we may not be taxing our memories to recall distinct facts, we are still using them to consider where the facts are located and how [75] to access them. \u0093We still have to remember things,\u0094 Wegner explains. \u0093We\u0092re just remembering a different range of things.\u0094 He believes his study will lead to further research into understanding computer dependence, and looks forward to tracing the extent [80] of human interdependence with the computer world\u0097pinpointing the \u0093movable dividing line between us and our computers in cyber networks.\u0094", "textTwo": "19. According to the graph, approximately what percentage of participants remembered both parts of the information given to them during the fourth experiment?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/852eb94935d26136186fe3115401287b2aff69b0.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:14:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:42:46" }, { "id": "1172", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 11-20 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from \u0093How the Web Affects Memory.\u0094 \u00a92011 by Harvard Magazine Inc.\r\n\r\nSearch engines have changed the way we use the Internet, putting vast sources of information just a few clicks away. But Harvard professor of psychology {Line} Daniel Wegner\u0092s recent research proves that [5] websites\u0097and the Internet\u0097are changing much more than technology itself. They are changing the way our memories function. Wegner\u0092s latest study, \u0093Google Effects on Memory: Cognitive Consequences of Having [10] Information at Our Fingertips,\u0094 shows that when people have access to search engines, they remember fewer facts and less information because they know they can rely on \u0093search\u0094 as a readily available shortcut.\r\n[15] Wegner, the senior author of the study, believes the new findings show that the Internet has become part of a trans active memory source, a method by which our brains compartmentalize information. First hypothesized by Wegner in 1985, trans active [20] memory exists in many forms, as when a husband relies on his wife to remember a relative\u0092s birthday. \u0093[It is] this whole network of memory where you don\u0092t have to remember everything in the world yourself,\u0094 he says. \u0093You just have to remember who [25] knows it.\u0094 Now computers and technology as well are becoming virtual extensions of our memory. The idea validates habits already forming in our daily lives. Cell phones have become the primary location for phone numbers. GPS devices in cars [30] remove the need to memorize directions. Wegner points out that we never have to stretch our memories too far to remember the name of an obscure movie actor or the capital of Kyrgyzstan\u0097we just type our questions into Google. \u0093We become [35] part of the Internet in a way,\u0094 he says. \u0093We become part of the system and we end up trusting it.\u0094 Working with researchers Betsy Sparrow of Columbia University and Jenny Liu of the University of Wisconsin\u0096Madison, Wegner conducted four [40] experiments to demonstrate the phenomenon, using various forms of memory recall to test reliance on computers. In the first experiment, participants demonstrated that they were more likely to think of computer terms like \u0093Yahoo\u0094 or \u0093Google\u0094 after being [45] asked a set of difficult trivia questions. In two other experiments, participants were asked to type a collection of readily memorable statements, such as \u0093An ostrich\u0092s eye is bigger than its brain.\u0094 Half the subjects were told that their work would be saved to a [50] computer; the other half were informed that the statements would be erased. In subsequent memory testing, participants who were told their work would not be saved were best at recalling the statements. In a fourth experiment, participants typed into a [55] computer statements they were told would be saved in specific folders. Next, they were asked to recall the statements. Finally, they were given cues to the wording and asked to name the folders where the statements were stored. The participants proved [60] better able to recall the folder locations than the statements themselves. Wegner concedes that questions remain about whether dependence on computers will affect memories negatively: \u0093Nobody knows now what the [65] effects are of these tools on logical thinking.\u0094 Students who have trouble remembering distinct facts, for example, may struggle to employ those facts in critical thinking. But he believes that the situation overall is beneficial, likening dependence on [70] computers to dependence on a mechanical hand or other prosthetic device. And even though we may not be taxing our memories to recall distinct facts, we are still using them to consider where the facts are located and how [75] to access them. \u0093We still have to remember things,\u0094 Wegner explains. \u0093We\u0092re just remembering a different range of things.\u0094 He believes his study will lead to further research into understanding computer dependence, and looks forward to tracing the extent [80] of human interdependence with the computer world\u0097pinpointing the \u0093movable dividing line between us and our computers in cyber networks.\u0094", "textTwo": "20. Based on the description of Wegner\u0092s fourth experiment, what is the most likely explanation for the findings for the largest single group of participants represented in the graph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/bd007e0e2be041399606fed7540dae30394b96db.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:16:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:43:12" }, { "id": "1173", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "21. The first paragraph mainly serves to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4d95eb9cb8abb43522ac2f18c5c9e93f0442dd11.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:23:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:51:03" }, { "id": "1174", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "22. In describing the living conditions of guppies, the author indicates that a \u0093lucky guppy\u0094 (line 14) is one that", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7e28dacee30735674efdb17ce65b4c726f9cbe5a.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:25:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:51:38" }, { "id": "1175", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "23. Which choice provides the best evidence for the conclusion that the streams used by Reznick\u0092s team in their real-world study were not entirely free of predators?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/cf92b953f3ada7c4bee71859d1a398e7c6085d01.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:27:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:52:07" }, { "id": "1176", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "24. In lines 43-44, Reznick uses the phrase \u0093giant test tubes\u0094 to suggest that certain streams can", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1f3bbb8ab6746b28118edf48717c6f99a862471d.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:28:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:57:15" }, { "id": "1177", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "25. As used in line 49, \u0093popular\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/72098bbe06cb9e343a624f5fd9192ee520d57dfa.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:29:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:57:48" }, { "id": "1178", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "26. Which finding, if accurate, would undermine Reznick\u0092s findings?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1c2bc43b5fdb5ed2722182f4b744e2d84b6f1dcc.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:31:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:58:20" }, { "id": "1179", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "27. It can most reasonably be inferred from the passage that the experiments in Trinidad have shown which of the following about guppies?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/39fb875837273beb5920badcea1745fd28a9b0ee.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:32:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:58:51" }, { "id": "1180", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "28. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/02d506513f0c245558d8c944b065322208fef99d.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:34:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:59:20" }, { "id": "1181", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "29. According to figure 1, guppies living in the south slope high-predation environment produced a mean number of offspring between", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/607f5b6fa5c3ad2916728543d993c6896b676645.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:35:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 21:59:58" }, { "id": "1182", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "30. Which conclusion about the mean mass of guppy embryos is best supported by figure 2?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/71c2bbbd51eed59e3e1eb0afc18e1178b5a97440.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:37:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 22:00:21" }, { "id": "1183", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\nThis passage is adapted from Marlene Zuk, Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live. \u00a92013 by Marlene Zuk.\r\n\r\nA female guppy can be sexually mature at two months of age and have her first babies just a month later. This unstinting rate of reproduction makes {Line} guppies ideally suited for studying the rate of\r\n[[5] evolution, and David Reznick, a biologist at UC Riverside, has been doing exactly that for the last few decades. People usually think of guppies as colorful aquarium fish, but they also have a life in the real\r\n[10] world, inhabiting streams and rivers in tropical places like Trinidad, where Reznick has done his fieldwork. Guppies can experience different kinds of conditions depending on the luck of the draw. A lucky guppy is born above a waterfall or a set of [15] rapids, which keep out the predatory fish called pike cichlids found in calmer downstream waters. As you might expect, the guppy mortality rate\u0097that is, the proportion of individuals that die\u0097is much higher in the sites with the rapacious cichlids than in those [20] without them. Reznick has shown that if you bring the fish into the lab and let them breed there, the guppies from the sites with many predators become sexually mature when they are younger and smaller than do [25] the guppies from the predator-free sites. In addition, the litters of baby guppies produced by mothers from the high-risk streams are larger, but each individual baby is smaller than those produced by their counterparts. The disparity makes sense because if [30] you are at risk of being eaten, being able to have baby\u0092s sooner, and spreading your energy reserves over a lot of them, makes it more likely that you will manage to pass on some of your genes before you meet your fate. Reznick and other scientists also [35] demonstrated that these traits are controlled by the guppies\u0092 genes, not by the environment in which they grow up. How quickly, though, could these differences in how the two kinds of guppies lived their lives have [40] evolved? Because there are numerous tributaries of the streams in Trinidad, with guppies living in some but not all of them, Reznick realized that he could, as he put it in a 2008 paper, \u0093treat streams like giant test tubes by introducing guppies or predators\u0094 to places [45] they had not originally occurred, and then watch as natural selection acted on the guppies. This kind of real-world manipulation of nature is called \u0093experimental evolution,\u0094 and it is growing increasingly popular among scientists working with [50] organisms that reproduce quickly enough for humans to be able to see the outcome within our lifetimes. Along with his students and colleagues, Reznick removed groups of guppies from their predator [55] ridden lives below the waterfall and released them into previously guppy-free streams above the falls. Although small predatory killifish occurred in these new sites, these fish do not pose anything close to the danger of the cichlids. Then the scientists waited for [60] nature to do its work, and they brought the descendants of the transplanted fish back to the lab to examine their reproduction. After just eleven years, the guppies released in the new streams had evolved to mature later, and have fewer, bigger [65] offspring in each litter, just like the guppies that naturally occurred in the cichlid-free streams. Other studies of guppies in Trinidad have shown evolutionary change in as few as two and a half years, or a little over four generations, with more time [70] required for genetic shifts in traits such as the ability to form schools and less time for changes in the colorful spots and stripes on a male\u0092s body.", "textTwo": "31.The data presented in figures 1 and 2 best support the conclusion that compared with guppies from high-predation environments, guppies from\r\nlow-predation environments were more likely to", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/1c8a7751b60b7c02a9a509fd76e0d7b494978dc3.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:44:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 22:02:17" }, { "id": "1184", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward! \r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "32. Smith\u0092s main purpose in the passage is to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:54:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 22:03:20" }, { "id": "1185", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward! \r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "33. Which statement provides the best description of a technique that Smith uses throughout the passage to advance her main point?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:56:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 22:03:55" }, { "id": "1186", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward! \r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "34. How does Smith develop her argument about slavery as a \u0093political question\u0094 (line 3) over the course of the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:57:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 22:04:37" }, { "id": "1187", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward! \r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "35. Which choice best summarizes the first paragraph?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:58:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 22:05:11" }, { "id": "1188", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward! \r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "36. In the passage, Smith argues that it is possible for women to engage in which activity?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:00:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-16 22:06:25" }, { "id": "1189", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward! \r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "37. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:01:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 09:19:42" }, { "id": "1190", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward! \r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "38. According to Smith, the US Constitution requires which action on the part of the Northern free states if slaves were to revolt?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:02:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 09:20:17" }, { "id": "1191", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward!\r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "39. In context, what is the main effect of Smith\u0092s use of the word \u0093tyrant\u0094 in lines 40 and 83?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:04:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 09:27:11" }, { "id": "1192", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward! \r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "40. As used in line 52, \u0093slumbering\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:05:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 09:27:47" }, { "id": "1193", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward! \r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "41. In the passage, Smith most strongly suggests that slavery affects the United States by", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:11:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 09:28:16" }, { "id": "1194", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 32-42 are based on the following passage.\r\nThis passage is adapted from a speech delivered in 1838 by Sara T. Smith at the Second Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women.\r\n\r\nWe are told that it is not within the \u0093province of woman,\u0094 to discuss the subject of slavery; that it is a \u0093political question,\u0094 and we are \u0093stepping out of our {Line} sphere,\u0094 when we take part in its discussion. It is not [5] true that it is merely a political question, it is likewise a question of justice, of humanity, of morality, of religion; a question which, while it involves considerations of immense importance to the welfare and prosperity of our country, enters deeply into the {10] home-concerns, the every-day feelings of millions of our fellow beings. Whether the laborer shall receive the reward of his labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil\u0097whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned {15] among the beasts which perish\u0097whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another\u0092s\u0097whether his child shall receive the protection of its natural guardian, or be ranked among the live-stock of the estate, to be disposed of as the caprice or interest of [20] the master may dictate\u0097. . . these considerations are all involved in the question of liberty or slavery.\r\nAnd is a subject comprehending interests of such magnitude, merely a \u0093political question,\u0094 and one in which woman \u0093can take no part without losing [25] something of the modesty and gentleness which are her most appropriate ornaments\u0094? May not the \u0093ornament of a meek and quiet spirit\u0094 exist with an upright mind and enlightened intellect, and must woman necessarily be less gentle because her heart is [30} open to the claims of humanity, or less modest because she feels for the degradation of her enslaved sisters, and would stretch forth her hand for their rescue? By the Constitution of the United States, the [35] whole physical power of the North is pledged for the suppression of domestic insurrections, and should the slaves, maddened by oppression, endeavor to shake off the yoke of the taskmaster, the men of the North are bound to make common cause with the [40] tyrant, and put down, at the point of the bayonet, every effort on the part of the slave, for the attainment of his freedom. And when the father, husband, son, and brother shall have left their homes to mingle in the unholy warfare, \u0093to become the {45} executioners of their brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands,\u00941 will the mother, wife, daughter, and sister feel that they have no interest in this subject? Will it be easy to convince them that it is no concern of theirs, that their homes are rendered desolate, and {50} their habitations the abodes of wretchedness? Surely this consideration is of itself sufficient to arouse the slumbering energies of woman, for the overthrow of a system which thus threatens to lay in ruins the fabric of her domestic happiness; and she {55} will not be deterred from the performance of her duty to herself, her family, and her country, by the cry of political question. But admitting it to be a political question, have we no interest in the welfare of our country? May we not {60} permit a thought to stray beyond the narrow limits of our own family circle, and of the present hour? May we not breathe a sigh over the miseries of our countrymen, nor utter a word of remonstrance against the unjust laws that are crushing them to the {65} earth? Must we witness \u0093the headlong rage or heedless folly,\u0094 with which our nation is rushing onward to destruction, and not seek to arrest its downward course? Shall we silently behold the land which we love with all the heart-warm affection of {70} children, rendered a hissing and a reproach throughout the world, by this system which is already tolling the death-bell of her decease among the nations? No: the events of the last two years have cast their dark shadows before, overclouding the bright {75} prospects of the future, and shrouding the destinies of our country in more than midnight gloom, and we cannot remain inactive. Our country is as dear to us as to the proudest statesman, and the more closely our hearts cling to \u0093our altars and our homes,\u0094 the {80} more fervent are our aspirations that every inhabitant of our land may be protected in his fireside enjoyments by just and equal laws; that the foot of the tyrant may no longer invade the domestic sanctuary, nor his hand tear asunder those whom {85} God himself has united by the most holy ties. Let our course, then, still be onward! \r\n1 A quotation from the Declaration of Independence.", "textTwo": "42. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:13:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 09:30:06" }, { "id": "1195", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Brian Handwerk, \u0093A New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria.\u0094\r\n\u00a92015 by Smithsonian Institution. Passage 2 is adapted from David Livermore, \u0093This New Antibiotic Is Cause for Celebration\u0097and Caution.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Telegraph Media Group Limited.\r\nPassage 1\r\n\u0093Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics, and this is causing a human health crisis,\u0094 says biochemist Kim Lewis of {Line} Northeastern University. [5]\tLewis is part of a team that recently unveiled a promising antibiotic, born from a new way to tap the powers of soil microorganisms. In animal tests, teixobactin proved effective at killing off a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria\u0097even those that [10] have developed immunity to other drugs. The scientists\u0092 best efforts to create mutant bacteria with resistance to the drug failed, meaning teixobactin could function effectively for decades before pathogens naturally evolve resistance to it. [15] Natural microbial substances from soil bacteria and fungi have been at the root of most antibiotic drug development during the past century. But only about one percent of these organisms can be grown in a lab. The rest, in staggering numbers, have [20] remained uncultured and of limited use to medical science, until now. \u0093Instead of trying to figure out the ideal conditions for each and every one of the millions of organisms out there in the environment, to allow them to grow in the lab, we simply grow [25] them in their natural environment where they already have the conditions they need for growth,\u0094 Lewis says. To do this, the team designed a gadget that sandwiches a soil sample between two membranes, [30] each perforated with pores that allow molecules like nutrients to diffuse through but don\u0092t allow the passage of cells. \u0093We just use it to trick the bacteria into thinking that they are in their natural environment,\u0094 Lewis says. [35] The team isolated 10,000 strains of uncultured soil bacteria and prepared extracts from them that could be tested against nasty pathogenic bacteria. Teixobactin emerged as the most promising drug. Mice infected with bacteria that cause upper [40] respiratory tract infections (including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae) were treated with teixobactin, and the drug knocked out the infections with no noticeable toxic effects. It\u0092s likely that teixobactin is effective because of [45] the way it targets disease: The drug breaks down bacterial cell walls by attacking the lipid molecules that the cell creates organically. Many other antibiotics target the bacteria\u0092s proteins, and the genes that encode those proteins can mutate to [50] produce different structures.\r\nPassage 2\r\nMany good antibiotic families\u0097penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline\u0097come from soil fungi and bacteria and it has long been suspected that, if we could grow more types of bacteria from soil\u0097or [55] from exotic environments, such as deep oceans\u0097then we might find new natural antibiotics. In a recent study, researchers [Kim Lewis and others] found that they could isolate and grow individual soil bacteria\u0097including types that can\u0092t normally be [60] grown in the laboratory\u0097in soil itself, which supplied critical nutrients and minerals. Once the bacteria reached a critical mass they could be transferred to the lab and their cultivation continued. This simple and elegant methodology is their most [65] important finding to my mind, for it opens a gateway to cultivating a wealth of potentially antibiotic- producing bacteria that have never been grown before. The first new antibiotic that they\u0092ve found by this [70] approach, teixobactin, from a bacterium called Eleftheria terrae, is less exciting to my mind, though it doesn\u0092t look bad. Teixobactin killed Gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, in the laboratory, and cured experimental infection in mice. It also killed [75] the tuberculosis bacterium, which is important because there is a real problem with resistant tuberculosis in the developing world. It was also difficult to select teixobactin resistance. So, what are my caveats? Well, I see three. First, [80[ teixobactin isn\u0092t a potential panacea. It doesn\u0092t kill the Gram-negative opportunists as it is too big to cross their complex cell wall. Secondly, scaling to commercial manufacture will be challenging, since the bacteria making the antibiotic are so difficult to\r\n[85] grow. And, thirdly, it\u0092s early days yet. As with any antibiotic, teixobactin now faces the long haul of clinical trials: Phase I to see what dose you can safely give the patient, Phase II to see if it cures infections, and Phase III to compare its efficacy to that of [90] \u0093standard of care treatment.\u0094 That\u0092s going to take five years and \u00a3500 million and these are numbers we must find ways to reduce (while not compromising safety) if we\u0092re to keep ahead of bacteria, which can evolve far more swiftly and cheaply.", "textTwo": "43. The first paragraph of Passage 1 primarily serves to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:21:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 10:58:00" }, { "id": "1196", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Brian Handwerk, \u0093A New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria.\u0094\r\n\u00a92015 by Smithsonian Institution. Passage 2 is adapted from David Livermore, \u0093This New Antibiotic Is Cause for Celebration\u0097and Caution.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Telegraph Media Group Limited.\r\nPassage 1\r\n\u0093Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics, and this is causing a human health crisis,\u0094 says biochemist Kim Lewis of {Line} Northeastern University. [5]\tLewis is part of a team that recently unveiled a promising antibiotic, born from a new way to tap the powers of soil microorganisms. In animal tests, teixobactin proved effective at killing off a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria\u0097even those that [10] have developed immunity to other drugs. The scientists\u0092 best efforts to create mutant bacteria with resistance to the drug failed, meaning teixobactin could function effectively for decades before pathogens naturally evolve resistance to it. [15] Natural microbial substances from soil bacteria and fungi have been at the root of most antibiotic drug development during the past century. But only about one percent of these organisms can be grown in a lab. The rest, in staggering numbers, have [20] remained uncultured and of limited use to medical science, until now. \u0093Instead of trying to figure out the ideal conditions for each and every one of the millions of organisms out there in the environment, to allow them to grow in the lab, we simply grow [25] them in their natural environment where they already have the conditions they need for growth,\u0094 Lewis says. To do this, the team designed a gadget that sandwiches a soil sample between two membranes, [30] each perforated with pores that allow molecules like nutrients to diffuse through but don\u0092t allow the passage of cells. \u0093We just use it to trick the bacteria into thinking that they are in their natural environment,\u0094 Lewis says. [35] The team isolated 10,000 strains of uncultured soil bacteria and prepared extracts from them that could be tested against nasty pathogenic bacteria. Teixobactin emerged as the most promising drug. Mice infected with bacteria that cause upper [40] respiratory tract infections (including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae) were treated with teixobactin, and the drug knocked out the infections with no noticeable toxic effects. It\u0092s likely that teixobactin is effective because of [45] the way it targets disease: The drug breaks down bacterial cell walls by attacking the lipid molecules that the cell creates organically. Many other antibiotics target the bacteria\u0092s proteins, and the genes that encode those proteins can mutate to [50] produce different structures.\r\nPassage 2\r\nMany good antibiotic families\u0097penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline\u0097come from soil fungi and bacteria and it has long been suspected that, if we could grow more types of bacteria from soil\u0097or [55] from exotic environments, such as deep oceans\u0097then we might find new natural antibiotics. In a recent study, researchers [Kim Lewis and others] found that they could isolate and grow individual soil bacteria\u0097including types that can\u0092t normally be [60] grown in the laboratory\u0097in soil itself, which supplied critical nutrients and minerals. Once the bacteria reached a critical mass they could be transferred to the lab and their cultivation continued. This simple and elegant methodology is their most [65] important finding to my mind, for it opens a gateway to cultivating a wealth of potentially antibiotic- producing bacteria that have never been grown before. The first new antibiotic that they\u0092ve found by this [70] approach, teixobactin, from a bacterium called Eleftheria terrae, is less exciting to my mind, though it doesn\u0092t look bad. Teixobactin killed Gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, in the laboratory, and cured experimental infection in mice. It also killed [75] the tuberculosis bacterium, which is important because there is a real problem with resistant tuberculosis in the developing world. It was also difficult to select teixobactin resistance. So, what are my caveats? Well, I see three. First, [80[ teixobactin isn\u0092t a potential panacea. It doesn\u0092t kill the Gram-negative opportunists as it is too big to cross their complex cell wall. Secondly, scaling to commercial manufacture will be challenging, since the bacteria making the antibiotic are so difficult to\r\n[85] grow. And, thirdly, it\u0092s early days yet. As with any antibiotic, teixobactin now faces the long haul of clinical trials: Phase I to see what dose you can safely give the patient, Phase II to see if it cures infections, and Phase III to compare its efficacy to that of [90] \u0093standard of care treatment.\u0094 That\u0092s going to take five years and \u00a3500 million and these are numbers we must find ways to reduce (while not compromising safety) if we\u0092re to keep ahead of bacteria, which can evolve far more swiftly and cheaply.", "textTwo": "44. The author of Passage 1 suggests that an advantage of the method Lewis\u0092s team used to grow microorganisms is that it", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:23:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 10:58:36" }, { "id": "1197", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Brian Handwerk, \u0093A New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria.\u0094\r\n\u00a92015 by Smithsonian Institution. Passage 2 is adapted from David Livermore, \u0093This New Antibiotic Is Cause for Celebration\u0097and Caution.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Telegraph Media Group Limited.\r\nPassage 1\r\n\u0093Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics, and this is causing a human health crisis,\u0094 says biochemist Kim Lewis of {Line} Northeastern University. [5]\tLewis is part of a team that recently unveiled a promising antibiotic, born from a new way to tap the powers of soil microorganisms. In animal tests, teixobactin proved effective at killing off a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria\u0097even those that [10] have developed immunity to other drugs. The scientists\u0092 best efforts to create mutant bacteria with resistance to the drug failed, meaning teixobactin could function effectively for decades before pathogens naturally evolve resistance to it. [15] Natural microbial substances from soil bacteria and fungi have been at the root of most antibiotic drug development during the past century. But only about one percent of these organisms can be grown in a lab. The rest, in staggering numbers, have [20] remained uncultured and of limited use to medical science, until now. \u0093Instead of trying to figure out the ideal conditions for each and every one of the millions of organisms out there in the environment, to allow them to grow in the lab, we simply grow [25] them in their natural environment where they already have the conditions they need for growth,\u0094 Lewis says. To do this, the team designed a gadget that sandwiches a soil sample between two membranes, [30] each perforated with pores that allow molecules like nutrients to diffuse through but don\u0092t allow the passage of cells. \u0093We just use it to trick the bacteria into thinking that they are in their natural environment,\u0094 Lewis says. [35] The team isolated 10,000 strains of uncultured soil bacteria and prepared extracts from them that could be tested against nasty pathogenic bacteria. Teixobactin emerged as the most promising drug. Mice infected with bacteria that cause upper [40] respiratory tract infections (including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae) were treated with teixobactin, and the drug knocked out the infections with no noticeable toxic effects. It\u0092s likely that teixobactin is effective because of [45] the way it targets disease: The drug breaks down bacterial cell walls by attacking the lipid molecules that the cell creates organically. Many other antibiotics target the bacteria\u0092s proteins, and the genes that encode those proteins can mutate to [50] produce different structures.\r\nPassage 2\r\nMany good antibiotic families\u0097penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline\u0097come from soil fungi and bacteria and it has long been suspected that, if we could grow more types of bacteria from soil\u0097or [55] from exotic environments, such as deep oceans\u0097then we might find new natural antibiotics. In a recent study, researchers [Kim Lewis and others] found that they could isolate and grow individual soil bacteria\u0097including types that can\u0092t normally be [60] grown in the laboratory\u0097in soil itself, which supplied critical nutrients and minerals. Once the bacteria reached a critical mass they could be transferred to the lab and their cultivation continued. This simple and elegant methodology is their most [65] important finding to my mind, for it opens a gateway to cultivating a wealth of potentially antibiotic- producing bacteria that have never been grown before. The first new antibiotic that they\u0092ve found by this [70] approach, teixobactin, from a bacterium called Eleftheria terrae, is less exciting to my mind, though it doesn\u0092t look bad. Teixobactin killed Gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, in the laboratory, and cured experimental infection in mice. It also killed [75] the tuberculosis bacterium, which is important because there is a real problem with resistant tuberculosis in the developing world. It was also difficult to select teixobactin resistance. So, what are my caveats? Well, I see three. First, [80[ teixobactin isn\u0092t a potential panacea. It doesn\u0092t kill the Gram-negative opportunists as it is too big to cross their complex cell wall. Secondly, scaling to commercial manufacture will be challenging, since the bacteria making the antibiotic are so difficult to\r\n[85] grow. And, thirdly, it\u0092s early days yet. As with any antibiotic, teixobactin now faces the long haul of clinical trials: Phase I to see what dose you can safely give the patient, Phase II to see if it cures infections, and Phase III to compare its efficacy to that of [90] \u0093standard of care treatment.\u0094 That\u0092s going to take five years and \u00a3500 million and these are numbers we must find ways to reduce (while not compromising safety) if we\u0092re to keep ahead of bacteria, which can evolve far more swiftly and cheaply.", "textTwo": "45. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:26:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 10:59:01" }, { "id": "1198", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passages.\r\nPassage 1 is adapted from Brian Handwerk, \u0093A New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria.\u0094\r\n\u00a92015 by Smithsonian Institution. Passage 2 is adapted from David Livermore, \u0093This New Antibiotic Is Cause for Celebration\u0097and Caution.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Telegraph Media Group Limited.\r\nPassage 1\r\n\u0093Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics, and this is causing a human health crisis,\u0094 says biochemist Kim Lewis of {Line} Northeastern University. [5]\tLewis is part of a team that recently unveiled a promising antibiotic, born from a new way to tap the powers of soil microorganisms. In animal tests, teixobactin proved effective at killing off a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria\u0097even those that [10] have developed immunity to other drugs. The scientists\u0092 best efforts to create mutant bacteria with resistance to the drug failed, meaning teixobactin could function effectively for decades before pathogens naturally evolve resistance to it. [15] Natural microbial substances from soil bacteria and fungi have been at the root of most antibiotic drug development during the past century. But only about one percent of these organisms can be grown in a lab. The rest, in staggering numbers, have [20] remained uncultured and of limited use to medical science, until now. \u0093Instead of trying to figure out the ideal conditions for each and every one of the millions of organisms out there in the environment, to allow them to grow in the lab, we simply grow [25] them in their natural environment where they already have the conditions they need for growth,\u0094 Lewis says. To do this, the team designed a gadget that sandwiches a soil sample between two membranes, [30] each perforated with pores that allow molecules like nutrients to diffuse through but don\u0092t allow the passage of cells. \u0093We just use it to trick the bacteria into thinking that they are in their natural environment,\u0094 Lewis says. [35] The team isolated 10,000 strains of uncultured soil bacteria and prepared extracts from them that could be tested against nasty pathogenic bacteria. Teixobactin emerged as the most promising drug. Mice infected with bacteria that cause upper [40] respiratory tract infections (including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae) were treated with teixobactin, and the drug knocked out the infections with no noticeable toxic effects. It\u0092s likely that teixobactin is effective because of [45] the way it targets disease: The drug breaks down bacterial cell walls by attacking the lipid molecules that the cell creates organically. Many other antibiotics target the bacteria\u0092s proteins, and the genes that encode those proteins can mutate to [50] produce different structures.\r\nPassage 2\r\nMany good antibiotic families\u0097penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline\u0097come from soil fungi and bacteria and it has long been suspected that, if we could grow more types of bacteria from soil\u0097or [55] from exotic environments, such as deep oceans\u0097then we might find new natural antibiotics. In a recent study, researchers [Kim Lewis and others] found that they could isolate and grow individual soil bacteria\u0097including types that can\u0092t normally be [60] grown in the laboratory\u0097in soil itself, which supplied critical nutrients and minerals. Once the bacteria reached a critical mass they could be transferred to the lab and their cultivation continued. This simple and elegant methodology is their most [65] important finding to my mind, for it opens a gateway to cultivating a wealth of potentially antibiotic- producing bacteria that have never been grown before. The first new antibiotic that they\u0092ve found by this [70] approach, teixobactin, from a bacterium called Eleftheria terrae, is less exciting to my mind, though it doesn\u0092t look bad. Teixobactin killed Gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, in the laboratory, and cured experimental infection in mice. It also killed [75] the tuberculosis bacterium, which is important because there is a real problem with resistant tuberculosis in the developing world. It was also difficult to select teixobactin resistance. So, what are my caveats? Well, I see three. First, [80[ teixobactin isn\u0092t a potential panacea. It doesn\u0092t kill the Gram-negative opportunists as it is too big to cross their complex cell wall. Secondly, scaling to commercial manufacture will be challenging, since the bacteria making the antibiotic are so difficult to\r\n[85] grow. And, thirdly, it\u0092s early days yet. As with any antibiotic, teixobactin now faces the long haul of clinical trials: Phase I to see what dose you can safely give the patient, Phase II to see if it cures infections, and Phase III to compare its efficacy to that of [90] \u0093standard of care treatment.\u0094 That\u0092s going to take five years and \u00a3500 million and these are numbers we must find ways to reduce (while not compromising safety) if we\u0092re to keep ahead of bacteria, which can evolve far more swiftly and cheaply.", "textTwo": "46. The author of Passage 2 would most likely agree with which statement about the development of teixobactin?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:27:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 10:59:26" }, { "id": "1199", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Brian Handwerk, \u0093A New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Smithsonian Institution. Passage 2 is adapted from David Livermore, \u0093This New Antibiotic Is Cause for Celebration\u0097and Caution.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Telegraph Media Group Limited. \r\nPassage 1 \r\n\u0093Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics, and this is causing a human health crisis,\u0094 says biochemist Kim Lewis of {Line} Northeastern University. [5] Lewis is part of a team that recently unveiled a promising antibiotic, born from a new way to tap the powers of soil microorganisms. In animal tests, teixobactin proved effective at killing off a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria\u0097even those that [10] have developed immunity to other drugs. The scientists\u0092 best efforts to create mutant bacteria with resistance to the drug failed, meaning teixobactin could function effectively for decades before pathogens naturally evolve resistance to it. [15] Natural microbial substances from soil bacteria and fungi have been at the root of most antibiotic drug development during the past century. But only about one percent of these organisms can be grown in a lab. The rest, in staggering numbers, have [20] remained uncultured and of limited use to medical science, until now. \u0093Instead of trying to figure out the ideal conditions for each and every one of the millions of organisms out there in the environment, to allow them to grow in the lab, we simply grow [25] them in their natural environment where they already have the conditions they need for growth,\u0094 Lewis says. To do this, the team designed a gadget that sandwiches a soil sample between two membranes, [30] each perforated with pores that allow molecules like nutrients to diffuse through but don\u0092t allow the passage of cells. \u0093We just use it to trick the bacteria into thinking that they are in their natural environment,\u0094 Lewis says. [35] The team isolated 10,000 strains of uncultured soil bacteria and prepared extracts from them that could be tested against nasty pathogenic bacteria. Teixobactin emerged as the most promising drug. Mice infected with bacteria that cause upper [40] respiratory tract infections (including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae) were treated with teixobactin, and the drug knocked out the infections with no noticeable toxic effects. It\u0092s likely that teixobactin is effective because of [45] the way it targets disease: The drug breaks down bacterial cell walls by attacking the lipid molecules that the cell creates organically. Many other antibiotics target the bacteria\u0092s proteins, and the genes that encode those proteins can mutate to [50] produce different structures. \r\nPassage 2\r\nMany good antibiotic families\u0097penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline\u0097come from soil fungi and bacteria and it has long been suspected that, if we could grow more types of bacteria from soil\u0097or [55] from exotic environments, such as deep oceans\u0097then we might find new natural antibiotics. In a recent study, researchers [Kim Lewis and others] found that they could isolate and grow individual soil bacteria\u0097including types that can\u0092t normally be [60] grown in the laboratory\u0097in soil itself, which supplied critical nutrients and minerals. Once the bacteria reached a critical mass they could be transferred to the lab and their cultivation continued. This simple and elegant methodology is their most [65] important finding to my mind, for it opens a gateway to cultivating a wealth of potentially antibiotic- producing bacteria that have never been grown before. The first new antibiotic that they\u0092ve found by this [70] approach, teixobactin, from a bacterium called Eleftheria terrae, is less exciting to my mind, though it doesn\u0092t look bad. Teixobactin killed Gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, in the laboratory, and cured experimental infection in mice. It also killed [75] the tuberculosis bacterium, which is important because there is a real problem with resistant tuberculosis in the developing world. It was also difficult to select teixobactin resistance. So, what are my caveats? Well, I see three. First, [80[ teixobactin isn\u0092t a potential panacea. It doesn\u0092t kill the Gram-negative opportunists as it is too big to cross their complex cell wall. Secondly, scaling to commercial manufacture will be challenging, since the bacteria making the antibiotic are so difficult to [85] grow. And, thirdly, it\u0092s early days yet. As with any antibiotic, teixobactin now faces the long haul of clinical trials: Phase I to see what dose you can safely give the patient, Phase II to see if it cures infections, and Phase III to compare its efficacy to that of [90] \u0093standard of care treatment.\u0094 That\u0092s going to take five years and \u00a3500 million and these are numbers we must find ways to reduce (while not compromising safety) if we\u0092re to keep ahead of bacteria, which can evolve far more swiftly and cheaply.", "textTwo": "47. As used in line 79, \u0093caveats\u0094 most nearly means", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:29:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:00:19" }, { "id": "1200", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Brian Handwerk, \u0093A New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Smithsonian Institution. Passage 2 is adapted from David Livermore, \u0093This New Antibiotic Is Cause for Celebration\u0097and Caution.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Telegraph Media Group Limited. \r\nPassage 1 \r\n\u0093Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics, and this is causing a human health crisis,\u0094 says biochemist Kim Lewis of {Line} Northeastern University. [5] Lewis is part of a team that recently unveiled a promising antibiotic, born from a new way to tap the powers of soil microorganisms. In animal tests, teixobactin proved effective at killing off a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria\u0097even those that [10] have developed immunity to other drugs. The scientists\u0092 best efforts to create mutant bacteria with resistance to the drug failed, meaning teixobactin could function effectively for decades before pathogens naturally evolve resistance to it. [15] Natural microbial substances from soil bacteria and fungi have been at the root of most antibiotic drug development during the past century. But only about one percent of these organisms can be grown in a lab. The rest, in staggering numbers, have [20] remained uncultured and of limited use to medical science, until now. \u0093Instead of trying to figure out the ideal conditions for each and every one of the millions of organisms out there in the environment, to allow them to grow in the lab, we simply grow [25] them in their natural environment where they already have the conditions they need for growth,\u0094 Lewis says. To do this, the team designed a gadget that sandwiches a soil sample between two membranes, [30] each perforated with pores that allow molecules like nutrients to diffuse through but don\u0092t allow the passage of cells. \u0093We just use it to trick the bacteria into thinking that they are in their natural environment,\u0094 Lewis says. [35] The team isolated 10,000 strains of uncultured soil bacteria and prepared extracts from them that could be tested against nasty pathogenic bacteria. Teixobactin emerged as the most promising drug. Mice infected with bacteria that cause upper [40] respiratory tract infections (including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae) were treated with teixobactin, and the drug knocked out the infections with no noticeable toxic effects. It\u0092s likely that teixobactin is effective because of [45] the way it targets disease: The drug breaks down bacterial cell walls by attacking the lipid molecules that the cell creates organically. Many other antibiotics target the bacteria\u0092s proteins, and the genes that encode those proteins can mutate to [50] produce different structures. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nMany good antibiotic families\u0097penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline\u0097come from soil fungi and bacteria and it has long been suspected that, if we could grow more types of bacteria from soil\u0097or [55] from exotic environments, such as deep oceans\u0097then we might find new natural antibiotics. In a recent study, researchers [Kim Lewis and others] found that they could isolate and grow individual soil bacteria\u0097including types that can\u0092t normally be [60] grown in the laboratory\u0097in soil itself, which supplied critical nutrients and minerals. Once the bacteria reached a critical mass they could be transferred to the lab and their cultivation continued. This simple and elegant methodology is their most [65] important finding to my mind, for it opens a gateway to cultivating a wealth of potentially antibiotic- producing bacteria that have never been grown before. The first new antibiotic that they\u0092ve found by this [70] approach, teixobactin, from a bacterium called Eleftheria terrae, is less exciting to my mind, though it doesn\u0092t look bad. Teixobactin killed Gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, in the laboratory, and cured experimental infection in mice. It also killed [75] the tuberculosis bacterium, which is important because there is a real problem with resistant tuberculosis in the developing world. It was also difficult to select teixobactin resistance. So, what are my caveats? Well, I see three. First, [80[ teixobactin isn\u0092t a potential panacea. It doesn\u0092t kill the Gram-negative opportunists as it is too big to cross their complex cell wall. Secondly, scaling to commercial manufacture will be challenging, since the bacteria making the antibiotic are so difficult to [85] grow. And, thirdly, it\u0092s early days yet. As with any antibiotic, teixobactin now faces the long haul of clinical trials: Phase I to see what dose you can safely give the patient, Phase II to see if it cures infections, and Phase III to compare its efficacy to that of [90] \u0093standard of care treatment.\u0094 That\u0092s going to take five years and \u00a3500 million and these are numbers we must find ways to reduce (while not compromising safety) if we\u0092re to keep ahead of bacteria, which can evolve far more swiftly and cheaply.", "textTwo": "48. In the last sentence of Passage 2, the author uses the phrase \u0093five years and \u00a3500 million\u0094 primarily to", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:31:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:01:39" }, { "id": "1201", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Brian Handwerk, \u0093A New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Smithsonian Institution. Passage 2 is adapted from David Livermore, \u0093This New Antibiotic Is Cause for Celebration\u0097and Caution.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Telegraph Media Group Limited. \r\nPassage 1 \r\n\u0093Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics, and this is causing a human health crisis,\u0094 says biochemist Kim Lewis of {Line} Northeastern University. [5] Lewis is part of a team that recently unveiled a promising antibiotic, born from a new way to tap the powers of soil microorganisms. In animal tests, teixobactin proved effective at killing off a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria\u0097even those that [10] have developed immunity to other drugs. The scientists\u0092 best efforts to create mutant bacteria with resistance to the drug failed, meaning teixobactin could function effectively for decades before pathogens naturally evolve resistance to it. [15] Natural microbial substances from soil bacteria and fungi have been at the root of most antibiotic drug development during the past century. But only about one percent of these organisms can be grown in a lab. The rest, in staggering numbers, have [20] remained uncultured and of limited use to medical science, until now. \u0093Instead of trying to figure out the ideal conditions for each and every one of the millions of organisms out there in the environment, to allow them to grow in the lab, we simply grow [25] them in their natural environment where they already have the conditions they need for growth,\u0094 Lewis says. To do this, the team designed a gadget that sandwiches a soil sample between two membranes, [30] each perforated with pores that allow molecules like nutrients to diffuse through but don\u0092t allow the passage of cells. \u0093We just use it to trick the bacteria into thinking that they are in their natural environment,\u0094 Lewis says. [35] The team isolated 10,000 strains of uncultured soil bacteria and prepared extracts from them that could be tested against nasty pathogenic bacteria. Teixobactin emerged as the most promising drug. Mice infected with bacteria that cause upper [40] respiratory tract infections (including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae) were treated with teixobactin, and the drug knocked out the infections with no noticeable toxic effects. It\u0092s likely that teixobactin is effective because of [45] the way it targets disease: The drug breaks down bacterial cell walls by attacking the lipid molecules that the cell creates organically. Many other antibiotics target the bacteria\u0092s proteins, and the genes that encode those proteins can mutate to [50] produce different structures. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nMany good antibiotic families\u0097penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline\u0097come from soil fungi and bacteria and it has long been suspected that, if we could grow more types of bacteria from soil\u0097or [55] from exotic environments, such as deep oceans\u0097then we might find new natural antibiotics. In a recent study, researchers [Kim Lewis and others] found that they could isolate and grow individual soil bacteria\u0097including types that can\u0092t normally be [60] grown in the laboratory\u0097in soil itself, which supplied critical nutrients and minerals. Once the bacteria reached a critical mass they could be transferred to the lab and their cultivation continued. This simple and elegant methodology is their most [65] important finding to my mind, for it opens a gateway to cultivating a wealth of potentially antibiotic- producing bacteria that have never been grown before. The first new antibiotic that they\u0092ve found by this [70] approach, teixobactin, from a bacterium called Eleftheria terrae, is less exciting to my mind, though it doesn\u0092t look bad. Teixobactin killed Gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, in the laboratory, and cured experimental infection in mice. It also killed [75] the tuberculosis bacterium, which is important because there is a real problem with resistant tuberculosis in the developing world. It was also difficult to select teixobactin resistance. So, what are my caveats? Well, I see three. First, [80[ teixobactin isn\u0092t a potential panacea. It doesn\u0092t kill the Gram-negative opportunists as it is too big to cross their complex cell wall. Secondly, scaling to commercial manufacture will be challenging, since the bacteria making the antibiotic are so difficult to [85] grow. And, thirdly, it\u0092s early days yet. As with any antibiotic, teixobactin now faces the long haul of clinical trials: Phase I to see what dose you can safely give the patient, Phase II to see if it cures infections, and Phase III to compare its efficacy to that of [90] \u0093standard of care treatment.\u0094 That\u0092s going to take five years and \u00a3500 million and these are numbers we must find ways to reduce (while not compromising safety) if we\u0092re to keep ahead of bacteria, which can evolve far more swiftly and cheaply.", "textTwo": "49. Which choice best describes the relationship between Passage 1 and Passage 2?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:33:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:02:13" }, { "id": "1202", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Brian Handwerk, \u0093A New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Smithsonian Institution. Passage 2 is adapted from David Livermore, \u0093This New Antibiotic Is Cause for Celebration\u0097and Caution.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Telegraph Media Group Limited. \r\nPassage 1 \r\n\u0093Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics, and this is causing a human health crisis,\u0094 says biochemist Kim Lewis of {Line} Northeastern University. [5] Lewis is part of a team that recently unveiled a promising antibiotic, born from a new way to tap the powers of soil microorganisms. In animal tests, teixobactin proved effective at killing off a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria\u0097even those that [10] have developed immunity to other drugs. The scientists\u0092 best efforts to create mutant bacteria with resistance to the drug failed, meaning teixobactin could function effectively for decades before pathogens naturally evolve resistance to it. [15] Natural microbial substances from soil bacteria and fungi have been at the root of most antibiotic drug development during the past century. But only about one percent of these organisms can be grown in a lab. The rest, in staggering numbers, have [20] remained uncultured and of limited use to medical science, until now. \u0093Instead of trying to figure out the ideal conditions for each and every one of the millions of organisms out there in the environment, to allow them to grow in the lab, we simply grow [25] them in their natural environment where they already have the conditions they need for growth,\u0094 Lewis says. To do this, the team designed a gadget that sandwiches a soil sample between two membranes, [30] each perforated with pores that allow molecules like nutrients to diffuse through but don\u0092t allow the passage of cells. \u0093We just use it to trick the bacteria into thinking that they are in their natural environment,\u0094 Lewis says. [35] The team isolated 10,000 strains of uncultured soil bacteria and prepared extracts from them that could be tested against nasty pathogenic bacteria. Teixobactin emerged as the most promising drug. Mice infected with bacteria that cause upper [40] respiratory tract infections (including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae) were treated with teixobactin, and the drug knocked out the infections with no noticeable toxic effects. It\u0092s likely that teixobactin is effective because of [45] the way it targets disease: The drug breaks down bacterial cell walls by attacking the lipid molecules that the cell creates organically. Many other antibiotics target the bacteria\u0092s proteins, and the genes that encode those proteins can mutate to [50] produce different structures. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nMany good antibiotic families\u0097penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline\u0097come from soil fungi and bacteria and it has long been suspected that, if we could grow more types of bacteria from soil\u0097or [55] from exotic environments, such as deep oceans\u0097then we might find new natural antibiotics. In a recent study, researchers [Kim Lewis and others] found that they could isolate and grow individual soil bacteria\u0097including types that can\u0092t normally be [60] grown in the laboratory\u0097in soil itself, which supplied critical nutrients and minerals. Once the bacteria reached a critical mass they could be transferred to the lab and their cultivation continued. This simple and elegant methodology is their most [65] important finding to my mind, for it opens a gateway to cultivating a wealth of potentially antibiotic- producing bacteria that have never been grown before. The first new antibiotic that they\u0092ve found by this [70] approach, teixobactin, from a bacterium called Eleftheria terrae, is less exciting to my mind, though it doesn\u0092t look bad. Teixobactin killed Gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, in the laboratory, and cured experimental infection in mice. It also killed [75] the tuberculosis bacterium, which is important because there is a real problem with resistant tuberculosis in the developing world. It was also difficult to select teixobactin resistance. So, what are my caveats? Well, I see three. First, [80[ teixobactin isn\u0092t a potential panacea. It doesn\u0092t kill the Gram-negative opportunists as it is too big to cross their complex cell wall. Secondly, scaling to commercial manufacture will be challenging, since the bacteria making the antibiotic are so difficult to [85] grow. And, thirdly, it\u0092s early days yet. As with any antibiotic, teixobactin now faces the long haul of clinical trials: Phase I to see what dose you can safely give the patient, Phase II to see if it cures infections, and Phase III to compare its efficacy to that of [90] \u0093standard of care treatment.\u0094 That\u0092s going to take five years and \u00a3500 million and these are numbers we must find ways to reduce (while not compromising safety) if we\u0092re to keep ahead of bacteria, which can evolve far more swiftly and cheaply.", "textTwo": "50. Both passages make the point that teixobactin could be useful in", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:34:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:02:50" }, { "id": "1203", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Brian Handwerk, \u0093A New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Smithsonian Institution. Passage 2 is adapted from David Livermore, \u0093This New Antibiotic Is Cause for Celebration\u0097and Caution.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Telegraph Media Group Limited. \r\nPassage 1 \r\n\u0093Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics, and this is causing a human health crisis,\u0094 says biochemist Kim Lewis of {Line} Northeastern University. [5] Lewis is part of a team that recently unveiled a promising antibiotic, born from a new way to tap the powers of soil microorganisms. In animal tests, teixobactin proved effective at killing off a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria\u0097even those that [10] have developed immunity to other drugs. The scientists\u0092 best efforts to create mutant bacteria with resistance to the drug failed, meaning teixobactin could function effectively for decades before pathogens naturally evolve resistance to it. [15] Natural microbial substances from soil bacteria and fungi have been at the root of most antibiotic drug development during the past century. But only about one percent of these organisms can be grown in a lab. The rest, in staggering numbers, have [20] remained uncultured and of limited use to medical science, until now. \u0093Instead of trying to figure out the ideal conditions for each and every one of the millions of organisms out there in the environment, to allow them to grow in the lab, we simply grow [25] them in their natural environment where they already have the conditions they need for growth,\u0094 Lewis says. To do this, the team designed a gadget that sandwiches a soil sample between two membranes, [30] each perforated with pores that allow molecules like nutrients to diffuse through but don\u0092t allow the passage of cells. \u0093We just use it to trick the bacteria into thinking that they are in their natural environment,\u0094 Lewis says. [35] The team isolated 10,000 strains of uncultured soil bacteria and prepared extracts from them that could be tested against nasty pathogenic bacteria. Teixobactin emerged as the most promising drug. Mice infected with bacteria that cause upper [40] respiratory tract infections (including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae) were treated with teixobactin, and the drug knocked out the infections with no noticeable toxic effects. It\u0092s likely that teixobactin is effective because of [45] the way it targets disease: The drug breaks down bacterial cell walls by attacking the lipid molecules that the cell creates organically. Many other antibiotics target the bacteria\u0092s proteins, and the genes that encode those proteins can mutate to [50] produce different structures. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nMany good antibiotic families\u0097penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline\u0097come from soil fungi and bacteria and it has long been suspected that, if we could grow more types of bacteria from soil\u0097or [55] from exotic environments, such as deep oceans\u0097then we might find new natural antibiotics. In a recent study, researchers [Kim Lewis and others] found that they could isolate and grow individual soil bacteria\u0097including types that can\u0092t normally be [60] grown in the laboratory\u0097in soil itself, which supplied critical nutrients and minerals. Once the bacteria reached a critical mass they could be transferred to the lab and their cultivation continued. This simple and elegant methodology is their most [65] important finding to my mind, for it opens a gateway to cultivating a wealth of potentially antibiotic- producing bacteria that have never been grown before. The first new antibiotic that they\u0092ve found by this [70] approach, teixobactin, from a bacterium called Eleftheria terrae, is less exciting to my mind, though it doesn\u0092t look bad. Teixobactin killed Gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, in the laboratory, and cured experimental infection in mice. It also killed [75] the tuberculosis bacterium, which is important because there is a real problem with resistant tuberculosis in the developing world. It was also difficult to select teixobactin resistance. So, what are my caveats? Well, I see three. First, [80[ teixobactin isn\u0092t a potential panacea. It doesn\u0092t kill the Gram-negative opportunists as it is too big to cross their complex cell wall. Secondly, scaling to commercial manufacture will be challenging, since the bacteria making the antibiotic are so difficult to [85] grow. And, thirdly, it\u0092s early days yet. As with any antibiotic, teixobactin now faces the long haul of clinical trials: Phase I to see what dose you can safely give the patient, Phase II to see if it cures infections, and Phase III to compare its efficacy to that of [90] \u0093standard of care treatment.\u0094 That\u0092s going to take five years and \u00a3500 million and these are numbers we must find ways to reduce (while not compromising safety) if we\u0092re to keep ahead of bacteria, which can evolve far more swiftly and cheaply.", "textTwo": "51. Information in Passage 2 best supports which conclusion about the mice in the experiment described in Passage 1?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:36:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:03:31" }, { "id": "1204", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 43-52 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 is adapted from Brian Handwerk, \u0093A New Antibiotic Found in Dirt Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Smithsonian Institution. Passage 2 is adapted from David Livermore, \u0093This New Antibiotic Is Cause for Celebration\u0097and Caution.\u0094 \u00a92015 by Telegraph Media Group Limited. \r\nPassage 1 \r\n\u0093Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than we can introduce new antibiotics, and this is causing a human health crisis,\u0094 says biochemist Kim Lewis of {Line} Northeastern University. [5] Lewis is part of a team that recently unveiled a promising antibiotic, born from a new way to tap the powers of soil microorganisms. In animal tests, teixobactin proved effective at killing off a wide variety of disease-causing bacteria\u0097even those that [10] have developed immunity to other drugs. The scientists\u0092 best efforts to create mutant bacteria with resistance to the drug failed, meaning teixobactin could function effectively for decades before pathogens naturally evolve resistance to it. [15] Natural microbial substances from soil bacteria and fungi have been at the root of most antibiotic drug development during the past century. But only about one percent of these organisms can be grown in a lab. The rest, in staggering numbers, have [20] remained uncultured and of limited use to medical science, until now. \u0093Instead of trying to figure out the ideal conditions for each and every one of the millions of organisms out there in the environment, to allow them to grow in the lab, we simply grow [25] them in their natural environment where they already have the conditions they need for growth,\u0094 Lewis says. To do this, the team designed a gadget that sandwiches a soil sample between two membranes, [30] each perforated with pores that allow molecules like nutrients to diffuse through but don\u0092t allow the passage of cells. \u0093We just use it to trick the bacteria into thinking that they are in their natural environment,\u0094 Lewis says. [35] The team isolated 10,000 strains of uncultured soil bacteria and prepared extracts from them that could be tested against nasty pathogenic bacteria. Teixobactin emerged as the most promising drug. Mice infected with bacteria that cause upper [40] respiratory tract infections (including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae) were treated with teixobactin, and the drug knocked out the infections with no noticeable toxic effects. It\u0092s likely that teixobactin is effective because of [45] the way it targets disease: The drug breaks down bacterial cell walls by attacking the lipid molecules that the cell creates organically. Many other antibiotics target the bacteria\u0092s proteins, and the genes that encode those proteins can mutate to [50] produce different structures. \r\nPassage 2 \r\nMany good antibiotic families\u0097penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline\u0097come from soil fungi and bacteria and it has long been suspected that, if we could grow more types of bacteria from soil\u0097or [55] from exotic environments, such as deep oceans\u0097then we might find new natural antibiotics. In a recent study, researchers [Kim Lewis and others] found that they could isolate and grow individual soil bacteria\u0097including types that can\u0092t normally be [60] grown in the laboratory\u0097in soil itself, which supplied critical nutrients and minerals. Once the bacteria reached a critical mass they could be transferred to the lab and their cultivation continued. This simple and elegant methodology is their most [65] important finding to my mind, for it opens a gateway to cultivating a wealth of potentially antibiotic- producing bacteria that have never been grown before. The first new antibiotic that they\u0092ve found by this [70] approach, teixobactin, from a bacterium called Eleftheria terrae, is less exciting to my mind, though it doesn\u0092t look bad. Teixobactin killed Gram-positive bacteria, such as S. aureus, in the laboratory, and cured experimental infection in mice. It also killed [75] the tuberculosis bacterium, which is important because there is a real problem with resistant tuberculosis in the developing world. It was also difficult to select teixobactin resistance. So, what are my caveats? Well, I see three. First, [80[ teixobactin isn\u0092t a potential panacea. It doesn\u0092t kill the Gram-negative opportunists as it is too big to cross their complex cell wall. Secondly, scaling to commercial manufacture will be challenging, since the bacteria making the antibiotic are so difficult to [85] grow. And, thirdly, it\u0092s early days yet. As with any antibiotic, teixobactin now faces the long haul of clinical trials: Phase I to see what dose you can safely give the patient, Phase II to see if it cures infections, and Phase III to compare its efficacy to that of [90] \u0093standard of care treatment.\u0094 That\u0092s going to take five years and \u00a3500 million and these are numbers we must find ways to reduce (while not compromising safety) if we\u0092re to keep ahead of bacteria, which can evolve far more swiftly and cheaply.", "textTwo": "52. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:38:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:04:07" }, { "id": "1205", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1\r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles,\r\n{3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4}\r\n{5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "1.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:20:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:08:58" }, { "id": "1206", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS:\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1\r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles,\r\n{3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4}\r\n{5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "2. To make the paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:21:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:10:53" }, { "id": "1207", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1 \r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles, {3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4} {5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "3.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:23:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:10:34" }, { "id": "1208", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1 \r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles, {3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4} {5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "4.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:25:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:11:47" }, { "id": "1209", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1 \r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles, {3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4} {5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "5.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:28:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:12:27" }, { "id": "1210", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1 \r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles, {3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4} {5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "6.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:30:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:13:08" }, { "id": "1211", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1 \r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles, {3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4} {5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "7. Which choice most effectively sets up the information in the next sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:34:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:13:52" }, { "id": "1212", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1 \r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles, {3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4} {5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "8.Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:35:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:14:36" }, { "id": "1213", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1 \r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles, {3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4} {5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "9.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:42:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:16:16" }, { "id": "1214", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1 \r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles, {3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4} {5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "10.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:44:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:16:57" }, { "id": "1215", "parentId": "", "textOne": "DIRECTIONS: Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. \r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. \r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is. \r\n\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage. \r\nSurvival in the Hostile Environment of NW Rota-1 \r\n{1} Sixty miles north of Guam and more than 1,700 feet under the ocean\u0092s surface is the summit of NW Rota-1, an undersea volcano discovered in 2003. Surprisingly, the volcano appears to have been continuously active; it even grew 130 feet in height between 2006 and 2009. [3] Yet despite the hostile environment created by the constant volcanic activity, life is thriving there. [4] Special adaptations are the key to survival. [5] At that depth, water pressure suppresses the explosive force of the volcano\u0092s eruptions, allowing scientists to [1] watch and observe them up close via remotely operated vehicles. [2] NW Rota-1 is far below the ocean\u0092s photic zone where sunlight drives photosynthesis; [3] nevertheless, bacteria supporting a unique food web have adapted to this perpetually dark environment. The bacteria have evolved to use hydrogen sulfide instead of sunlight for the energy that drives their metabolic processes, and hydrothermal venting is the source of the chemical soup necessary to support [4] him or her. Seawater seeping into fissures in the ocean floor is heated by underlying magma, and the heat drives chemical reactions that remove oxygen, sulfates, [ 5] and remove other chemicals from the water. Once the superheated water (up to 750\u00b0F) rises through vents in the ocean floor, additional reactions cause minerals and compounds to precipitate onto the seafloor, where bacteria feed on them. {2} Loihi shrimp\u0097originally thought to exist only around an undersea volcano near [6] Hawaii, survive by using tiny, shear-like claws to harvest rapidly growing bacterial filaments covering rocks near NW Rota-1\u0092s hydrothermal vents. The Loihi shrimp spend most of their time grazing on the bacteria and evading another, previously unknown, species of shrimp. Shrimp of that species also graze on bacterial filaments as juveniles, {3} [7] resulting from their ability to cope with the noxious environment around the volcano. They feed on the Loihi shrimp and other organisms that are overcome by the toxic plumes of volcanic gas and ash. {4} {5} During an underwater eruption, steam quickly {6} [8] condenses. The steam leaves only carbon dioxide bubbles and droplets of molten sulfur. This means that the water near NW Rota-1 is more acidic than [9] that of stomach acid, presenting yet another challenge to {7} life-forms living nearby. As the carbon dioxide level in Earth\u0092s atmosphere rises, the [10] worlds\u0092 ocean\u0092s absorb more carbon [11] d. Organisms flourishing near the volcano may help biologists understand how life adjusts to very acidic conditions. In addition, NW Rota-1 is a natural laboratory where scientists can study conditions that may be similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth and perhaps even other worlds.", "textTwo": "11. The writer is considering revising the underlined portion to the following. \r\ndioxide, which increases their acidity. \r\nShould the writer make this revision here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:45:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:17:48" }, { "id": "1216", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material.\r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation\r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains.\r\nOne radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "12.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/48a6aae6a78f89168d4cc2cadb3758e1ef195439.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:56:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:23:14" }, { "id": "1217", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation \r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains. One radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "13. Which choice is the most effective version of the underlined portion?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/20f7f94f88ed933c11155342d49383cd8eb21826.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:00:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:24:15" }, { "id": "1218", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation \r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains. One radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "14.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/53f03f589d9576a3619aea9adebc5db8b8c2b8d1.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:05:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:24:48" }, { "id": "1219", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation \r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains. One radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "15.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/86e714f697549196fccfd14dc6ddd32a6f3bdf58.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:07:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:25:16" }, { "id": "1220", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation \r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains. One radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "16. Which choice best introduces the paragraph?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/c302fd3d7d9856681d438c1fce6017ea922b1fa2.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:09:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:25:54" }, { "id": "1221", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation \r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains. One radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "17.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/d40d30d27aff7daa4d11a598bc0c66048d80ab79.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:12:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:26:20" }, { "id": "1222", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation \r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains. One radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "18.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/b80bb5ec007b1c30f575146105952730cf4b8663.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:14:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:26:45" }, { "id": "1223", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation \r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains. One radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "19. Which choice provides an accurate interpretation of the chart?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/9aa466488184812fe80c202fe6c9f803bdaccd29.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:16:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:27:28" }, { "id": "1224", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation \r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains. One radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "20. The writer is considering adding the following sentence based on information from the chart. \r\nBy contrast, Lane Transit in Eugene, OR, would lose only $5 million in fares if it instituted a fare-free system. Should the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/7693aa740601e8a4e25f1afa6cf3be3b07920929.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:18:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:28:19" }, { "id": "1225", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation \r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains. One radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "21.", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/4662f3c32c6f0dda654e86d5ae31c02ddb558755.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:20:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:28:50" }, { "id": "1226", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage and supplementary material. \r\n\r\nFree Public Transportation \r\nCity planners, concerned about vehicle traffic clogging their cities\u0092 roadways, are trying to find ways to get people out of their cars and onto buses and trains. One radical proposal some planners have considered is to make public transportation free to passengers. While fare-free policies do increase [12] ridership, but they have not been found to be an effective way to address traffic problems. Moreover, these policies may result in serious budget shortfalls. Not surprisingly, [13] public transportations are used by more people when people do not have to pay a fare. According to a report by the Center for Urban Transportation Research, public transit systems that abolish fares typically see a short-term increase in ridership of about 50 percent. However, this increase does not necessarily correlate with a decrease in car traffic. Evidence suggests that when buses and subways are free, people often take bus and train trips they would not have taken otherwise while still using their cars nearly as much as they did before. In 2013 Tallinn, Estonia, instituted fare-free rides for city residents (becoming the largest city in the world to do so), but car use in Tallinn has only slightly [ 14] declined; as a 2014 study by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden found that car traffic in Tallinn was down less than 3 percent since [ 15] it was enacted. Instituting a fare-free system [16] can also have a devastating effect on a city\u0092s transportation budget. All public transportation systems are subsidized by the government to some extent, but large systems gain a substantial portion of their operating revenue from fares. Since systems that go fare-free see increases in ridership, they often must operate more buses and trains and hire more drivers and other personnel at the same time that they are losing a key source of funding. Advocates of fare-free policies claim that the costs of these policies are largely offset by various [17] savings, however, a recent study comparing projected results of fare-free policies in different cities found this outlook to be [18] way too sunny. For example, in San Francisco, CA, fare-free public transit was projected to save $8.4 million per year in fare collection costs [19] but create a deficit of $72 million per year in lost fares, on top of capital investments in new equipment and infrastructure. [20] This is not to say that fare-free public transportation is always a bad idea. Some college towns and resort communities embrace the model because buses can go faster when drivers [21] would not have had to collect fares. For large cities looking to reduce automobile traffic, though, [22] research about Tallinn, Estonia, could be instructive.", "textTwo": "22. Which choice provides the best conclusion to the passage?", "picture": "assets\/img\/questions\/94791548df6d1b06ddf3c9e8afa72b3cb2ded9d4.png", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:24:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:29:29" }, { "id": "1227", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "23.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:36:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:37:37" }, { "id": "1228", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "24. The writer plans to add the following sentence to this paragraph.\r\nWhy wouldn\u0092t they? \r\nTo make the paragraph most logical, the sentence should be placed", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:37:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:39:00" }, { "id": "1229", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "25. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. \r\nIt\u0092s also labor-intensive, involving several intricate steps. \r\nShould the writer make this addition here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:40:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:39:36" }, { "id": "1230", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "26.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:41:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:40:03" }, { "id": "1231", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "27.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:43:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:40:23" }, { "id": "1232", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "28. The writer wants to emphasize how quickly wet plate photographers have to work. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:44:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:40:46" }, { "id": "1233", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "29.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:46:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:41:07" }, { "id": "1234", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "30.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:47:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:42:28" }, { "id": "1235", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "31.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:48:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:42:57" }, { "id": "1236", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "32.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:50:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:43:09" }, { "id": "1237", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 23-33 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWet Plate Photography: An Old Technique Makes a New Splash\r\n\r\n[1] Upon the arrival of the digital camera, professional photographers harrumphed that [23] they produced ugly, low-resolution images. [2] Yet eventually the vast majority of them traded film for megapixels. {1} The latest digital cameras take pictures so crisp that the images in them appear to be die-cut. [4] Even today\u0092s humblest smartphones snap bright, sharp photos. [5] A few contemporary photographers, however, have embraced an anachronistic method that was state-of- the-art technology when it was invented in 1851: wet plate photography. [24] {2} {3} Wet plate photographers essentially create their own film. The process can be dangerous; given that it requires the use of several volatile chemicals. [25] To take a wet plate photograph, photographers usually first arrange or pose [26] it\u0092s subjects before mixing collodion (a viscous, light-sensitive chemical solution) with bromide, iodide, or chloride and applying the mixture to a clean, polished glass plate. Dried collodion is unusable, [27] so once the photo is snapped with a massive, tripod-mounted {4} {5} camera, the photographer has [28] nominal minutes to develop it, using more chemicals. When the image appears in the negative, water is used to stop the process. A chemical \u0093fix bath\u0094 turns the negative image into a positive one. The photo is then immersed in water and warmed. [29] In conclusion, it is coated with lavender {6} [30] oil to give it (a protective finish). {7} Wet plate photos are marvelously fine-grained and detailed, and they seem to glow with an ethereal silvery light. One misstep or a speck of dust on the glass plate, though, and flaws appear. Smudges resembling oyster shells [31] swirl around the photos\u0092 edges. Sunbursts or streaks emerge where collodion pools unevenly. Since the film requires long exposures, moving subjects blur. [32] A shifting arm or leg might even disappear because of the lengthy exposure time required. The exposure time required explains why people in wet plate photographs often look dour: it\u0092s hard to hold a smile for that long. {8} Prominent among contemporary wet plate photographers is Joni Sternbach, whose work centers, appropriately, on water and people\u0092s relationship to it. Sternbach\u0092s photo series Ocean Details, Sea\/Sky, and SurfLand depict surging surfs, roiling waves, and the surfers who ride them. [33] Her subjects could be nineteenth-century wave riders, if not for the modern board shorts and bikinis they wear. Sternbach characterizes wet plate photography as \u0093one-part photography, one-part performance art, and one part three-ring circus,\u0094 a worthwhile endeavor because it produces the unique, haunting images she seeks. \u0093When I look at a digital print,\u0094 she says, \u0093it might be gorgeous and smooth, but it\u0092s on a piece of paper and it\u0092s one of many.\u0094", "textTwo": "33. The writer wants to highlight the contrast between Sternbach\u0092s techniques and the people Sternbach photographs. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:51:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:43:32" }, { "id": "1238", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "34. The writer is considering revising the underlined portion to the following.\r\ncities by excavating artifacts that have accumulated over centuries of land development.\r\nShould the writer make this revision here?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:58:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:45:41" }, { "id": "1239", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "35.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:01:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:46:10" }, { "id": "1240", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "36.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:02:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:46:32" }, { "id": "1241", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "37.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:03:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:46:51" }, { "id": "1242", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "38.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:04:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:48:16" }, { "id": "1243", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "39.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:05:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:48:39" }, { "id": "1244", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "40.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:06:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:48:54" }, { "id": "1245", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "41. Which choice most effectively sets up the example discussed in the following sentence?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:08:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:49:21" }, { "id": "1246", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "42. Which choice best maintains the style and tone of the passage?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:10:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 11:49:42" }, { "id": "1247", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "43.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:11:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 12:44:50" }, { "id": "1248", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Questions 34-44 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nDigging Up Cities\r\n\r\nIn 2010, as a construction crew began to tear up sidewalks in New York City\u0092s South Street Seaport to replace a water pipe, Alyssa Loorya and her team watched eagerly, picks and brushes in hand. Loorya, an urban archaeologist, studies the history of [34] s. Any New York City construction project using municipal funds [35] are required to consider whether historical artifacts will be affected during construction, and if that possibility [36] exists or is possible, an urban archaeologist must be consulted. Since the South Street Seaport area was a bustling commercial center for early colonists, Loorya anticipated that a rich history lay beneath the pavement. \u0093It\u0092s our job to document and recover that history before it\u0092s lost,\u0094 she said. As the work continued, [37] therefore, the team faced obstacles. Fieldwork in a city has to be done intermittently: the construction crew had to proceed one block at a time to avoid interrupting traffic, and the archaeology team\u0092s work was periodically [38] halted\u0097by stormy weather and the discovery of toxic materials underground. Moreover, as archaeologists underground attempted to relay information to those at the surface, they had to contend with the noise of construction vehicles, car horns, and [39] pedestrians\u0092 noise on the busy New York City streets. Despite these setbacks, Loorya and her team eventually began to uncover some interesting artifacts. In 2012, the team discovered a foundation wall, a network of wooden pipes, and several well bases dating to the eighteenth century. In August 2013, the archaeologists discovered thousands of objects in a single fifteen-foot stretch that was likely a garbage disposal [40] site. Including buttons from Revolutionary War uniforms, clay pipes, and an imported mineral water bottle from Germany. As they cleaned and catalogued the artifacts, the archaeologists took stock of their findings. The team\u0092s discoveries provided a snapshot of [41] the various kinds of construction materials that were used in the eighteenth century. Colonial-era New Yorkers went to great lengths to secure fresh drinking water, Loorya noted, given the [42] effort involved in laying wooden pipes to bring in fresh water from surrounding areas, digging very deep wells, brewing alcohol to mask the water\u0092s salty taste, and even importing bottled water. Through such discoveries, [43] they tell the story of a city\u0092s history in a new way. [44] \u0093One of my favorite things is putting together someone\u0092s life,\u0094 Loorya said.", "textTwo": "44. The writer wants to conclude the passage with a quotation from Loorya that illustrates the broad impact of her team\u0092s work. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "21", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:13:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 12:45:11" }, { "id": "1249", "parentId": "", "textOne": "f(x) =2^x +1\r\nThe function f is defined by the equation above. Which of the following is the graph of y = ?f(x) in the xy-plane?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2023-01-30 19:16:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 12:46:33" }, { "id": "1250", "parentId": "", "textOne": "Alan drives an average of 100 miles each week. His\r\ncar can travel an average of 25 miles per gallon of\r\ngasoline. Alan would like to reduce his weekly\r\nexpenditure on gasoline by $5. Assuming gasoline\r\ncosts $4 per gallon, which equation can Alan use to\r\ndetermine how many fewer average miles, m, he\r\nshould drive each week?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4\/25 m = 5", "createdBy": "22", "createdAt": "2023-01-30 19:31:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 12:46:58" }, { "id": "1257", "parentId": "454", "textOne": "Which of the following numbers is NOT a solution\r\nof the inequality 3x ? 5 ? 4x ? 3?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-1", "createdBy": "12", "createdAt": "2023-07-19 12:30:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-11-17 12:50:51" }, { "id": "1258", "parentId": "454", "textOne": "Which of the following numbers is NOT a solution\r\nof the inequality 5x ? 8 ? 2x ? 7?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "0", "createdBy": "19", "createdAt": "2023-07-19 19:44:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-07-19 19:53:36" }, { "id": "1261", "parentId": "414", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTransforming the American West Through Food and Hospitality\r\nJust as travelers taking road trips today may need to take a break for food at a rest area along the highway, settlers traversing the American West by train in the mid-1800s often found [12] themselves in need of refreshment. However, food available on rail lines was generally of terrible quality. [13] Despite having worked for railroad companies, Fred Harvey, an English-born [14] entrepreneur. He decided to open his own restaurant business to serve rail customers. Beginning in the 1870s, he opened dozens of restaurants in rail stations and dining cars. These Harvey Houses, which constituted the first restaurant chain in the United States, [15] was unique for its high standards of service and quality. The menu was modeled after those of fine restaurants, so the food was leagues beyond the [16] sinister fare travelers were accustomed to receiving in transit. His restaurants were immediately successful, but Harvey was not content to follow conventional business practices. [17] Although women did not traditionally work in restaurants in the nineteenth century, Harvey decided to try employing women as wait staff. In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. [18] Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women. Those who were hired as \u0093Harvey Girls\u0094 joined an elite group of workers, who were expected to complete a 30-day training program and follow a strict code of rules for conduct and curfews. In the workplace, the women donned identical black-and-white uniforms and carried out their duties with precision. Not only were such regulations meant to ensure the efficiency of the business and the safety of the workers, [19] but also helped to raise people\u0092s generally low opinion of the restaurant industry. In return for the servers\u0092 work, the position paid quite well for the time: $17.50 a month, plus tips, meals, room and board, laundry service, and travel expenses. [20] For as long as Harvey Houses served rail travelers through the mid-twentieth century, working there was a steady and lucrative position for women. Living independently and demonstrating an intense work [21] ethic; the Harvey Girls became known as a transformative force in the American [22] West. Advancing the roles of women in the restaurant industry and the American workforce as a whole, the Harvey Girls raised the standards for restaurants and blazed a trail in the fast-changing landscape of the western territories.", "textTwo": "12.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "5", "createdAt": "2024-03-28 13:14:26", "lastUpdated": "2024-03-28 13:14:26" }, { "id": "1262", "parentId": "295", "textOne": "Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nTiny Exhibit, Big Impact\r\n\u00971\u0097 The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. [12] On one hand, I couldn\u0092t wait to view [13] painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size. It took me by surprise, then, when my favorite exhibit at the museum was one of [14] it\u0092s tiniest; the Thorne Miniature Rooms. \r\n \u00972\u0097 Viewing the exhibit, I was amazed by the intricate details of some of the more ornately decorated rooms. I marveled at a replica of a salon (a formal living room) dating back to the reign of French king Louis XV. [15] Built into the dark paneled walls are bookshelves stocked with leather-bound volumes. The couch and chairs, in keeping with the style of the time, are characterized by elegantly curved arms and [16] legs, they are covered in luxurious velvet. A dime-sized portrait of a French aristocratic woman hangs in a golden frame.\r\n\u00973\u0097 This exhibit showcases sixty-eight miniature rooms inserted into a wall at eye level. Each furnished room consists of three walls; the fourth wall is a glass pane through which museumgoers observe. The rooms and their furnishings were painstakingly created to scale at 1\/12th their actual size, so that one inch in the exhibit correlates with one foot in real life. A couch, for example, is seven inches long, and [17] that is based on a seven-foot-long couch. Each room represents a distinctive style of European, American, or Asian interior design from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries. \r\n\u00974\u0097 The plainer rooms are more sparsely [18] furnished. Their architectural features, furnishings, and decorations are just as true to the periods they represent. One of my favorite rooms in the whole exhibit, in fact, is an 1885 summer kitchen. The room is simple but spacious, with a small sink and counter along one wall, a cast-iron wood stove and some hanging pots and pans against another wall, and [19] a small table under a window of the third wall. Aside from a few simple wooden chairs placed near the edges of the room, the floor is open and obviously well worn. \r\n\u00975\u0097 As I walked through the exhibit, I overheard a [20] visitors\u0092 remark, \u0093You know, that grandfather clock actually runs. Its glass door swings open, and the clock can be wound up.\u0094 [21] Dotted with pin-sized knobs, another visitor noticed my fascination with a tiny writing desk and its drawers. \u0093All of those little drawers pull out. And you see that hutch? Can you believe it has a secret compartment?\u0094 Given the exquisite craftsmanship and level of detail I\u0092d already seen, I certainly could.\r\nQuestion 22 asks about the previous passage as a whole.", "textTwo": "14.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "12", "createdAt": "2024-03-28 13:20:41", "lastUpdated": "2024-03-28 13:20:41" }, { "id": "1273", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (x-1)\/3 = k and k = 3, what is the value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "10", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-04 21:11:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:54:09" }, { "id": "1274", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (x-1)\/3 = k and k = 3, what is the value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "10", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-09 10:00:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:58:08" }, { "id": "1275", "parentId": "186", "textOne": "DIRECTION\r\nEach passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions.\r\nSome questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.\r\nAfter reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a \u0093NO CHANGE\u0094 option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.\r\nQuestions 1-11 are based on the following passage.\r\n\r\nWhey to Go\r\nGreek yogurt\u0097a strained form of cultured yogurt\u0097has grown enormously in popularity in the United States since it was first introduced in the country in the late 1980s. From 2011 to 2012 alone, sales of Greek yogurt in the US increased by 50 percent. The resulting increase in Greek yogurt production has forced those involved in the business to address the detrimental effects that the yogurt-making process may be having on the environment. Fortunately, farmers and others in the Greek yogurt business have found many methods of controlling and eliminating most environmental threats. Given these solutions as well as the many health benefits of the food, the advantages of Greek yogurt {1} outdo the potential drawbacks of its production.\r\n[1] The main environmental problem caused by the production of Greek yogurt is the creation of acid whey as a by-product. [2] Because it requires up to four times more milk to make than conventional yogurt does, Greek yogurt produces larger amounts of acid whey, which is difficult to dispose of. [3] To address the problem of disposal, farmers have found a number of uses for acid whey. [4] They can add it to livestock feed as a protein {2} supplement, and people can make their own Greek-style yogurt at home by straining regular yogurt.[5] If it is improperly introduced into the environment, acid-whey runoff 3 can pollute waterways, depleting the oxygen content of streams and rivers as it decomposes. [6] Yogurt manufacturers, food {4} scientists; and government officials are also working together to develop additional solutions for reusing whey. {5} {6} Though these conservation methods can be costly and time-consuming, they are well worth the effort. Nutritionists consider Greek yogurt to be a healthy food: it is an excellent source of calcium and protein, serves {7} to be a digestive aid, and {8} it contains few calories in its unsweetened low- and non-fat forms. Greek yogurt is slightly lower in sugar and carbohydrates than conventional yogurt is. {9} Also, because it is more concentrated, Greek yogurt contains slightly more protein per serving, thereby helping people stay {10} satiated for longer periods of time. These health benefits have prompted Greek yogurt\u0092s recent surge in popularity. In fact, Greek yogurt can be found in an increasing number of products such as snack food and frozen desserts. Because consumers reap the nutritional benefits of Greek yogurt and support those who make and sell {11} it, therefore farmers and businesses should continue finding safe and effective methods of producing the food.", "textTwo": "3.", "picture": "", "answer": "", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-10 17:46:54", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-10 17:46:54" }, { "id": "1276", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Saturday afternoon, Armand sent m text\r\nmessages each hour for 5 hours, and Tyrone sent p\r\ntext messages each hour for 4 hours. Which of the\r\nfollowing represents the total number of messages\r\nsent by Armand and Tyrone on Saturday afternoon?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5m+4p", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-10 17:47:58", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-10 17:47:58" }, { "id": "1277", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Kathy is a repair technician for a phone company. Each week, she receives a batch of phones that need repairs. The number of phones that she has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation P = 108 ? 23d , where P is the number of phones left and d is the number of days she has worked that week. What is the meaning of the value 108 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Kathy starts each week with 108 phones to fix.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-10 17:48:16", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-10 17:48:16" }, { "id": "1278", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (x-1)\/3 = k and k = 3, what is the value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "10", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-10 21:48:51", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:59:59" }, { "id": "1279", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (x-1)\/3 = k and x = 3, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 20:45:22", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-17 22:28:53" }, { "id": "1280", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (n+3)\/2 = p and n = 5, what is the value of p?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 21:18:53", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-17 22:27:42" }, { "id": "1281", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (3n-1)\/n = p and p = 4, what is the value of p?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-1", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 21:28:18", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-17 22:30:34" }, { "id": "1282", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (n-1)\/2n = k and n = 1, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "0", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 21:38:40", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-17 22:32:32" }, { "id": "1283", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (x-1)\/3 = k and k = 3, what is the value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "10", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 21:38:52", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 22:02:18" }, { "id": "1284", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (n-1)\/n = k and n = 1, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "0", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 21:43:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-17 22:58:56" }, { "id": "1285", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (m-1)\/3 = n and n = 3, what is the value of m?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "10", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 21:53:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-17 23:00:28" }, { "id": "1286", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (n-4)\/n = m and n = 1, what is the value of m?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-3", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 21:58:16", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-17 23:01:40" }, { "id": "1287", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If 3n^2 = 2k and n = 2, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "6", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:01:50", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-11 22:07:03" }, { "id": "1288", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If 4m^2 = 2p and m = 2, what is the value of p?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:07:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-17 23:04:07" }, { "id": "1289", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If 2m^2 = k - 1 and m = 4, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "33", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:08:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:07:56" }, { "id": "1290", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If 2n^2 = k + 2 and n = 3, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "16", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:09:49", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:08:53" }, { "id": "1291", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If n^2 + 2k = 2 and n = 2, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-1", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:11:03", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:16:40" }, { "id": "1292", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (x^2 + 1)\/2= n and x = 3, what is the value of n?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:13:15", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:18:42" }, { "id": "1293", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (x^2+1)\/2 = y and y = 5, what is the value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:14:55", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:24:49" }, { "id": "1294", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (n-1)\/3n = k and n = 1, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "0", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:16:45", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:30:26" }, { "id": "1295", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (x+1)\/4 = k and x = 1, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3\/4", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:17:52", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:36:28" }, { "id": "1296", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If 2m^2 = k + 1 and m = 2, what is the value of k?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "7", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:19:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:38:01" }, { "id": "1297", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If 3n + 2x = 2 and x = 2, what is the value of n?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-2\/3", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:20:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:44:53" }, { "id": "1298", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If (3x + 4)\/2 = y and x = -1, what is the value of y?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1\/2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:21:29", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:47:35" }, { "id": "1299", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If 3n - 1 = 2y and y = 4, what is the value of n?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-11 22:23:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 21:49:04" }, { "id": "1300", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Kathy is a repair technician for a phone company. Each week, she receives a batch of phones that need repairs. The number of phones that she has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation P = 108 ? 23d , where P is the number of phones left and d is the number of days she has worked that week. What is the meaning of the value 108 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Kathy starts each week with 108 phones to fix.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-14 09:52:28", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-14 09:52:28" }, { "id": "1301", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum (7 + 3i) + (?8 + 9i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-1+12i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-16 20:56:33", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-16 20:56:33" }, { "id": "1302", "parentId": "326", "textOne": "If x-1\/3 = k and k = 3, what is the value of x?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "10", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-17 22:25:31", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-17 22:25:31" }, { "id": "1303", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1, what is the difference: (7 + 3i) - (?8 + 9i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "15 - 6i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-18 22:12:55", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:56:13" }, { "id": "1304", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum of (7 + 3i) and (8 - 2i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "15 + i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-18 22:15:57", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-19 18:09:06" }, { "id": "1305", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the difference of (5 + i) and (8 - 6i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-3 + 7i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-18 22:18:47", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:57:24" }, { "id": "1306", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum (6 + 2i) and (?1 - 4i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5 - 2i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-18 22:30:05", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-19 20:55:26" }, { "id": "1307", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the difference (-3 - 2i) and (1 - 7i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-4 + 5i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-18 22:33:45", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 22:43:10" }, { "id": "1308", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the difference of (3 - 10i) and (1 + 7i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2 -17i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-18 22:43:36", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-18 22:46:18" }, { "id": "1309", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum of (12 - i) and (?12 + 7i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "6i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-18 22:46:23", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:58:13" }, { "id": "1310", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the difference of (10 - 2i) and (?10 - 7i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "20 - 9i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-18 22:48:23", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:58:25" }, { "id": "1311", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum of (10 - 2i) and (10 + 2i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "20", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-18 22:53:39", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-19 20:59:07" }, { "id": "1312", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the difference (5+2i) and (5+2i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "0", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-19 18:04:47", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-19 21:06:26" }, { "id": "1313", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum: (10+2i) + (6+2i)? Pick out the simplified form.", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4(4+i)", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-19 20:48:18", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-19 21:11:49" }, { "id": "1314", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum: [(2\/5)+ 2i] + [(3\/5) + (i\/2)]?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1+2(1\/2)i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-19 21:12:16", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:47:48" }, { "id": "1315", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum: [(5\/7) + (i\/3)] + [(1\/7) + (i\/3)]?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2[(3\/7)+(i\/3)]", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-19 21:25:20", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-19 21:38:24" }, { "id": "1316", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the difference: [(5\/7) + (i\/3)] - [(1\/7) - (i\/3)]?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "(4\/7)+(2i\/3)", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-19 21:38:34", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-19 21:44:20" }, { "id": "1317", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the difference of [(4\/9)-2i)] and (1+71)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "(-5\/9)-9i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-19 21:44:45", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:23:40" }, { "id": "1318", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1, what is the difference of -2i and (1 - 2i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-1", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-19 21:51:25", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:29:59" }, { "id": "1319", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1, what is the sum -5i and (1 - 5i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1-10i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 09:32:49", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:34:35" }, { "id": "1320", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1, what is the sum (i\/2) and (1 - 5i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "1-(9i\/2)", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 09:34:39", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:38:29" }, { "id": "1321", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1, what is the difference of (10i - 2) and (1 - 3i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "13i-3", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 09:38:33", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:40:34" }, { "id": "1322", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum [(4\/9) - 2i] and (1 + 7i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "(13\/9)+5i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 09:51:40", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 09:55:48" }, { "id": "1323", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Monday afternoon, Charles sent c text messages each hour for 5 hours, and Ivan sent p text messages each hour for 4 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of messages sent by Charles and Ivan on Monday afternoon?", "textTwo": "Which of the following represents the total number of messages sent by Charles and Ivan on Monday afternoon?", "picture": "", "answer": "5c+4p", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 10:01:10", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 10:03:50" }, { "id": "1324", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Monday morning, Charles sent x text messages each hour for 4 hours, and Ivan sent y text messages each hour for 6 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of messages sent by Charles and Ivan on Monday morning?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4x+6y", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 10:03:56", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 10:06:13" }, { "id": "1325", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Tuesday morning, Jethro sent x emails each hour for 6 hours, and Ivan sent y emails each hour for 3 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of emails sent by Jethro and Ivan on Tuesday morning?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "6x+3y", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 10:07:18", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 10:08:31" }, { "id": "1326", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Tuesday morning, Jed sent m emails each hour for 10 hours, and John sent n emails each hour for 5 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of emails sent by Jed and John on Tuesday morning?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "10m+5n", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 10:19:31", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 10:21:24" }, { "id": "1327", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Tuesday afternoon, Jon sent s text messages each hour for 5 hours, and Kent sent t text messages each hour for 4 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of text messages sent by Jon and Kent on Tuesday afternoon?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5s+4t", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 10:23:24", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 10:25:23" }, { "id": "1328", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Wednesday afternoon, John forwarded s invitations each hour for 3 hours, and Kent forwarded p invitations each hour for 4 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of invitations forwarded by John and Kent on Wednesday afternoon?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3s+4p", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 10:25:32", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 10:42:28" }, { "id": "1329", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Thursday afternoon, Dianne forwarded a invitations each hour for 6 hours, and Kath forwarded b invitations each hour for 2 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of invitations forwarded by Dianne and Kath on Thursday afternoon?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "6a+2b", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 10:42:32", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 10:43:57" }, { "id": "1330", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Thursday morning, Dianne sent a emails each minute for 60 minutes, and Kath sent b emails each minute for 30 minutes. Which of the following represents the total number of emails sent by Dianne and Kath on Thursday morning? \r\nNoted: Change the unit of time to hours.", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "a+0.5b", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 10:44:04", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 10:46:02" }, { "id": "1331", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Thursday afternoon, Charles sent b emails each minute for 240 minutes, and Jethro sent d emails each minute for 120 minutes. Which of the following represents the total number of emails sent by Charles and Jethro on Thursday afternoon?\r\nNoted: Change the unit of time to hours.", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4b+2d", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 10:46:17", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 16:26:28" }, { "id": "1332", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Friday afternoon, Raymond forwarded x invitations each minute for 120 minutes, and Jethro forwarded y invitations each minute for 180 minutes. Which of the following represents the total number of invitations forwarded by Raymond and Jethro on Friday afternoon?\r\nNoted: Change the unit of time to hours.", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2x+3y", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 11:23:59", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 16:26:35" }, { "id": "1333", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Friday morning, MJ sent m messages each minute for 60 minutes, and Ella sent n messages each minute for 180 minutes. Which of the following represents the total number of sent messages by MJ and Ella on Friday morning?\r\nNoted: Change the unit of time to hours.", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "m+3n", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 11:26:21", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 16:26:42" }, { "id": "1334", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Friday morning, MJ sent a messages each minute for 240 minutes, and Ella sent b messages each minute for 150 minutes. Which of the following represents the total number of sent messages by MJ and Ella on Friday morning?\r\nNoted: Change the unit of time to hours.", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4a+2.5b", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 11:30:42", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 16:26:50" }, { "id": "1335", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Saturday morning, MJ repaired x cellphones each hour for 5 hours, and Ben repaired b cellphones each hour for 3.5 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of cellphones repaired by MJ and Ben on Saturday morning?\r\nNote: Change the unit of time to hours.", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "5x+3.5b", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 11:32:17", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 11:34:25" }, { "id": "1336", "parentId": "331", "textOne": "For i = ??1 , what is the sum (7 + 3i) + (?8 + 9i)?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-1+12i", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 15:20:21", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 15:20:21" }, { "id": "1337", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Saturday morning, MJ repaired x cellphones each hour for 4.5 hours, and Ben repaired y cellphones each hour for 3.5 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of cellphones repaired by MJ and Ben on Saturday morning?\r\nNoted: Change the unit of time to hours.", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4.5x+3.5y", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 15:21:15", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 15:23:41" }, { "id": "1338", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "3.On Saturday morning, Den folded a clothes each hour for 7\/2 hours, and May folded d clothes each hour for 9\/4 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of cellphones repaired by MJ and Ben on Saturday morning?\r\nNoted: Change the unit of time to hours.", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "[(7\/2)a]+[(9\/4)d]", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 15:23:51", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 16:27:20" }, { "id": "1339", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Saturday afternoon, Rose folded a clothes each hour for 9\/2 hours, and Cherry folded d clothes each hour for 10\/3 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of cellphones repaired by Rose and Cherry on Saturday afternoon?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "[(9\/2)a]+[(10\/3)d]", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 15:26:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 16:27:55" }, { "id": "1340", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Monday afternoon, Leyla served x foods each hour for 3\/2 hours, and Dan served y foods each hour for 5\/3 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of foods served by Leyla and Dan on Monday afternoon?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "[(3\/2)x]+[(5\/3)y]", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 15:29:24", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 16:28:37" }, { "id": "1341", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Monday afternoon, Zen served z foods each hour for 8 hours, and Carla served w foods each hour for 7.5 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of foods served by Zen and Carla on Monday afternoon?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8z+7.5w", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 16:12:49", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 16:18:49" }, { "id": "1342", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Tuesday afternoon, Red served m foods each hour for 9\/2 hours, and Taylor served n foods each hour for 2 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of foods served by Red and Taylor on Tuesday afternoon?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "[(9\/2)m]+2n", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 16:19:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 16:29:25" }, { "id": "1343", "parentId": "327", "textOne": "On Wednesday morning, Ed washed a plates each hour for 4 hours, and Von washed b plates each hour for 10\/3 hours. Which of the following represents the total number of plates washed by Ed and Von on Wednesday morning?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "4a+[(10\/3)b]", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 16:22:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 16:30:01" }, { "id": "1344", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Charles is a repair technician for a phone company. Each week, he receives a batch of phones that need repairs. The number of phones that he has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation =100-23d , where P is the number of phones left and d is the number of days he has worked that week. What is the meaning of the value 100 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Charles starts each week with 100 phones to fix.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 16:30:13", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:05:12" }, { "id": "1345", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Jethro is a repair technician for a phone company. Each month, he receives a batch of phones that need repairs. The number of phones that he has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation C=200-23d, where C is the number of phones left and d is the number of days he has worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 200 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Jethro starts each month with 200 phones to fix.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:02:58", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:07:55" }, { "id": "1346", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Denis is a technician for a laptop company. Each week, he receives a batch of laptops that need repairs. The number of laptops that he has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation L=50-3d, where L is the number of laptops left and d is the number of days he has worked that week. What is the meaning of the value 3 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Denis repairs laptops at a rate of 3 per day", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:08:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:10:26" }, { "id": "1347", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Denis is a technician for a laptop company. Each week, he receives a batch of laptops that need repairs. The number of laptops that he has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation L=50-3d , where L is the number of laptops left and d is the number of days he has worked that week. What is the meaning of the value 50 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Denis starts each week with 50 laptops to fix.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:10:36", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:17:44" }, { "id": "1348", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Dianne is a maintenance engineer for a car company. Each week, she receives a batch of cars that need maintenance. The number of cars that she has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation P=50-5d , where P is the number of cars left and d is the number of days she has worked that week. What is the meaning of the value 50 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Dianne starts each week with 50 cars for maintenance.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:18:00", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:19:51" }, { "id": "1349", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Dianne is a maintenance engineer for a car company. Each week, she receives a batch of cars that need maintenance. The number of cars that she has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation P=50-5d , where P is the number of cars left and d is the number of days she has worked that week. What is the meaning of the value 5 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Dianne performs maintenance at a rate of 5 cars per day.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:20:04", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:22:04" }, { "id": "1350", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "John is an aircon technician for an aircon company. Each month, he receives a batch of aircon that need repairs. The number of aircons that he has left to fix at the end of each week can be estimated with the equation A=45-5w , where A is the number of aircon left and w is the number of weeks he worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 45 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "John starts each month with 45 aircons to fix.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:22:39", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:25:35" }, { "id": "1351", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "John is an aircon technician for an aircon company. Each month, he receives a batch of aircon that need repairs. The number of aircons that he has left to fix at the end of each week can be estimated with the equation A=45-5w , where A is the number of aircon left and w is the number of weeks he worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 5 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "John repairs aircons at a rate of 5 per week.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:25:49", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:31:40" }, { "id": "1352", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Kent is a refrigerator technician. Each month, he receives a batch of refrigerators that need repairs. The number of refrigerators that he has left to fix at the end of each week can be estimated with the equation R=75-10w , where R is the number of refrigerators left and w is the number of weeks he worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 75 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Kent starts each month with 75 refrigerators to fix.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:32:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:34:03" }, { "id": "1353", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Kent is a refrigerator technician. Each month, he receives a batch of refrigerators that need repairs. The number of refrigerators that he has left to fix at the end of each week can be estimated with the equation R=75-10w , where R is the number of refrigerators left and w is the number of weeks he worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 10 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Kent repairs refrigerators at a rate of 10 per week.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:34:29", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:39:04" }, { "id": "1354", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Jona is a factory worker working in a noodle factory. Each month, she has a target number of noodles to produce. The number of noodles that she has left to produce at the end of each week can be estimated with the equation N=8,000-2,000w, where N is the number of noodles not yet produced and w is the number of weeks she worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 8,000 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Jona has a target of 8,000 noodles each month", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:39:21", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:50:56" }, { "id": "1355", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Jona is a factory worker working in a noodle factory. Each month, she has a target number of noodles to produce. The number of noodles that she has left to produce at the end of each week can be estimated with the equation N=8,000-2,000w, where N is the number of noodles not yet produced and w is the number of weeks she worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 2,000 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Jona produces noodles at a rate of 2,000 per week", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:51:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:52:49" }, { "id": "1356", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Kath is a factory worker working in a soap factory. Each month, she has a target number of soaps to produce. The number of soaps that she has left to produce at the end of each week can be estimated with the equation S=2,000-500w, where S is the number of soaps not yet produced and w is the number of weeks she worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 2,000 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Kath has a target of 2,000 soaps each month.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:53:17", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:05:44" }, { "id": "1357", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Kath is a factory worker working in a soap factory. Each month, she has a target number of soaps to produce. The number of soaps that she has left to produce at the end of each week can be estimated with the equation S=2,000-500w, where S is the number of soaps not yet produced and w is the number of weeks she worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 500 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Kath produces soaps at a rate of 500 per week.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:06:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:08:25" }, { "id": "1358", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Rose is a factory worker working in a chocolate factory. Each week, she has a target number of chocolates to produce. The number of chocolates that she has left to produce at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation C=700-100d, where C is the number of soaps not yet produced and d is the number of days she worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 700 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Rose has a target of 700 chocolates each week.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:08:42", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:10:59" }, { "id": "1359", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Rose is a factory worker working in a chocolate factory. Each week, she has a target number of chocolates to produce. The number of chocolates that she has left to produce at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation C=700-100d, where C is the number of soaps not yet produced and d is the number of days she worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 700 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Rose produces chocolates at a rate of 100 per day.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:11:22", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:40:18" }, { "id": "1360", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Jomar is a repair technician for a phone company. Each week, he receives a batch of phones that need repairs. The number of phones that he has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation P=400-50d, where P is the number of phones left and d is the number of days he has worked that week. What is the meaning of the value 400 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Jomar starts each week with 400 phones to fix.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:40:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:42:16" }, { "id": "1361", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Jomar is a repair technician for a phone company. Each week, he receives a batch of phones that need repairs. The number of phones that he has left to fix at the end of each day can be estimated with the equation P=400-50d, where P is the number of phones left and d is the number of days he has worked that week. What is the meaning of the value 50 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Jomar repairs phones at a rate of 50 per day.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:42:37", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:43:56" }, { "id": "1362", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Allen is an aircon technician for an aircon company. Each month, he receives a batch of aircon that need repairs. The number of aircons that he has left to fix at the end of each week can be estimated with the equation A=55-10w, where A is the number of aircon left and w is the number of weeks he worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 55 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Allen starts each month with 55 aircons to fix.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:44:03", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:46:08" }, { "id": "1363", "parentId": "332", "textOne": "Allen is an aircon technician for an aircon company. Each month, he receives a batch of aircon that need repairs. The number of aircons that he has left to fix at the end of each week can be estimated with the equation A=55-10w, where A is the number of aircon left and w is the number of weeks he worked that month. What is the meaning of the value 10 in this equation?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "Allen repairs aircons at a rate of 10 per week.", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:46:31", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:48:12" }, { "id": "1364", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(x\u00b2y-3y\u00b2+5xy\u00b2)+(x\u00b2y+3xy\u00b2-3y\u00b2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2x\u00b2y-6y\u00b2+8xy\u00b2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 11:04:30", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-15 05:09:38" }, { "id": "1365", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(2x^2y-3y^2+5xy^2)+(x^2y-3xy^2-y^2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3x^2y-4y^2+2xy^2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 11:12:39", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 11:14:35" }, { "id": "1366", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(2x^2y - y^2+5xy^2) - (-x^2y + 5xy^2 - 2y^2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3x^2y+y^2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 11:15:04", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 11:17:38" }, { "id": "1367", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(5x^3y^2 - y^4+4xy^2) - (-5x^3y^2+2xy^2 - y^4)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "10x^3y^2+2xy^2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 11:17:54", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 11:20:23" }, { "id": "1368", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(4x^3y^2 - 2y^4+4xy^2) - (4x^3y^2 - 4xy^2 - 2y^4)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8xy^2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 11:20:40", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:12:18" }, { "id": "1369", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(4a^3b^2 - 2b^4+4ab^2) + (4a^3b^2 - 4ab^2 - 2b^4)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "8a^3b^2 - 4b^4", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:12:39", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:14:43" }, { "id": "1370", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(a^3b^2 - 6b^4+10ab^2) + (2a^3b^2 - 8b^4+4ab^2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3a^3b^2 - 14b^4+14ab^2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:14:49", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:17:55" }, { "id": "1371", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(5a^3b^2 - 12b^4- 4ab^2) - (2a^3b^2 - 8b^4+4ab^2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "3a^3b^2 - 4b^4 - 8ab^2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:18:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:20:13" }, { "id": "1372", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(5m^3n^2 - 12m^4- 12my^2) - (10m^3n^2 - 12my^2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-5m^3n^2 - 12m^4", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:20:26", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:22:55" }, { "id": "1373", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(5m^3n^2 - 12m^4- 12my^2) - (10m^3n^2 - 12my^2 - 10n^2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-5m^3n^2 - 12m^4+10n^2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:23:15", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:25:04" }, { "id": "1374", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(5x^5z^3 - 7my^3) - (10x^5z^2 - 3my^3 - 10n^5)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-5x^5z^2 - 4my^3+10n^5", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:25:27", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:27:43" }, { "id": "1375", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(5x^5z^3 - 7my^3) + (10x^5z^2 - 3my^3 - 10n^5)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "15x^5z^3 - 10my^3 - 10n^5", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:28:43", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:30:57" }, { "id": "1376", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(5x^5z^2 - 7my^3+10m^5) - (10x^5z^2 - 7my^3 - 10n^5)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-5x^5z^2+10m^5+10n^5", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:31:19", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:33:00" }, { "id": "1377", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(5x^5z^2 - 7my^3+10m^5) + (10x^5z^2 - 7my^3 - 10n^5)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "15x^5z^2 - 14my^3+10m^5 - 10n^5", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:33:13", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:35:31" }, { "id": "1378", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(5m^3z^6 - 7my^3+10x^5) + (10n^3z^6 + 4my^3 - 10x^5)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "15m^3z^6 - 3my^3", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:36:01", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:37:57" }, { "id": "1379", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(-14x^3z^6 - 7xy^3+10a^5) - (8x^3z^6 - 10a^5)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-22x^3z^6 - 7xy^3+20a^5", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:38:40", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:41:51" }, { "id": "1380", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(-x^3z^2 - 7xy^3+10x^2) - (-x^3z^2 - 7xy^3+10x^2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "0", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:42:06", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:46:00" }, { "id": "1381", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(-x^3z^2 - 7xy^3+10x^2) - (-x^3z^2 - 7xy^3-10x^2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "20x^2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:46:10", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:49:12" }, { "id": "1382", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(-a^3b^2 - 14^ab^3+5a^2) + (a^3b^2 - 7ab^3-b^2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-21ab^3+5a^2 - b^2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:49:23", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:51:17" }, { "id": "1383", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(-x^3z^2 - 14xz^3+5x^2) - (x^3z^2 - 7xz^3-z^2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "-2x^3z^2 - 7xz^3+5x^2+z^2", "createdBy": "23", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:51:27", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:53:26" }, { "id": "1384", "parentId": "333", "textOne": "(x\u00b2y - 3y\u00b2 + 5xy\u00b2) - (-x\u00b2y + 3xy\u00b2 - 3y\u00b2)\r\nWhich of the following is equivalent to the\r\nexpression above?", "textTwo": "", "picture": "", "answer": "2x\u00b2y + 2xy\u00b2", "createdBy": "23", 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"student\u0092s majors", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:36:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-07 15:36:14" }, { "id": "627", "questionId": "225", "text": "Yes, because it reinforces the passage\u0092s main point about the employability of philosophy majors.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:37:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-07 15:37:23" }, { "id": "628", "questionId": "225", "text": "Yes, because it acknowledges a common counterargument to the passage\u0092s central claim.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:37:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-07 15:37:48" }, { "id": "629", "questionId": "225", "text": "No, because it blurs the paragraph\u0092s focus by introducing a new idea that goes unexplained.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:38:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-07 15:38:16" }, { "id": "630", "questionId": "225", "text": "No, because it undermines the passage\u0092s claim about the 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"636", "questionId": "227", "text": "one\u0092s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:41:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-07 15:41:28" }, { "id": "637", "questionId": "227", "text": "his or her", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:41:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-07 15:41:43" }, { "id": "638", "questionId": "227", "text": "their", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-07 15:42:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-07 15:42:01" }, { "id": "639", "questionId": "229", "text": "character describes his dislike for his new job and considers the reasons why.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 22:34:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 22:34:49" }, { "id": "640", "questionId": "229", "text": "Two characters employed in the same office become increasingly competitive.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 22:35:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 22:35:09" }, { "id": "641", "questionId": "229", "text": "A young man regrets privately a choice that he defends publicly.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 22:35:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 22:35:31" }, { "id": "642", "questionId": "229", "text": "A new employee experiences optimism, then frustration, and finally despair.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 22:35:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 22:35:54" }, { "id": "643", "questionId": "230", "text": "establish the narrator\u0092s perspective on a controversy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 22:36:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 22:36:58" }, { "id": "644", "questionId": "230", "text": "provide context useful in understanding the narrator\u0092s emotional state.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 22:37:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 22:37:16" }, { "id": "645", "questionId": "230", "text": "offer a symbolic representation of Edward Crimsworth\u0092s plight.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 22:37:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 22:37:35" }, { "id": "646", "questionId": "230", "text": "contrast the narrator\u0092s good intentions with his malicious conduct.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 22:37:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 22:37:55" }, { "id": "647", "questionId": "231", "text": "recollection of past confidence to acknowledgment of present self-doubt.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:12:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:12:10" }, { "id": "648", "questionId": "231", "text": "reflection on his expectations of life as a tradesman to his desire for another job.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:12:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:12:28" }, { "id": "649", "questionId": "231", "text": "generalization about job dissatisfaction to the specifics of his own situation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:12:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:12:46" }, { "id": "650", "questionId": "231", "text": "evaluation of factors making him unhappy to identification of alternatives.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:13:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:13:04" }, { "id": "651", "questionId": "232", "text": "They evoke the narrator\u0092s sense of dismay.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:13:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:13:54" }, { "id": "652", "questionId": "232", "text": "They reflect the narrator\u0092s sinister thoughts.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:14:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:14:10" }, { "id": "653", "questionId": "232", "text": "They capture the narrator\u0092s fear of confinement.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:14:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:14:21" }, { "id": "654", "questionId": "232", "text": "They reveal the narrator\u0092s longing for rest.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:14:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:14:37" }, { "id": "655", "questionId": "233", "text": "impatience with the narrator\u0092s high spirits.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:15:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:15:54" }, { "id": "656", "questionId": "233", "text": "scorn of the narrator\u0092s humble background.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:16:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:16:05" }, { "id": "657", "questionId": "233", "text": "indignation at the narrator\u0092s rash actions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:16:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:16:17" }, { "id": "658", "questionId": "233", "text": "jealousy of the narrator\u0092s apparent superiority.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:16:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:16:32" }, { "id": "659", "questionId": "234", "text": "harmless rival.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:17:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:17:24" }, { "id": "660", "questionId": "234", "text": "sympathetic ally.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:17:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:17:48" }, { "id": "661", "questionId": "234", "text": "perceptive judge.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:18:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:18:05" }, { "id": "662", "questionId": "234", "text": "demanding mentor.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:18:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:18:22" }, { "id": "663", "questionId": "235", "text": "Lines 28-31 (\u0093the antipathy... life\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:20:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:20:01" }, { "id": "664", "questionId": "235", "text": "Lines 38-40 (\u0093My southern... irritated him\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:20:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:20:19" }, { "id": "665", "questionId": "235", "text": "Lines 54-56 (\u0093Day... slumber\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:20:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:20:40" }, { "id": "666", "questionId": "235", "text": "Lines 61-62 (\u0093I had... brother\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:20:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:20:55" }, { "id": "667", "questionId": "236", "text": "contrasting two hypothetical courses of action.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:21:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:21:53" }, { "id": "668", "questionId": "236", "text": "conveying the ferocity of a resolution.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:22:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:22:05" }, { "id": "669", "questionId": "236", "text": "suggesting the likelihood of an altercation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:22:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:22:18" }, { "id": "670", "questionId": "236", "text": "illustrating the nature of an adversarial relationship.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:22:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:22:36" }, { "id": "671", "questionId": "237", "text": "treacherous.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:24:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:24:05" }, { "id": "672", "questionId": "237", "text": "dreary.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:24:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:24:30" }, { "id": "673", "questionId": "237", "text": "predictable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:24:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:24:43" }, { "id": "674", "questionId": "237", "text": "intolerable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:24:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:24:57" }, { "id": "675", "questionId": "238", "text": "Lines 17-21 (\u0093I should... scenes\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:27:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:27:10" }, { "id": "676", "questionId": "238", "text": "Lines 21-23 (\u0093I should... lodgings\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:27:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:27:21" }, { "id": "677", "questionId": "238", "text": "Lines 64-67 (\u0093Thoughts... phrases\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:27:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:27:32" }, { "id": "678", "questionId": "238", "text": "Lines 68-74 (\u0093I walked... gleam\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:27:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:27:48" }, { "id": "679", "questionId": "239", "text": "consider an ethical dilemma posed by cost-benefit analysis.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:31:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:31:38" }, { "id": "680", "questionId": "239", "text": "describe a psychology study of ethical economic behavior.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:34:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:34:54" }, { "id": "681", "questionId": "239", "text": "argue that the free market prohibits ethical economics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:35:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:35:09" }, { "id": "682", "questionId": "239", "text": "examine ways of evaluating the ethics of economics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:35:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:35:32" }, { "id": "683", "questionId": "240", "text": "Smith\u0092s association of free markets with ethical behavior still applies today.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:36:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:36:58" }, { "id": "684", "questionId": "240", "text": "Free markets are the best way to generate high profits, so ethics are a secondary consideration.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:37:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:37:17" }, { "id": "685", "questionId": "240", "text": "Free markets are ethical because they are made possible by devalued currency.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:37:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:37:45" }, { "id": "686", "questionId": "240", "text": "Free markets are ethical because they enable individuals to make choices.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:38:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:38:05" }, { "id": "687", "questionId": "241", "text": "Lines 4-5 (\u0093Some... ethical\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:39:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:39:12" }, { "id": "688", "questionId": "241", "text": "Lines 7-10 (\u0093But... about\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:39:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:39:30" }, { "id": "689", "questionId": "241", "text": "Lines 21-22 (\u0093Smith... outcome\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:39:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:39:47" }, { "id": "690", "questionId": "241", "text": "Lines 52-54 (\u0093When... way\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:40:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:40:04" }, { "id": "691", "questionId": "242", "text": "lovingly held.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:41:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:41:42" }, { "id": "692", "questionId": "242", "text": "readily adopted.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:42:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:42:00" }, { "id": "693", "questionId": "242", "text": "eagerly hugged.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:42:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:42:15" }, { "id": "694", "questionId": "242", "text": "reluctantly used.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:42:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:42:34" }, { "id": "695", "questionId": "243", "text": "develop a counterargument to the claim that greed is good.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:43:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:43:47" }, { "id": "696", "questionId": "243", "text": "provide support for the idea that ethics is about character.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:44:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:44:08" }, { "id": "697", "questionId": "243", "text": "describe a third approach to defining ethical economics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:44:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:44:42" }, { "id": "698", "questionId": "243", "text": "illustrate that one\u0092s actions are a result of one\u0092s character.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:44:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:44:59" }, { "id": "699", "questionId": "244", "text": "conflicts.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:46:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:46:16" }, { "id": "700", "questionId": "244", "text": "mismatches.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:46:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:46:40" }, { "id": "701", "questionId": "244", "text": "collisions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:46:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:46:50" }, { "id": "702", "questionId": "244", "text": "brawls.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:47:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:47:01" }, { "id": "703", "questionId": "245", "text": "Lines 11-12 (\u0093There... decision\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:48:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:48:33" }, { "id": "704", "questionId": "245", "text": "Lines 47-50 (\u0093From... advertisements\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:48:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:48:51" }, { "id": "705", "questionId": "245", "text": "Lines 59-64 (\u0093Take... market\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:49:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:49:10" }, { "id": "706", "questionId": "245", "text": "Lines 75-77 (\u0093We... facts\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:49:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:49:38" }, { "id": "707", "questionId": "246", "text": "human quirks make it difficult to predict people\u0092s ethical decisions accurately.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:50:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:50:53" }, { "id": "708", "questionId": "246", "text": "people universally react with disgust when faced with economic injustice.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:51:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:51:26" }, { "id": "709", "questionId": "246", "text": "understanding human psychology may help to define ethics in economics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:51:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:51:44" }, { "id": "710", "questionId": "246", "text": "economists themselves will be responsible for reforming the free market.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:52:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:52:02" }, { "id": "711", "questionId": "247", "text": "Fair trade coffee consistently earned greater profits than regular coffee earned.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:53:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:54:04" }, { "id": "712", "questionId": "247", "text": "The profits earned from regular coffee did not fluctuate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:54:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:54:00" }, { "id": "713", "questionId": "247", "text": "Fair trade coffee profits increased between 2004 and 2006.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:54:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:54:22" }, { "id": "714", "questionId": "247", "text": "Fair trade and regular coffee were earning equal profits by 2008.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:54:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:54:48" }, { "id": "715", "questionId": "248", "text": "2000 to 2002", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:55:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:55:44" }, { "id": "716", "questionId": "248", "text": "2002 to 2004", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:55:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:55:58" }, { "id": "717", "questionId": "248", "text": "2004 to 2005", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:56:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:56:12" }, { "id": "718", "questionId": "248", "text": "2006 to 2008", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:56:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:56:24" }, { "id": "719", "questionId": "249", "text": "Acting on empathy can be counterproductive.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:57:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:57:30" }, { "id": "720", "questionId": "249", "text": "Ethical economics is defined by character.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:57:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:57:46" }, { "id": "721", "questionId": "249", "text": "Ethical economics is still possible.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:57:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:58:20" }, { "id": "722", "questionId": "249", "text": "People fear losses more than they hope for gains.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-08 23:58:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-08 23:58:08" }, { "id": "723", "questionId": "250", "text": "It should be thoroughly studied.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:10:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:10:54" }, { "id": "724", "questionId": "250", "text": "It makes the brain increasingly rigid", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:11:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:11:14" }, { "id": "725", "questionId": "250", "text": "It has some positive effects.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:11:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:11:32" }, { "id": "726", "questionId": "250", "text": "It should be widely encouraged.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:11:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:11:57" }, { "id": "727", "questionId": "251", "text": "Lines 3-4 (\u0093Certain... Net\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:13:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:13:44" }, { "id": "728", "questionId": "251", "text": "Lines 23-25 (\u0093But... smarter\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:13:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:13:59" }, { "id": "729", "questionId": "251", "text": "Lines 25-29 (\u0093Ina... ability\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:14:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:14:26" }, { "id": "730", "questionId": "251", "text": "Lines 29-31 (\u0093She... others\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:14:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:14:44" }, { "id": "731", "questionId": "252", "text": "make people complacent about their health.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:15:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:15:53" }, { "id": "732", "questionId": "252", "text": "undermine the ability to think deeply.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:16:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:16:47" }, { "id": "733", "questionId": "252", "text": "increase people\u0092s social contacts.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:16:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:16:19" }, { "id": "734", "questionId": "252", "text": "improve people\u0092s self-confidence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:16:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:16:35" }, { "id": "735", "questionId": "253", "text": "creative.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:17:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:17:40" }, { "id": "736", "questionId": "253", "text": "artificial.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:17:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:17:54" }, { "id": "737", "questionId": "253", "text": "malleable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:18:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:18:57" }, { "id": "738", "questionId": "253", "text": "sculptural.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:18:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:18:24" }, { "id": "739", "questionId": "254", "text": "did not like Tolstoy\u0092s writing style.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:31:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:31:22" }, { "id": "740", "questionId": "254", "text": "could not comprehend the novel by speed-reading it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:31:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:31:52" }, { "id": "741", "questionId": "254", "text": "had become quite skilled at multitasking.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:32:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:32:13" }, { "id": "742", "questionId": "254", "text": "regretted having read such a long novel.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:32:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:32:25" }, { "id": "743", "questionId": "255", "text": "They take risks when they pursue knowledge.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:33:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:33:10" }, { "id": "744", "questionId": "255", "text": "They are eager to improve their minds.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:33:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:33:26" }, { "id": "745", "questionId": "255", "text": "They are curious about other subjects.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:33:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:33:37" }, { "id": "746", "questionId": "255", "text": "They become absorbed in their own fields.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:33:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:34:04" }, { "id": "747", "questionId": "256", "text": "It uses ornate language to illustrate a difficult concept.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:35:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:35:25" }, { "id": "748", "questionId": "256", "text": "It employs humor to soften a severe opinion of human behavior.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:35:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:35:39" }, { "id": "749", "questionId": "256", "text": "It alludes to the past to evoke a nostalgic response.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:36:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:36:01" }, { "id": "750", "questionId": "256", "text": "It criticizes the view of a particular group.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:36:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:36:16" }, { "id": "751", "questionId": "257", "text": "compare brain function in those who play games on the Internet and those who browse on it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:37:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:37:22" }, { "id": "752", "questionId": "257", "text": "report on the problem-solving skills of individuals with varying levels of Internet experience.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:37:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:37:40" }, { "id": "753", "questionId": "257", "text": "take a position on increasing financial support for studies related to technology and intelligence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:37:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:37:55" }, { "id": "754", "questionId": "257", "text": "make an argument about the effects of electronic media use on the brain.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:38:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:38:27" }, { "id": "755", "questionId": "258", "text": "Passage 2 relates first-hand experiences that contrast with the clinical approach in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:39:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:39:28" }, { "id": "756", "questionId": "258", "text": "Passage 2 critiques the conclusions drawn from the research discussed in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:39:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:39:47" }, { "id": "757", "questionId": "258", "text": "Passage 2 takes a high-level view of a result that Passage 1 examines in depth.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:40:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:40:04" }, { "id": "758", "questionId": "258", "text": "Passage 2 predicts the negative reactions that the findings discussed in Passage 1 might produce.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:40:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:40:27" }, { "id": "759", "questionId": "259", "text": "Computer-savvy children tend to demonstrate better hand-eye coordination than do their parents.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:41:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:41:39" }, { "id": "760", "questionId": "259", "text": "Those who criticize consumers of electronic media tend to overreact in their criticism.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:42:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:42:01" }, { "id": "761", "questionId": "259", "text": "Improved visual-spatial skills do not generalize to improved skills in other areas.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:42:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:42:22" }, { "id": "762", "questionId": "259", "text": "Internet users are unlikely to prefer reading onscreen text to reading actual books.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:42:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:42:43" }, { "id": "763", "questionId": "260", "text": "Lines 51-53 (\u0093Critics... brain\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:43:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:43:33" }, { "id": "764", "questionId": "260", "text": "Lines 54-56 (\u0093Yes... changes\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:43:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:43:47" }, { "id": "765", "questionId": "260", "text": "Lines 57-59 (\u0093But... experience\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:44:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:44:01" }, { "id": "766", "questionId": "260", "text": "Lines 83-84 (\u0093Media... consumes\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 00:44:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 00:44:19" }, { "id": "767", "questionId": "261", "text": "denied equal educational opportunities, which has kept them from reaching their potential.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:13:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:13:02" }, { "id": "768", "questionId": "261", "text": "prevented from exerting their positive influence on men, which has led to societal breakdown.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:13:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:13:29" }, { "id": "769", "questionId": "261", "text": "prevented from voting, which has resulted in poor candidates winning important elections.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:14:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:14:39" }, { "id": "770", "questionId": "261", "text": "blocked by men from serving as legislators, which has allowed the creation of unjust laws.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:15:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:15:02" }, { "id": "771", "questionId": "262", "text": "utter domination of women by men.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:15:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:15:48" }, { "id": "772", "questionId": "262", "text": "freewheeling spirit of the age.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:16:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:16:08" }, { "id": "773", "questionId": "262", "text": "scandalous decline in moral values.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:16:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:16:26" }, { "id": "774", "questionId": "262", "text": "growing power of women in society.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:17:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:17:00" }, { "id": "775", "questionId": "263", "text": "The control of society by men", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:17:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:17:54" }, { "id": "776", "questionId": "263", "text": "The spread of war and injustice", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:18:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:18:07" }, { "id": "777", "questionId": "263", "text": "The domination of domestic life by men", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:18:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:18:18" }, { "id": "778", "questionId": "263", "text": "The acknowledgment of women\u0092s true character", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:18:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:18:35" }, { "id": "779", "questionId": "264", "text": "Lines 3-7 (\u0093The male... death\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:19:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:19:56" }, { "id": "780", "questionId": "264", "text": "Lines 15-22 (\u0093The male... century\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:20:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:20:09" }, { "id": "781", "questionId": "264", "text": "Lines 22-25 (\u0093Society... home\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:20:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:20:21" }, { "id": "782", "questionId": "264", "text": "Lines 48-52 (\u0093[M]an... repression\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:20:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:20:34" }, { "id": "783", "questionId": "265", "text": "a general guideline.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:21:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:21:26" }, { "id": "784", "questionId": "265", "text": "a controlling force.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:21:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:21:41" }, { "id": "785", "questionId": "265", "text": "an established habit.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:21:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:21:54" }, { "id": "786", "questionId": "265", "text": "a procedural method.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:22:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:22:10" }, { "id": "787", "questionId": "266", "text": "praise women who fight for their long-denied rights.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:23:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:23:57" }, { "id": "788", "questionId": "266", "text": "identify women who demonstrate intellectual skill.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:24:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:24:12" }, { "id": "789", "questionId": "266", "text": "criticize women who enter male-dominated professions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:24:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:24:28" }, { "id": "790", "questionId": "266", "text": "condemn women who agitate for the vote for their sex.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:24:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:24:44" }, { "id": "791", "questionId": "267", "text": "superior.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:26:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:26:02" }, { "id": "792", "questionId": "267", "text": "excellent.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:26:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:26:16" }, { "id": "793", "questionId": "267", "text": "genuine.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:26:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:26:30" }, { "id": "794", "questionId": "267", "text": "rarest.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:26:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:26:43" }, { "id": "795", "questionId": "268", "text": "lament the problems they have created.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:27:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:27:31" }, { "id": "796", "questionId": "268", "text": "join the call for woman suffrage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:27:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:27:42" }, { "id": "797", "questionId": "268", "text": "consider women their social equals.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:27:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:27:53" }, { "id": "798", "questionId": "268", "text": "ask women how to improve civic life.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:28:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:28:18" }, { "id": "799", "questionId": "269", "text": "Lines 25-30 (\u0093No one... matters\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:29:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:29:12" }, { "id": "800", "questionId": "269", "text": "Lines 53-55 (\u0093And now... life\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:29:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:29:27" }, { "id": "801", "questionId": "269", "text": "Lines 56-60 (\u0093The need... action\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:29:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:29:39" }, { "id": "802", "questionId": "269", "text": "Lines 61-64 (\u0093We ask... nation\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:29:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:29:51" }, { "id": "803", "questionId": "270", "text": "men and women.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:30:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:30:37" }, { "id": "804", "questionId": "270", "text": "the spiritual world and the material world.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:30:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:30:50" }, { "id": "805", "questionId": "270", "text": "bad men and good men.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:30:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:30:59" }, { "id": "806", "questionId": "270", "text": "men and masculine traits.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:31:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:31:10" }, { "id": "807", "questionId": "271", "text": "explain how a scientific device is used.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:37:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:37:09" }, { "id": "808", "questionId": "271", "text": "note a common misconception about an event.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:37:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:37:23" }, { "id": "809", "questionId": "271", "text": "describe a natural phenomenon and address its importance.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:37:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:37:40" }, { "id": "810", "questionId": "271", "text": "present a recent study and summarize its findings.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:37:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:37:54" }, { "id": "811", "questionId": "272", "text": "control.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:45:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:45:13" }, { "id": "812", "questionId": "272", "text": "record.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:45:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:45:24" }, { "id": "813", "questionId": "272", "text": "secure.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:45:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:45:35" }, { "id": "814", "questionId": "272", "text": "absorb.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:45:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:45:48" }, { "id": "815", "questionId": "273", "text": "it will allow scientists to verify the maximum height of such waves.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:48:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:48:29" }, { "id": "816", "questionId": "273", "text": "it will allow researchers to shift their focus to improving the quality of satellite images.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:48:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:48:44" }, { "id": "817", "questionId": "273", "text": "the study of wave patterns will enable regions to predict and prevent coastal damage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:49:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:49:03" }, { "id": "818", "questionId": "273", "text": "the study of such waves will inform the development of key scientific models.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:49:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:49:22" }, { "id": "819", "questionId": "274", "text": "Lines 1-2 (\u0093Some... see\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:50:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:50:28" }, { "id": "820", "questionId": "274", "text": "Lines 4-6 (\u0093they... equipment\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:50:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:50:38" }, { "id": "821", "questionId": "274", "text": "Lines 17-19 (\u0093If... this\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:50:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:51:09" }, { "id": "822", "questionId": "274", "text": "Lines 24-26 (\u0093Internal... high\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:51:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:51:02" }, { "id": "823", "questionId": "275", "text": "create.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:56:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:56:28" }, { "id": "824", "questionId": "275", "text": "solve.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:56:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:56:45" }, { "id": "825", "questionId": "275", "text": "imagine.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:56:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:56:58" }, { "id": "826", "questionId": "275", "text": "begin.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 10:57:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 10:57:12" }, { "id": "827", "questionId": "276", "text": "reach approximately the same height even though the locations and depths of continental shelves vary.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:00:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:00:27" }, { "id": "828", "questionId": "276", "text": "may be caused by similar factors but are influenced by the distinct topographies of different regions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:00:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:01:09" }, { "id": "829", "questionId": "276", "text": "can be traced to inconsistencies in the tidal patterns of deep ocean water located near islands.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:01:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:01:04" }, { "id": "830", "questionId": "276", "text": "are generated by the movement of dense water over a relatively flat section 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"isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:03:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:03:51" }, { "id": "836", "questionId": "278", "text": "10\u00b0C", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:04:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:04:01" }, { "id": "837", "questionId": "278", "text": "11\u00b0C", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:04:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:04:09" }, { "id": "838", "questionId": "278", "text": "13\u00b0C", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:04:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:04:20" }, { "id": "839", "questionId": "279", "text": "Internal waves cause water of varying salinity to mix.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:05:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:05:13" }, { "id": "840", "questionId": "279", "text": "Internal waves push denser water above layers of less dense water.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:05:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:05:26" }, { "id": "841", "questionId": "279", "text": "Internal waves push bands of cold water above bands of warmer water.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:05:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:05:40" }, { "id": "842", "questionId": "279", "text": "Internal waves do not rise to break the ocean\u0092s surface.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:05:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:05:55" }, { "id": "843", "questionId": "280", "text": "It demonstrates that wave movement forces warmer water down to depths that typically are colder.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:06:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:06:50" }, { "id": "844", "questionId": "280", "text": "It reveals the degree to which an internal wave affects the density of deep layers of cold water.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:07:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:07:05" }, { "id": "845", "questionId": "280", "text": "It illustrates the change in surface temperature that takes place during an isolated series of deep waves.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:07:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:07:23" }, { "id": "846", "questionId": "280", "text": "It shows that multiple waves rising near the surface of the ocean disrupt the flow of normal tides.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-09 11:07:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-09 11:07:39" }, { "id": "847", "questionId": "281", "text": "5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:41:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:41:05" }, { "id": "848", "questionId": "281", "text": "6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:41:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:41:14" }, { "id": "849", "questionId": "281", "text": "7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:41:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:41:34" }, { "id": "850", "questionId": "281", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:41:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:41:39" }, { "id": "851", "questionId": "282", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:51:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:51:10" }, { "id": "852", "questionId": "282", "text": "reductions", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:51:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:51:26" }, { "id": "853", "questionId": "282", "text": "deducting", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:51:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:51:40" }, { "id": "854", "questionId": "282", "text": "deducts", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:52:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:52:14" }, { "id": "855", "questionId": "283", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:53:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:53:03" }, { "id": "856", "questionId": "283", "text": "Consequently,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:53:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:53:17" }, { "id": "857", "questionId": "283", "text": "Nevertheless,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:53:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:53:29" }, { "id": "858", "questionId": "283", "text": "Previously,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:53:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:53:42" }, { "id": "859", "questionId": "284", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:54:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:54:29" }, { "id": "860", "questionId": "284", "text": "have", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:54:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:54:46" }, { "id": "861", "questionId": "284", "text": "which have", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:54:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:54:55" }, { "id": "862", "questionId": "284", "text": "which has", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:55:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:55:07" }, { "id": "863", "questionId": "285", "text": "Yes, because it provides specific examples of the materials discussed in the sentence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:56:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:56:53" }, { "id": "864", "questionId": "285", "text": "Yes, because it illustrates the reason for the increase mentioned later in the sentence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:57:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:57:09" }, { "id": "865", "questionId": "285", "text": "No, because it interrupts the flow of the sentence by supplying irrelevant information.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:57:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:57:26" }, { "id": "866", "questionId": "285", "text": "No, because it weakens the focus of the passage by discussing a subject other than librarians.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:57:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:57:43" }, { "id": "867", "questionId": "286", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:58:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:58:25" }, { "id": "868", "questionId": "286", "text": "to be circulated by them.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:58:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:58:36" }, { "id": "869", "questionId": "286", "text": "for their circulating.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:58:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:58:47" }, { "id": "870", "questionId": "286", "text": "for circulation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:59:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:59:00" }, { "id": "871", "questionId": "287", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:59:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:59:31" }, { "id": "872", "questionId": "287", "text": "librarians cataloging,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:59:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:59:41" }, { "id": "873", "questionId": "287", "text": "to catalog,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 15:59:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 15:59:51" }, { "id": "874", "questionId": "287", "text": "cataloging,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:00:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:00:10" }, { "id": "875", "questionId": "288", "text": "In fact, librarians\u0092 training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods; many librarians teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy is taught by them.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:01:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:01:17" }, { "id": "876", "questionId": "288", "text": "In fact, many librarians, who\u0092s training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods, teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:01:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:01:55" }, { "id": "877", "questionId": "288", "text": "Training now includes courses on research and Internet search methods; many librarians, in fact, are teaching classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:02:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:02:23" }, { "id": "878", "questionId": "288", "text": "Including courses on research and Internet search methods in their training is, in fact, why many librarians teach classes in Internet navigation, database and software use, and digital information literacy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:04:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:04:15" }, { "id": "879", "questionId": "289", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:05:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:05:04" }, { "id": "880", "questionId": "289", "text": "and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:05:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:05:19" }, { "id": "881", "questionId": "289", "text": "for", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:05:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:05:32" }, { "id": "882", "questionId": "289", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:05:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:05:46" }, { "id": "883", "questionId": "290", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:06:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:06:41" }, { "id": "884", "questionId": "290", "text": "During periods of economic recession,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:07:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:07:00" }, { "id": "885", "questionId": "290", "text": "Although their value cannot be measured,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:07:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:07:22" }, { "id": "886", "questionId": "290", "text": "When it comes to the free services libraries provide,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:07:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:07:51" }, { "id": "887", "questionId": "291", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:08:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:08:36" }, { "id": "888", "questionId": "291", "text": "legal issues,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:08:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:08:55" }, { "id": "889", "questionId": "291", "text": "concerns related to law courts,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:09:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:09:15" }, { "id": "890", "questionId": "291", "text": "matters for the law courts,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:09:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:09:35" }, { "id": "891", "questionId": "292", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:10:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:10:29" }, { "id": "892", "questionId": "292", "text": "Although their roles have diminished significantly, librarians will continue to be employed by public libraries for the foreseeable future.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:10:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:10:50" }, { "id": "893", "questionId": "292", "text": "The growth of electronic information has led to a diversification of librarians\u0092 skills and services, positioning them as savvy resource specialists for patrons.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:11:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:11:11" }, { "id": "894", "questionId": "292", "text": "However, given their extensive training and skills, librarians who have been displaced by budget cuts have many other possible avenues of employment.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:11:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:11:32" }, { "id": "895", "questionId": "293", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:14:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:14:25" }, { "id": "896", "questionId": "293", "text": "For instance,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:14:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:14:49" }, { "id": "897", "questionId": "293", "text": "However,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:15:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:15:12" }, { "id": "898", "questionId": "293", "text": "Similarly,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:15:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:15:32" }, { "id": "899", "questionId": "294", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:16:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:16:51" }, { "id": "900", "questionId": "294", "text": "painter, Georges Seurat\u0092s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:17:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:17:05" }, { "id": "901", "questionId": "294", "text": "painter Georges Seurat\u0092s,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:17:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:17:19" }, { "id": "902", "questionId": "294", "text": "painter Georges Seurat\u0092s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:17:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:17:39" }, { "id": "903", "questionId": "295", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:18:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:18:12" }, { "id": "904", "questionId": "295", "text": "its tiniest;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:18:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:18:26" }, { "id": "905", "questionId": "295", "text": "its tiniest:", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:18:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:18:37" }, { "id": "906", "questionId": "295", "text": "it\u0092s tiniest,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:18:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:18:47" }, { "id": "907", "questionId": "296", "text": "Yes, because it provides historical context for the Thorne Miniature Rooms exhibit.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:19:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:19:52" }, { "id": "908", "questionId": "296", "text": "Yes, because it explains why salons are often ornately decorated.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:20:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:20:08" }, { "id": "909", "questionId": "296", "text": "No, because it interrupts the paragraph\u0092s description of the miniature salon.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:20:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:20:32" }, { "id": "910", "questionId": "296", "text": "No, because it implies that the interior designer of the salon had political motivations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:20:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:20:54" }, { "id": "911", "questionId": "297", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:21:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:21:36" }, { "id": "912", "questionId": "297", "text": "legs, the couch and chairs", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:21:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:21:47" }, { "id": "913", "questionId": "297", "text": "legs and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:21:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:22:22" }, { "id": "914", "questionId": "297", "text": "legs,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:22:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:22:10" }, { "id": "915", "questionId": "298", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:22:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:22:59" }, { "id": "916", "questionId": "298", "text": "a tea cup is about a quarter of an inch.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:23:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:23:14" }, { "id": "917", "questionId": "298", "text": "there are even tiny cushions on some.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:23:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:23:47" }, { "id": "918", "questionId": "298", "text": "household items are also on this scale.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:23:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:23:58" }, { "id": "919", "questionId": "299", "text": "furnished by their", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:24:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:24:58" }, { "id": "920", "questionId": "299", "text": "furnished, but their", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:25:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:25:54" }, { "id": "921", "questionId": "299", "text": "furnished: their", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:25:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:25:32" }, { "id": "922", "questionId": "299", "text": "furnished, whereas", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:25:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:25:49" }, { "id": "923", "questionId": "300", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:27:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:27:16" }, { "id": "924", "questionId": "300", "text": "a small table is under the third wall\u0092s window.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:28:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:28:02" }, { "id": "925", "questionId": "300", "text": "the third wall has a window and small table.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:28:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:28:14" }, { "id": "926", 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16:49:57" }, { "id": "946", "questionId": "305", "text": "even after sea otters were present for ten years or more, kelp density was still lower than sea urchin density", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:50:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:50:12" }, { "id": "947", "questionId": "306", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:50:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:50:56" }, { "id": "948", "questionId": "306", "text": "however,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:51:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:51:10" }, { "id": "949", "questionId": "306", "text": "hence,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:51:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:51:20" }, { "id": "950", "questionId": "306", "text": "likewise,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:51:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:51:34" }, { "id": "951", "questionId": "307", "text": "Yes, because it 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"2022-12-10 16:56:03" }, { "id": "961", "questionId": "309", "text": "overindulge on", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:56:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:56:16" }, { "id": "962", "questionId": "309", "text": "dispose of", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:56:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:56:30" }, { "id": "963", "questionId": "310", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:57:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:57:28" }, { "id": "964", "questionId": "310", "text": "they\u0092re", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:57:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:57:44" }, { "id": "965", "questionId": "310", "text": "its", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:57:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:58:17" }, { "id": "966", "questionId": "310", "text": "it\u0092s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:58:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:58:10" }, { "id": "967", "questionId": "311", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:59:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:59:17" }, { "id": "968", "questionId": "311", "text": "how large a role that it played", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:59:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:59:28" }, { "id": "969", "questionId": "311", "text": "how large a role sea otters played", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:59:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:59:39" }, { "id": "970", "questionId": "311", "text": "that they played such a large role", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 16:59:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 16:59:49" }, { "id": "971", "questionId": "312", "text": "After sentence 1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:01:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:01:03" }, { "id": "972", "questionId": "312", "text": "After sentence 3", 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17:17:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:17:11" }, { "id": "990", "questionId": "316", "text": "usefulness", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:17:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:17:24" }, { "id": "991", "questionId": "317", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:18:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:18:01" }, { "id": "992", "questionId": "317", "text": "egregious", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:18:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:18:12" }, { "id": "993", "questionId": "317", "text": "unmitigated", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:18:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:18:23" }, { "id": "994", "questionId": "317", "text": "stark", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:18:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:18:34" }, { "id": "995", "questionId": "318", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:19:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:19:22" }, { "id": "996", "questionId": "318", "text": "obsolete goods can become collectible items.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:19:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:19:33" }, { "id": "997", "questionId": "318", "text": "no one knows whether something will fall into disrepair again.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:19:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:19:49" }, { "id": "998", "questionId": "318", "text": "new designs often have \u0093bugs\u0094 that must be worked out.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:20:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:20:06" }, { "id": "999", "questionId": "319", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:20:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-10 17:20:58" }, { "id": "1000", "questionId": "319", "text": "fair than", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-10 17:21:10", "lastUpdated": 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"questionId": "326", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 00:45:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 00:45:05" }, { "id": "1029", "questionId": "326", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 00:45:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 00:45:12" }, { "id": "1030", "questionId": "326", "text": "10", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 00:45:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 00:45:18" }, { "id": "1031", "questionId": "327", "text": "20mp", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 00:47:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 01:06:47" }, { "id": "1032", "questionId": "327", "text": "5m+4p", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 00:47:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 01:06:44" }, { "id": "1033", "questionId": "327", "text": "4m+5p", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 00:48:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 01:06:40" }, { "id": "1034", "questionId": "330", "text": "14.3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 01:04:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 01:06:23" }, { "id": "1035", "questionId": "330", "text": "9.5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 01:04:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 01:06:21" }, { "id": "1036", "questionId": "330", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 01:04:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 01:06:12" }, { "id": "1037", "questionId": "330", "text": "5.7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 01:04:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 01:06:16" }, { "id": "1038", "questionId": "327", "text": "9mp", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 01:07:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 01:07:04" }, { "id": "1039", "questionId": "331", "text": "-1-6i", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 14:46:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 14:47:04" }, { "id": "1040", "questionId": "331", "text": "-1+12i", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 14:47:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 14:48:40" }, { "id": "1041", "questionId": "331", "text": "15+12i", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 14:48:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 14:48:44" }, { "id": "1042", "questionId": "331", "text": "15-6i", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 14:49:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 14:49:27" }, { "id": "1043", "questionId": "332", "text": "Kathy repairs phones at a rate of 108 per day", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 14:54:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 14:54:27" }, { "id": "1044", "questionId": "332", "text": "Kathy will complete the repairs within 108 days", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 14:55:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 14:55:05" }, { "id": "1045", "questionId": "332", "text": "Kathy starts each week with 108 phones to fix", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 14:55:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 14:55:40" }, { "id": "1046", "questionId": "332", "text": "Kathy repairs phones at a rate of 108 per hour", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 14:56:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 14:56:06" }, { "id": "1047", "questionId": "333", "text": "4x\u00b2y\u00b2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 15:10:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 15:11:04" }, { "id": "1048", "questionId": "333", "text": "2x\u00b2 + 2xy\u00b2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 15:11:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 15:11:33" }, { "id": "1049", "questionId": "333", "text": "8xy\u00b2 - 6y\u00b2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 15:12:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 15:12:05" }, { "id": "1050", "questionId": "333", "text": "2x\u00b2y + 8xy\u00b2 - 6y\u00b2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-11 15:12:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-11 15:12:46" }, { "id": "1051", "questionId": "336", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/a8094d75763a807d0003de9fb50b73eead60f54b.jpg", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:04:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:04:44" }, { "id": "1052", "questionId": "336", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/c3404170e15687c2a25c500294ffc33ad80c44aa.jpg", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:07:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:07:20" }, { "id": "1053", "questionId": "336", "text": "P= (r\/1,200)m", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/978e0b78b29679ed84d2956e5813ddfcde99d06e.jpg", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:07:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:08:38" }, { "id": "1054", "questionId": "336", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/80072c0f7461080eafab346bbfb185a95df11659.jpg", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:09:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:09:40" }, { "id": "1055", "questionId": "337", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:13:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:13:27" }, { "id": "1056", "questionId": "337", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:13:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:13:25" }, { "id": "1057", "questionId": "337", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:13:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:13:23" }, { "id": "1058", "questionId": "337", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:13:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:13:21" }, { "id": "1059", "questionId": "338", "text": "(3,-8)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:15:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:15:51" }, { "id": "1060", "questionId": "338", "text": "(-5,-2)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:16:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:16:06" }, { "id": "1061", "questionId": "338", "text": "(4,-6)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:16:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:16:33" }, { "id": "1062", "questionId": "339", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:26:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:26:15" }, { "id": "1063", "questionId": "339", "text": "-1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:26:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:26:21" }, { "id": "1064", "questionId": "339", "text": "-8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:26:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:26:25" }, { "id": "1065", "questionId": "339", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:26:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:26:29" }, { "id": "1066", "questionId": "340", "text": "$2.60", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:29:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:29:00" }, { "id": "1067", "questionId": "340", "text": "$2.85", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:29:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:29:11" }, { "id": "1068", "questionId": "340", "text": "$3.35", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:29:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:29:25" }, { "id": "1069", "questionId": "340", "text": "$2.95", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:29:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:29:36" }, { "id": "1070", "questionId": "341", "text": "(0,7)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:31:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:31:10" }, { "id": "1071", "questionId": "341", "text": "(1,7)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:31:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:31:19" }, { "id": "1072", "questionId": "341", "text": "(14,2)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:31:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:31:33" }, { "id": "1073", "questionId": "341", "text": "(7,7)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:31:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:31:44" }, { "id": "1074", "questionId": "342", "text": "x\u00b2+5x+6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:37:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:37:28" }, { "id": "1075", "questionId": "342", "text": "2x+5\/x\u00b2+5x+6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:37:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:37:56" }, { "id": "1076", "questionId": "342", "text": "2x+5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:38:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:38:10" }, { "id": "1077", "questionId": "342", "text": "x\u00b2+5x+6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:38:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:38:32" }, { "id": "1078", "questionId": "343", "text": "2^12", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:41:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:41:03" }, { "id": "1079", "questionId": "343", "text": "4?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:41:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:41:12" }, { "id": "1080", "questionId": "343", "text": "8\u00b2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:41:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:41:20" }, { "id": "1081", "questionId": "343", "text": "14.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:41:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:41:33" }, { "id": "1082", "questionId": "343", "text": "", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:41:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:41:34" }, { "id": "1083", "questionId": "343", "text": "The value cannot be determined from the information given.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:42:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:42:27" }, { "id": "1084", "questionId": "344", "text": "31 and 41", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:45:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:45:01" }, { "id": "1085", "questionId": "344", "text": "3 and 5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:45:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:45:14" }, { "id": "1086", "questionId": "344", "text": "6 and 35", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:45:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:45:26" }, { "id": "1087", "questionId": "344", "text": "10 and 21", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-13 17:45:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-13 17:45:33" }, { "id": "1088", "questionId": "348", "text": "A woman weighs the positive and negative aspects of accepting a new job.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:00:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:00:21" }, { "id": "1089", "questionId": "348", "text": "A woman does not correct a stranger who mistakes her for someone else.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:00:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:00:37" }, { "id": "1090", "questionId": "348", "text": "A woman impersonates someone else to seek revenge on an acquaintance.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:00:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:00:52" }, { "id": "1091", "questionId": "348", "text": "A woman takes an immediate dislike to her new employer.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:01:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:01:33" }, { "id": "1092", "questionId": "349", "text": "slight movement.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:02:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:02:41" }, { "id": "1093", "questionId": "349", "text": "change in rotation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:02:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:02:51" }, { "id": "1094", "questionId": "349", "text": "short walk.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:03:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:03:06" }, { "id": "1095", "questionId": "349", "text": "course correction.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:03:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:03:15" }, { "id": "1096", "questionId": "350", "text": "outspoken.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:04:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:04:07" }, { "id": "1097", "questionId": "350", "text": "tactful.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:04:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:04:17" }, { "id": "1098", "questionId": "350", "text": "ambitious.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:04:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:04:29" }, { "id": "1099", "questionId": "350", "text": "unfriendly.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:04:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:04:40" }, { "id": "1100", "questionId": "351", "text": "Lines 10-14 (\u0093Certain... business\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:05:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:05:43" }, { "id": "1101", "questionId": "351", "text": "Lines 22-23 (\u0093It is... lady\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:05:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:05:53" }, { "id": "1102", "questionId": "351", "text": "Lines 23-26 (\u0093On this... her\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:06:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:06:02" }, { "id": "1103", "questionId": "351", "text": "Lines 30-32 (\u0093She... train\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:06:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:06:11" }, { "id": "1104", "questionId": "352", "text": "foreshadow her capacity for deception.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:07:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:07:40" }, { "id": "1105", "questionId": "352", "text": "illustrate the subtle cruelty in her nature.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:07:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:07:50" }, { "id": "1106", "questionId": "352", "text": "provide a humorous insight into her character.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:08:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:08:03" }, { "id": "1107", "questionId": "352", "text": "explain a surprising change in her behavior.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:08:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:08:14" }, { "id": "1108", "questionId": "353", "text": "responsibility.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:09:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:09:06" }, { "id": "1109", "questionId": "353", "text": "attack.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:09:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:09:15" }, { "id": "1110", "questionId": "353", "text": "fee.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:09:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:09:24" }, { "id": "1111", "questionId": "353", "text": "expense.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:09:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:09:32" }, { "id": "1112", "questionId": "354", "text": "similar to many of their peers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:10:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:10:32" }, { "id": "1113", "questionId": "354", "text": "unusually creative and intelligent.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:10:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:10:44" }, { "id": "1114", "questionId": "354", "text": "hostile to the idea of a governess.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:10:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:10:54" }, { "id": "1115", "questionId": "354", "text": "more educated than others of their age.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:11:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:11:04" }, { "id": "1116", "questionId": "355", "text": "traditional values.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:11:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:11:58" }, { "id": "1117", "questionId": "355", "text": "active engagement.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:12:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:12:09" }, { "id": "1118", "questionId": "355", "text": "artistic experimentation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:12:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:12:18" }, { "id": "1119", "questionId": "355", "text": "factual retention.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:12:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:12:26" }, { "id": "1120", "questionId": "356", "text": "superficially kind but actually selfish.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:13:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:13:13" }, { "id": "1121", "questionId": "356", "text": "outwardly imposing but easily defied.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:13:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:13:25" }, { "id": "1122", "questionId": "356", "text": "socially successful but irrationally bitter.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:13:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:13:36" }, { "id": "1123", "questionId": "356", "text": "naturally generous but frequently imprudent.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:13:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:13:47" }, { "id": "1124", "questionId": "357", "text": "Lines 49-50 (\u0093How... careless\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:14:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:14:43" }, { "id": "1125", "questionId": "357", "text": "Lines 62-68 (\u0093I wish... memory\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:14:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:14:53" }, { "id": "1126", "questionId": "357", "text": "Lines 70-73 (\u0093I shall... Russian\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:15:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:15:12" }, { "id": "1127", "questionId": "357", "text": "Lines 77-82 (\u0093She was... apologetic\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:15:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:15:28" }, { "id": "1128", "questionId": "358", "text": "It acknowledges that a practice favored by the author of the passage has some limitations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:20:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:20:18" }, { "id": "1129", "questionId": "358", "text": "It illustrates with detail the arguments made in the first two paragraphs of the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:20:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:20:48" }, { "id": "1130", "questionId": "358", "text": "It gives an overview of a problem that has not been sufficiently addressed by the experts mentioned in the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:21:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:21:06" }, { "id": "1131", "questionId": "358", "text": "It advocates for abandoning a practice for which the passage as a whole provides mostly favorable data.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:21:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:21:39" }, { "id": "1132", "questionId": "359", "text": "Environmental impact", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:23:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:23:04" }, { "id": "1133", "questionId": "359", "text": "Convenience", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:23:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:23:14" }, { "id": "1134", "questionId": "359", "text": "Speed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:23:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:23:34" }, { "id": "1135", "questionId": "359", "text": "Cost", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:23:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:23:47" }, { "id": "1136", "questionId": "360", "text": "Lines 5-9 (\u0093In... automobile\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:25:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:25:07" }, { "id": "1137", "questionId": "360", "text": "Lines 20-24 (\u0093And... car\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:25:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:25:18" }, { "id": "1138", "questionId": "360", "text": "Lines 24-26 (\u0093In... experience\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:25:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:25:27" }, { "id": "1139", "questionId": "360", "text": "Lines 32-34 (\u0093Hopping... quickly\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:25:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:25:38" }, { "id": "1140", "questionId": "361", "text": "European countries excel at public transportation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:26:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:26:59" }, { "id": "1141", "questionId": "361", "text": "some public transportation systems are superior to travel by private automobile.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:27:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:27:17" }, { "id": "1142", "questionId": "361", "text": "Americans should mimic foreign public transportation systems when possible.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:27:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:27:35" }, { "id": "1143", "questionId": "361", "text": "much international public transportation is engineered for passengers to work while on board.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:27:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:27:56" }, { "id": "1144", "questionId": "362", "text": "Line 35 (\u0093It... this\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:29:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:29:25" }, { "id": "1145", "questionId": "362", "text": "Lines 35-37 (\u0093Done... automobile\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:29:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:29:38" }, { "id": "1146", "questionId": "362", "text": "Lines 37-40 (\u0093In... sound\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:29:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:29:48" }, { "id": "1147", "questionId": "362", "text": "Lines 44-48 (\u0093From... cities\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:29:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:29:58" }, { "id": "1148", "questionId": "363", "text": "endow.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:30:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:30:56" }, { "id": "1149", "questionId": "363", "text": "attribute.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:31:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:31:14" }, { "id": "1150", "questionId": "363", "text": "believe.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:31:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:31:24" }, { "id": "1151", "questionId": "363", "text": "honor.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:31:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:31:35" }, { "id": "1152", "questionId": "364", "text": "indulge.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:33:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:33:04" }, { "id": "1153", "questionId": "364", "text": "prefer.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:33:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:33:18" }, { "id": "1154", "questionId": "364", "text": "resemble.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:33:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:33:30" }, { "id": "1155", "questionId": "364", "text": "serve.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:33:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:33:39" }, { "id": "1156", "questionId": "365", "text": "Lines 59-63 (\u0093The... subways\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:35:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:35:28" }, { "id": "1157", "questionId": "365", "text": "Lines 63-67 (\u0093Part... annoyances\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:35:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:35:42" }, { "id": "1158", "questionId": "365", "text": "Lines 68-70 (\u0093Even... ago\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:35:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:35:55" }, { "id": "1159", "questionId": "365", "text": "Lines 77-81 (\u0093Already... homes\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:36:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:36:11" }, { "id": "1160", "questionId": "366", "text": "The number of students using public transportation is greater than the number of retirees using public transportation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:37:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:37:35" }, { "id": "1161", "questionId": "366", "text": "The number of employed people using public transportation and the number of unemployed people using public transportation is roughly the same.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:38:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:38:00" }, { "id": "1162", "questionId": "366", "text": "People employed outside the home are less likely to use public transportation than are homemakers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:38:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:38:20" }, { "id": "1163", "questionId": "366", "text": "Unemployed people use public transportation less often than do people employed outside the home.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:38:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:38:53" }, { "id": "1164", "questionId": "367", "text": "are employed outside the home and take public transportation to work.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:40:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:40:32" }, { "id": "1165", "questionId": "367", "text": "are employed outside the home but take public transportation primarily in order to run errands.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:40:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:40:51" }, { "id": "1166", "questionId": "367", "text": "use public transportation during the week but use their private cars on weekends.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:41:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:41:11" }, { "id": "1167", "questionId": "367", "text": "use public transportation only until they are able to afford to buy a car.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 00:41:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 00:41:32" }, { "id": "1168", "questionId": "368", "text": "An experiment is proposed but proves unworkable; a less ambitious experiment is attempted, and it yields data that give rise to a new set of questions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:04:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:04:39" }, { "id": "1169", "questionId": "368", "text": "A new discovery leads to reconsideration of a theory; a classic study is adapted, and the results are summarized.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:04:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:04:49" }, { "id": "1170", "questionId": "368", "text": "An anomaly is observed and simulated experimentally; the results are compared with previous findings, and a novel hypothesis is proposed.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:05:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:05:13" }, { "id": "1171", "questionId": "368", "text": "An unexpected finding arises during the early phase of a study; the study is modified in response to this finding, and the results are interpreted and evaluated.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:05:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:05:37" }, { "id": "1172", "questionId": "369", "text": "dared.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:06:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:06:58" }, { "id": "1173", "questionId": "369", "text": "required.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:06:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:06:55" }, { "id": "1174", "questionId": "369", "text": "disputed with.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:07:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:07:11" }, { "id": "1175", "questionId": "369", "text": "competed with.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:07:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:07:25" }, { "id": "1176", "questionId": "370", "text": "The acquisition of flight in young bird\u0092s sheds light on the acquisition of flight in their evolutionary ancestors.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:08:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:08:51" }, { "id": "1177", "questionId": "370", "text": "The tendency of certain young birds to jump erratically is a somewhat recent evolved behavior.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:09:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:09:09" }, { "id": "1178", "questionId": "370", "text": "Young birds in a controlled research setting are less likely than birds in the wild to require perches when at rest.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:09:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:09:29" }, { "id": "1179", "questionId": "370", "text": "Ground-dwelling and tree-climbing predecessors to birds evolved in parallel.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:09:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:09:43" }, { "id": "1180", "questionId": "371", "text": "Lines 1-4 (\u0093At field... parents\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:10:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:10:42" }, { "id": "1181", "questionId": "371", "text": "Lines 6-11 (\u0093So when... fly\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:10:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:10:55" }, { "id": "1182", "questionId": "371", "text": "Lines 16-19 (\u0093When... measured\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:11:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:11:14" }, { "id": "1183", "questionId": "371", "text": "Lines 23-24 (\u0093At first... the ground\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:11:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:11:26" }, { "id": "1184", "questionId": "372", "text": "reveal Ken Dial\u0092s motivation for undertaking his project.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:12:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:12:28" }, { "id": "1185", "questionId": "372", "text": "underscore certain differences between laboratory and field research.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:12:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:12:50" }, { "id": "1186", "questionId": "372", "text": "show how an unanticipated piece of information influenced Ken Dial\u0092s research.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:13:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:13:07" }, { "id": "1187", "questionId": "372", "text": "introduce a key contributor to the tree-down theory.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:13:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:13:26" }, { "id": "1188", "questionId": "373", "text": "tried to train the birds to fly to their perches.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:14:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:14:11" }, { "id": "1189", "questionId": "373", "text": "studied videos to determine why the birds no longer hopped.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:14:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:14:33" }, { "id": "1190", "questionId": "373", "text": "observed how the birds dealt with gradually steeper inclines.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:14:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:14:54" }, { "id": "1191", "questionId": "373", "text": "consulted with other researchers who had studied Chukar Partridges.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:15:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:15:13" }, { "id": "1192", "questionId": "374", "text": "The speed with which they climbed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:16:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:16:20" }, { "id": "1193", "questionId": "374", "text": "The position of their flapping wings", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:16:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:16:37" }, { "id": "1194", "questionId": "374", "text": "The alternation of wing and foot movement", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:16:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:16:48" }, { "id": "1195", "questionId": "374", "text": "Their continual hopping motions", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:16:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:16:59" }, { "id": "1196", "questionId": "375", "text": "portray.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:18:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:18:03" }, { "id": "1197", "questionId": "375", "text": "record.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:18:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:18:33" }, { "id": "1198", "questionId": "375", "text": "publish.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:18:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:18:26" }, { "id": "1199", "questionId": "375", "text": "process.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:18:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:18:44" }, { "id": "1200", "questionId": "376", "text": "Their young tend to hop along beside their parents instead of flying beside them.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:19:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:19:41" }, { "id": "1201", "questionId": "376", "text": "Their method of locomotion is similar to that of ground birds.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:20:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:20:00" }, { "id": "1202", "questionId": "376", "text": "They use the ground for feeding more often than for perching.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:20:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:20:21" }, { "id": "1203", "questionId": "376", "text": "They do not use a flapping stroke to aid in climbing slopes.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:20:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:20:44" }, { "id": "1204", "questionId": "377", "text": "Lines 4-6 (\u0093They jumped... air\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:21:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:21:41" }, { "id": "1205", "questionId": "377", "text": "Lines 28-29 (\u0093They really... traveling\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:21:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:21:53" }, { "id": "1206", "questionId": "377", "text": "Lines 57-59 (\u0093The birds... slopes\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:22:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:22:02" }, { "id": "1207", "questionId": "377", "text": "Lines 72-74 (\u0093something... theory\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 01:22:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 01:22:13" }, { "id": "1208", "questionId": "378", "text": "average.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:50:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:50:55" }, { "id": "1209", "questionId": "378", "text": "shared.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:51:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:51:41" }, { "id": "1210", "questionId": "378", "text": "coarse.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:51:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:51:23" }, { "id": "1211", "questionId": "378", "text": "similar.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:51:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:51:33" }, { "id": "1212", "questionId": "379", "text": "are rewarding for men as well as for women.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:53:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:53:03" }, { "id": "1213", "questionId": "379", "text": "yield less value for society than do the roles performed by men.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:53:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:53:17" }, { "id": "1214", "questionId": "379", "text": "entail very few activities that are difficult or unpleasant.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:53:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:53:32" }, { "id": "1215", "questionId": "379", "text": "require skills similar to those needed to run a country or a business.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:53:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:53:49" }, { "id": "1216", "questionId": "380", "text": "Lines 4-6 (\u0093they are... representation\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:54:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:54:42" }, { "id": "1217", "questionId": "380", "text": "Lines 13-17 (\u0093If the... sanction\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:54:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:54:55" }, { "id": "1218", "questionId": "380", "text": "Lines 25-30 (\u0093Is it... home\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:55:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:55:07" }, { "id": "1219", "questionId": "380", "text": "Lines 30-35 (\u0093And... manner\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:55:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:55:20" }, { "id": "1220", "questionId": "381", "text": "enjoy personal happiness and financial security.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:56:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:56:13" }, { "id": "1221", "questionId": "381", "text": "follow all currently prescribed social rules.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:56:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:56:23" }, { "id": "1222", "questionId": "381", "text": "replace men as figures of power and authority.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:56:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:56:35" }, { "id": "1223", "questionId": "381", "text": "receive an education comparable to that of men.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:56:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:56:48" }, { "id": "1224", "questionId": "382", "text": "motive.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:57:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:57:52" }, { "id": "1225", "questionId": "382", "text": "sanity.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:58:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:58:03" }, { "id": "1226", "questionId": "382", "text": "intellect.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:58:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:58:30" }, { "id": "1227", "questionId": "382", "text": "explanation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:58:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:58:24" }, { "id": "1228", "questionId": "383", "text": "privileged one gender over the other.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:59:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:59:17" }, { "id": "1229", "questionId": "383", "text": "resulted in a general reduction in individual virtue.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 11:59:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 11:59:34" }, { "id": "1230", "questionId": "383", "text": "caused arguments about the nature of happiness.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:00:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:00:01" }, { "id": "1231", "questionId": "383", "text": "ensured equality for all people.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:00:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:00:14" }, { "id": "1232", "questionId": "384", "text": "Lines 41-45 (\u0093Contending... virtue\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:01:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:01:06" }, { "id": "1233", "questionId": "384", "text": "Lines 45-47 (\u0093truth... practice\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:01:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:01:21" }, { "id": "1234", "questionId": "384", "text": "Lines 65-66 (\u0093If so... rest\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:01:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:01:31" }, { "id": "1235", "questionId": "384", "text": "Lines 72-75 (\u0093Consider... happiness\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:01:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:01:49" }, { "id": "1236", "questionId": "385", "text": "call into question the qualifications of the authors of Passage 1 regarding gender issues.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:02:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:02:41" }, { "id": "1237", "questionId": "385", "text": "dispute the assertion made about women in the first sentence of Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:02:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:02:57" }, { "id": "1238", "questionId": "385", "text": "develop her argument by highlighting what she sees as flawed reasoning in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:03:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:03:20" }, { "id": "1239", "questionId": "385", "text": "validate the concluding declarations made by the authors of Passage 1 about gender roles.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:03:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:03:36" }, { "id": "1240", "questionId": "386", "text": "Passage 2 strongly challenges the point of view in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:04:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:04:37" }, { "id": "1241", "questionId": "386", "text": "Passage 2 draws alternative conclusions from the evidence presented in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:04:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:04:54" }, { "id": "1242", "questionId": "386", "text": "Passage 2 elaborates on the proposal presented in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:05:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:05:10" }, { "id": "1243", "questionId": "386", "text": "Passage 2 restates in different terms the argument presented in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:05:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:05:30" }, { "id": "1244", "questionId": "387", "text": "Their natural preferences were the same as those of men.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:06:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:06:37" }, { "id": "1245", "questionId": "387", "text": "They needed a good education to be successful in society.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:06:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:06:50" }, { "id": "1246", "questionId": "387", "text": "They were just as happy in life as men were.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:07:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:07:01" }, { "id": "1247", "questionId": "387", "text": "They generally enjoyed fewer rights than men did.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:07:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:07:18" }, { "id": "1248", "questionId": "388", "text": "Women are not naturally suited for the exercise of civil and political rights.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:08:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:08:21" }, { "id": "1249", "questionId": "388", "text": "Men and women possess similar degrees of reasoning ability.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:08:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:08:36" }, { "id": "1250", "questionId": "388", "text": "Women do not need to remain confined to their traditional family duties.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:08:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:08:57" }, { "id": "1251", "questionId": "388", "text": "The principles of natural law should not be invoked when considering gender roles.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:09:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:09:19" }, { "id": "1252", "questionId": "389", "text": "They create an optimistic tone that makes clear the authors are hopeful about the effects of their research on colony collapse disorder.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:16:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:16:34" }, { "id": "1253", "questionId": "389", "text": "They create a dubious tone that makes clear the authors do not have confidence in the usefulness of the research described.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:16:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:16:55" }, { "id": "1254", "questionId": "389", "text": "They create a tentative tone that makes clear the authors suspect but do not know that their hypothesis is correct", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:17:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:17:17" }, { "id": "1255", "questionId": "389", "text": "They create a critical tone that makes clear the authors are skeptical of claims that pyrethrums are inherent in mono-crops.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:17:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:17:34" }, { "id": "1256", "questionId": "390", "text": "Honeybees that are exposed to both pyrethrums and mites are likely to develop a secondary infection by a virus, a bacterium, or a fungus.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:18:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:18:53" }, { "id": "1257", "questionId": "390", "text": "Beekeepers who feed their honeybee colonies a diet of a single crop need to increase the use of insecticides to prevent mite infestations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:19:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:19:13" }, { "id": "1258", "questionId": "390", "text": "A honeybee diet that includes pyrethrums results in honeybee colonies that are more resistant to mite infestations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:19:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:20:15" }, { "id": "1259", "questionId": "390", "text": "Humans are more susceptible to varroa mites as a result of consuming nutritionally deficient food crops.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:19:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:19:58" }, { "id": "1260", "questionId": "391", "text": "Lines 3-5 (\u0093These mites... viruses\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:21:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:21:40" }, { "id": "1261", "questionId": "391", "text": "Lines 16-18 (\u0093In fact... cream\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:21:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:21:53" }, { "id": "1262", "questionId": "391", "text": "Lines 19-21 (\u0093We suspect... deficient\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:22:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:22:06" }, { "id": "1263", "questionId": "391", "text": "Lines 24-28 (\u0093Without... bees\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:22:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:22:23" }, { "id": "1264", "questionId": "392", "text": "They increase certain mite populations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:24:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:24:01" }, { "id": "1265", "questionId": "392", "text": "They kill some beneficial forms of bacteria.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:24:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:24:17" }, { "id": "1266", "questionId": "392", "text": "They destroy bees\u0092 primary food source.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:24:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:24:46" }, { "id": "1267", "questionId": "392", "text": "They further harm the health of some bees.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:25:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:25:08" }, { "id": "1268", "questionId": "393", "text": "Lines 1-2 (\u0093Honey bees... mites\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:26:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:26:12" }, { "id": "1269", "questionId": "393", "text": "Lines 6-7 (\u0093Little... control\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:26:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:26:25" }, { "id": "1270", "questionId": "393", "text": "Lines 31-35 (\u0093In addition... infestation\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:26:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:26:41" }, { "id": "1271", "questionId": "393", "text": "Lines 47-50 (\u0093Mites... control colonies\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:26:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:26:52" }, { "id": "1272", "questionId": "394", "text": "make an unfounded assumption.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:28:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:28:11" }, { "id": "1273", "questionId": "394", "text": "put forth an idea or claim.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:28:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:28:54" }, { "id": "1274", "questionId": "394", "text": "question a belief or theory.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:28:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:28:34" }, { "id": "1275", "questionId": "394", "text": "conclude based on firm evidence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:28:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:28:50" }, { "id": "1276", "questionId": "395", "text": "summarize the results of an experiment that confirmed the authors\u0092 hypothesis about the role of clover in the diets of wild-type honeybees.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:30:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:30:16" }, { "id": "1277", "questionId": "395", "text": "propose an experiment to investigate how different diets affect commercial honeybee colonies\u0092 susceptibility to mite infestations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:30:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:30:39" }, { "id": "1278", "questionId": "395", "text": "provide a comparative nutritional analysis of the honey produced by the experimental colonies and by the control colonies.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:31:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:31:00" }, { "id": "1279", "questionId": "395", "text": "predict the most likely outcome of an unfinished experiment summarized in the third paragraph (lines 19-41).", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:31:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:31:19" }, { "id": "1280", "questionId": "396", "text": "do not produce pyrethrums.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:33:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:33:04" }, { "id": "1281", "questionId": "396", "text": "are members of the Chrysanthemum genus.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:33:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:33:16" }, { "id": "1282", "questionId": "396", "text": "are usually located near wild-type honeybee colonies.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:33:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:33:39" }, { "id": "1283", "questionId": "396", "text": "will not be a good food source for honeybees in the control colonies.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:34:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:34:03" }, { "id": "1284", "questionId": "397", "text": "0 percent", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:35:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:35:01" }, { "id": "1285", "questionId": "397", "text": "77 percent", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:35:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:35:11" }, { "id": "1286", "questionId": "397", "text": "83 percent", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:35:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:35:26" }, { "id": "1287", "questionId": "397", "text": "100 percent", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:35:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:35:48" }, { "id": "1288", "questionId": "398", "text": "IAPV", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:37:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:37:24" }, { "id": "1289", "questionId": "398", "text": "KBV", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:37:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:37:35" }, { "id": "1290", "questionId": "398", "text": "Nosema apis", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:37:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:37:47" }, { "id": "1291", "questionId": "398", "text": "Nosema ceranae", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:37:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:37:58" }, { "id": "1292", "questionId": "399", "text": "Yes, because the data provide evidence that infection with a pathogen caused the colonies to undergo colony collapse disorder.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:38:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:38:50" }, { "id": "1293", "questionId": "399", "text": "Yes, because for each pathogen, the percent of colonies infected is greater for colonies with colony collapse disorder than for colonies without colony collapse disorder.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:39:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:39:14" }, { "id": "1294", "questionId": "399", "text": "No, because the data do not provide evidence about bacteria as a cause of colony collapse disorder.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:39:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:39:35" }, { "id": "1295", "questionId": "399", "text": "No, because the data do not indicate whether the honeybees had been infected with mites.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 12:39:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 12:39:56" }, { "id": "1296", "questionId": "400", "text": "Between 40 and 60 minutes", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:28:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:28:14" }, { "id": "1297", "questionId": "400", "text": "Between 0 and 30 minutes", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:31:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:31:03" }, { "id": "1298", "questionId": "400", "text": "Between 50 and 65 minutes", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:32:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:32:21" }, { "id": "1299", "questionId": "400", "text": "Between 70 and 90 minutes", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:32:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:32:37" }, { "id": "1300", "questionId": "401", "text": "6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:36:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:36:55" }, { "id": "1301", "questionId": "401", "text": "15", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:37:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:37:04" }, { "id": "1302", "questionId": "401", "text": "20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:37:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:37:18" }, { "id": "1303", "questionId": "401", "text": "23", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:37:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:37:13" }, { "id": "1304", "questionId": "402", "text": "145\u00b0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:41:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:41:36" }, { "id": "1305", "questionId": "402", "text": "35\u00b0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:41:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:41:52" }, { "id": "1306", "questionId": "402", "text": "55\u00b0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:41:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:41:56" }, { "id": "1307", "questionId": "402", "text": "70\u00b0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 14:42:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 14:42:01" }, { "id": "1308", "questionId": "403", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:55:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 21:55:05" }, { "id": "1309", "questionId": "403", "text": "healthy, and more", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:55:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 21:55:24" }, { "id": "1310", "questionId": "403", "text": "healthier, and they are", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:55:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 21:55:41" }, { "id": "1311", "questionId": "403", "text": "healthier, being more", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:56:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 21:56:01" }, { "id": "1312", "questionId": "404", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:57:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 21:57:25" }, { "id": "1313", "questionId": "404", "text": "that affords them adequate amounts of natural light.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:57:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 21:57:45" }, { "id": "1314", "questionId": "404", "text": "that is thoroughly sealed to prevent energy loss.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:57:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 21:57:58" }, { "id": "1315", "questionId": "404", "text": "in which they feel comfortable asking managers for special accommodations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 21:58:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 21:58:21" }, { "id": "1316", "questionId": "405", "text": "Yes, because it supplies 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"lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:10:15" }, { "id": "1335", "questionId": "409", "text": "Artificial lights, which lower worker productivity and are costly, typically constitute anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of a building\u0092s energy use.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:10:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:10:37" }, { "id": "1336", "questionId": "410", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:11:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:11:24" }, { "id": "1337", "questionId": "410", "text": "every year.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:11:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:11:36" }, { "id": "1338", "questionId": "410", "text": "per year.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:11:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:11:46" }, { "id": "1339", "questionId": "410", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion and end the sentence with a period.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", 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"He had lived in New York and New Orleans, so", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:29:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:29:04" }, { "id": "1358", "questionId": "415", "text": "To capitalize on the demand for good food,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:29:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:29:25" }, { "id": "1359", "questionId": "415", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:29:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:29:39" }, { "id": "1360", "questionId": "416", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:30:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:30:22" }, { "id": "1361", "questionId": "416", "text": "entrepreneur:", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:30:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:30:42" }, { "id": "1362", "questionId": "416", "text": "entrepreneur; he", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": 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"lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:31:56" }, { "id": "1369", "questionId": "418", "text": "were unique for their", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:32:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:32:09" }, { "id": "1370", "questionId": "418", "text": "was unique for their", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:32:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:32:20" }, { "id": "1371", "questionId": "418", "text": "were unique for its", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:32:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:32:31" }, { "id": "1372", "questionId": "420", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:33:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:33:22" }, { "id": "1373", "questionId": "419", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/22fd92855c298c29efa6159c176f715cc050f387.jpg", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:33:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:33:23" }, { "id": "1374", "questionId": "420", "text": "surly", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:33:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:33:38" }, { "id": "1375", "questionId": "420", "text": "abysmal", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:33:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:33:55" }, { "id": "1376", "questionId": "420", "text": "icky", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:34:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:34:10" }, { "id": "1377", "questionId": "419", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/a321019d97e71640dcb5096c884f2254acc5bbd8.jpg", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:34:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:34:37" }, { "id": "1378", "questionId": "419", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/5826a6735882e66db0e86125919703ad1380281f.jpg", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:34:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:34:48" }, { "id": "1379", "questionId": "419", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/2a1c4e883b0448d5569e018637d3caff699c8946.jpg", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:34:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:34:56" }, { "id": "1380", "questionId": "421", "text": "Yes, because it introduces information that is irrelevant at this point in the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:35:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:35:54" }, { "id": "1381", "questionId": "421", "text": "Yes, because it does not logically follow from the previous paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:36:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:36:15" }, { "id": "1382", "questionId": "421", "text": "No, because it provides a logical introduction to the paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:36:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:37:06" }, { "id": "1383", "questionId": "421", "text": "No, because it provides a specific example in support of arguments made elsewhere in the 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up opening dozens of restaurants and dining cars, plus 15 hotels, over his lucrative career.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:48:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:48:07" }, { "id": "1394", "questionId": "424", "text": "These benefits enabled the Harvey Girls to save money and build new and exciting lives for themselves in the so-called Wild West.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:48:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:48:32" }, { "id": "1395", "questionId": "424", "text": "The compensation was considered excellent at the time, though it may not seem like much money by today\u0092s standards.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:48:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:48:55" }, { "id": "1396", "questionId": "425", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:49:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:49:51" }, { "id": "1397", "questionId": "425", "text": "ethic:", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:50:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:50:07" }, { "id": "1398", "questionId": "425", "text": "ethic, and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:50:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:50:29" }, { "id": "1399", "questionId": "425", "text": "ethic,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:50:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:50:55" }, { "id": "1400", "questionId": "426", "text": "0.002", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:51:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:51:15" }, { "id": "1401", "questionId": "426", "text": "200", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:51:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:51:19" }, { "id": "1402", "questionId": "426", "text": "2,000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-14 22:51:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-14 22:51:28" }, { "id": "1403", "questionId": "426", "text": "20,000", "picture": "", 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"questionId": "428", "text": "When applied to apples, 1-MCP lengthens storage life by three to four times, allowing producers to sell their apples in the off-season, months after the apples have been harvested.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:43:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:43:17" }, { "id": "1409", "questionId": "428", "text": "Producers are allowed to sell their apples months after they have been harvested\u0097in the off-season\u0097because 1-MCP, when applied to apples, lengthens their storage life by three to four times.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:44:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:44:24" }, { "id": "1410", "questionId": "428", "text": "1-MCP lengthens storage life, when applied to apples, by three to four times, allowing producers to sell their apples months after the apples have been harvested in the off-season.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:44:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:44:48" }, { "id": "1411", "questionId": "428", "text": "Months after apples have been harvested, producers are allowed to sell their apples, in the off-season, because 1-MCP lengthens storage life when applied to apples by three to four times.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:45:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:45:47" }, { "id": "1412", "questionId": "429", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:47:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:47:04" }, { "id": "1413", "questionId": "429", "text": "being", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:47:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:47:16" }, { "id": "1414", "questionId": "429", "text": "that is", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:47:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:47:27" }, { "id": "1415", "questionId": "429", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:47:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:47:40" }, { "id": "1416", "questionId": "430", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:48:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:48:23" }, { "id": "1417", "questionId": "430", "text": "firm", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:49:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:49:55" }, { "id": "1418", "questionId": "430", "text": "stiff", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:50:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:50:08" }, { "id": "1419", "questionId": "430", "text": "taut", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:50:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:50:20" }, { "id": "1420", "questionId": "431", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:52:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:52:22" }, { "id": "1421", "questionId": "431", "text": "there", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:52:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:52:18" }, { "id": "1422", "questionId": "431", "text": "its", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:52:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:52:38" }, { "id": "1423", "questionId": "431", "text": "it\u0092s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:53:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:53:35" }, { "id": "1424", "questionId": "432", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:55:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:55:02" }, { "id": "1425", "questionId": "432", "text": "they", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:55:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:55:14" }, { "id": "1426", "questionId": "432", "text": "which", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:55:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:55:26" }, { "id": "1427", "questionId": "432", "text": "who", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:55:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:55:50" }, { "id": "1428", "questionId": "433", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:57:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:57:55" }, { "id": "1429", "questionId": "433", "text": "do,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:58:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:58:31" }, { "id": "1430", "questionId": "433", "text": "have,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:58:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:58:57" }, { "id": "1431", "questionId": "433", "text": "will,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 22:59:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 22:59:10" }, { "id": "1432", "questionId": "434", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:01:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:01:44" }, { "id": "1433", "questionId": "434", "text": "pears, for instance:", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:02:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:02:26" }, { "id": "1434", "questionId": "434", "text": "pears for instance,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:02:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:02:45" }, { "id": "1435", "questionId": "434", "text": "pears. For instance,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:03:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:03:05" }, { "id": "1436", "questionId": "435", "text": "where it is now.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:04:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:04:54" }, { "id": "1437", "questionId": "435", "text": "after sentence 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:05:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:05:10" }, { "id": "1438", "questionId": "435", "text": "after sentence 2.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:05:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:05:36" }, { "id": "1439", "questionId": "435", "text": "after sentence 5.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:05:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:05:52" }, { "id": "1440", "questionId": "436", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:08:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:08:27" }, { "id": "1441", "questionId": "436", "text": "slightly more browning than", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:08:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:08:46" }, { "id": "1442", "questionId": "436", "text": "twice as much browning as", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:09:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:09:02" }, { "id": "1443", "questionId": "436", "text": "substantially less browning than", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:10:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:10:48" }, { "id": "1444", "questionId": "437", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:12:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:12:27" }, { "id": "1445", "questionId": "437", "text": "roughly half of their flesh turns brown, regardless of whether the apples are first stored in the open air.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:13:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:13:33" }, { "id": "1446", "questionId": "437", "text": "their flesh browns when they are put directly into a controlled atmosphere but not when they are first stored in the open air.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:13:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:13:22" }, { "id": "1447", "questionId": "437", "text": "their flesh turns brown when they are first stored in the open air, though not as quickly as the apple flesh in an untreated group does.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:13:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:13:56" }, { "id": "1448", "questionId": "438", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:15:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:15:00" }, { "id": "1449", "questionId": "438", "text": "many of the improvements to fruit quality they have discovered so far have required trade-offs in other properties of the fruit.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:15:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:15:20" }, { "id": "1450", "questionId": "438", "text": "for now, many fruit sellers must weigh the relative values of aroma, color, and freshness when deciding whether to use 1-MCP.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:15:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:16:20" }, { "id": "1451", "questionId": "438", "text": "it must be acknowledged that 1-MCP, despite some inadequacies, has enabled the fruit industry to ship and store fruit in ways that were impossible before.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:16:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:16:17" }, { "id": "1452", "questionId": "439", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:19:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:19:57" }, { "id": "1453", "questionId": "439", "text": "Gothic. Works", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:20:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:20:12" }, { "id": "1454", "questionId": "439", "text": "Gothic; these works", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:20:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:20:28" }, { "id": "1455", "questionId": "439", "text": "Gothic, works", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:20:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:20:45" }, { "id": "1456", "questionId": "440", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:21:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:21:24" }, { "id": "1457", "questionId": "440", "text": "Coolidge\u0097", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:21:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:22:07" }, { "id": "1458", "questionId": "440", "text": "Coolidge;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:21:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:21:45" }, { "id": "1459", "questionId": "440", "text": "Coolidge", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:22:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:22:01" }, { "id": "1460", "questionId": "441", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:22:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:22:58" }, { "id": "1461", "questionId": "441", "text": "portraying", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:23:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:23:11" }, { "id": "1462", "questionId": "441", "text": "portray", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:23:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:23:20" }, { "id": "1463", "questionId": "441", "text": "has portrayed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:23:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:23:34" }, { "id": "1464", "questionId": "442", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:24:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:24:50" }, { "id": "1465", "questionId": "442", "text": "with special attention being paid to domestic animals such as cats.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:25:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:25:05" }, { "id": "1466", "questionId": "442", "text": "even though most paintings in museums are of people, not animals.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:25:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:25:21" }, { "id": "1467", "questionId": "442", "text": "as the example of one museum in Russia shows.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:25:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:25:45" }, { "id": "1468", "questionId": "443", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:26:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:26:45" }, { "id": "1469", "questionId": "443", "text": "scaring", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:26:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:26:55" }, { "id": "1470", "questionId": "443", "text": "scare", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:27:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:27:10" }, { "id": "1471", "questionId": "443", "text": "have scared", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:27:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:27:20" }, { "id": "1472", "questionId": "444", "text": "where it is now.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:28:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:28:23" }, { "id": "1473", "questionId": "444", "text": "after sentence 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:28:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:28:43" }, { "id": "1474", "questionId": "444", "text": "after sentence 3.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:28:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:28:54" }, { "id": "1475", "questionId": "444", "text": "after sentence 6.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:29:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:29:04" }, { "id": "1476", "questionId": "445", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:30:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:30:10" }, { "id": "1477", "questionId": "445", "text": "commissioned", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:30:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:30:50" }, { "id": "1478", "questionId": "445", "text": "forced", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:30:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:30:34" }, { "id": "1479", "questionId": "445", "text": "licensed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:30:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:30:43" }, { "id": "1480", "questionId": "446", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:31:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:31:34" }, { "id": "1481", "questionId": "446", "text": "task, digital artist, Eldar Zakirov,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:31:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:31:44" }, { "id": "1482", "questionId": "446", "text": "task digital artist Eldar Zakirov,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:31:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:31:54" }, { "id": "1483", "questionId": "446", "text": "task, digital artist Eldar Zakirov,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:32:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:32:05" }, { "id": "1484", "questionId": "447", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:33:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:33:58" }, { "id": "1485", "questionId": "447", "text": "managing to capture unique characteristics of each cat.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:33:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:33:54" }, { "id": "1486", "questionId": "447", "text": "commenting on the absurdity of dressing up cats in royal robes.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:34:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:34:16" }, { "id": "1487", "questionId": "447", "text": "indicating that the cats were very talented mouse catchers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:34:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:34:28" }, { "id": "1488", "questionId": "448", "text": "Yes, because it shows the link between Peter the Great and the cat paintings.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:35:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:35:54" }, { "id": "1489", "questionId": "448", "text": "Yes, because it helps explain why Russian art celebrates animals.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:36:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:36:10" }, { "id": "1490", "questionId": "448", "text": "No, because it fails to indicate why the Winter Palace became an art museum.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:36:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:36:26" }, { "id": "1491", "questionId": "448", "text": "No, because it provides background information that is irrelevant to the paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:36:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:36:52" }, { "id": "1492", "questionId": "449", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:38:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:38:00" }, { "id": "1493", "questionId": "449", "text": "acting as the lead predator in the museum\u0092s ecosystem,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:39:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:39:32" }, { "id": "1494", "questionId": "449", "text": "hunting down and killing all the mice and rats one by one,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:39:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:39:52" }, { "id": "1495", "questionId": "449", "text": "protecting the museum\u0092s priceless artworks from destructive rodents,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:40:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:40:12" }, { "id": "1496", "questionId": "450", "text": "Number of installations (in tens)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:45:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:45:52" }, { "id": "1497", "questionId": "450", "text": "Number of installations (in hundreds)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:46:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:46:42" }, { "id": "1498", "questionId": "450", "text": "Number of installations (in thousands)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:47:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:47:09" }, { "id": "1499", "questionId": "450", "text": "Number of installations (in tens of thousands)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:47:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:47:34" }, { "id": "1500", "questionId": "451", "text": "There is no such value of n.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:53:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:53:43" }, { "id": "1501", "questionId": "451", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:53:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:53:51" }, { "id": "1502", "questionId": "451", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:53:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:53:54" }, { "id": "1503", "questionId": "451", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-15 23:53:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-15 23:53:57" }, { "id": "1504", "questionId": "452", "text": "t= a- 1,052\/ 1.08", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:13:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:13:58" }, { "id": "1505", "questionId": "452", "text": "t= a + 1,052\/ 1.08", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:14:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:14:34" }, { "id": "1506", "questionId": "452", "text": "t= 1,052 - a\/ 1.08", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:14:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:14:57" }, { "id": "1507", "questionId": "452", "text": "t= 1.08\/ a + 1,052", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:15:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:15:17" }, { "id": "1508", "questionId": "453", "text": "?46\u00b0F", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:21:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:21:38" }, { "id": "1509", "questionId": "453", "text": "?48\u00b0F", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:21:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:21:50" }, { "id": "1510", "questionId": "453", "text": "?49\u00b0F", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:22:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:22:03" }, { "id": "1511", "questionId": "453", "text": "?50\u00b0F", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:22:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:22:21" }, { "id": "1512", "questionId": "454", "text": "-1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:27:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:27:33" }, { "id": "1513", "questionId": "454", "text": "-5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:27:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:27:41" }, { "id": "1514", "questionId": "454", "text": "-3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:27:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:27:43" }, { "id": "1515", "questionId": "454", "text": "-2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:27:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:27:46" }, { "id": "1516", "questionId": "455", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:29:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:29:49" }, { "id": "1517", "questionId": "455", "text": "5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:29:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:29:50" }, { "id": "1518", "questionId": "455", "text": "6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:29:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:29:56" }, { "id": "1519", "questionId": "455", "text": "7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:30:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:30:08" }, { "id": "1520", "questionId": "456", "text": "Females taking Geometry", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:35:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:35:36" }, { "id": "1521", "questionId": "456", "text": "Females taking Algebra II", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:35:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:35:50" }, { "id": "1522", "questionId": "456", "text": "Males taking Geometry", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:36:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:36:13" }, { "id": "1523", "questionId": "456", "text": "Males taking Algebra I", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:36:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:36:27" }, { "id": "1524", "questionId": "457", "text": "Mean", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:42:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:42:01" }, { "id": "1525", "questionId": "457", "text": "Median", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:42:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:42:05" }, { "id": "1526", "questionId": "457", "text": "They will all change by the same amount.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:42:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:42:28" }, { "id": "1527", "questionId": "457", "text": "range", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:42:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:42:36" }, { "id": "1528", "questionId": "458", "text": "The total number of hours the boat is rented", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:46:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:46:29" }, { "id": "1529", "questionId": "458", "text": "The initial cost of renting the boat", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:46:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:46:45" }, { "id": "1530", "questionId": "458", "text": "The total number of boats rented", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:47:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:47:08" }, { "id": "1531", "questionId": "458", "text": "The increase in cost to rent the boat for each additional hour", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:47:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:47:28" }, { "id": "1532", "questionId": "459", "text": "C= 5h", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:48:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:50:19" }, { "id": "1533", "questionId": "459", "text": "C= 3\/4h + 5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:50:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:50:10" }, { "id": "1534", "questionId": "459", "text": "C= 3h + 5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:50:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:50:57" }, { "id": "1535", "questionId": "459", "text": "h = 3C", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:51:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:51:02" }, { "id": "1536", "questionId": "460", "text": "-5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:53:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:53:18" }, { "id": "1537", "questionId": "460", "text": "-2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:56:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:56:22" }, { "id": "1538", "questionId": "460", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:56:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:56:26" }, { "id": "1539", "questionId": "460", "text": "-3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:56:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:56:32" }, { "id": "1540", "questionId": "461", "text": "a > b", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:59:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:59:04" }, { "id": "1541", "questionId": "461", "text": "b > a", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 00:59:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 00:59:12" }, { "id": "1542", "questionId": "461", "text": "?a? > ?b?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:00:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:00:05" }, { "id": "1543", "questionId": "461", "text": "a = -b", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:00:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:00:18" }, { "id": "1544", "questionId": "462", "text": "77", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:01:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:01:32" }, { "id": "1545", "questionId": "462", "text": "99", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:01:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:01:35" }, { "id": "1546", "questionId": "462", "text": "105", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:01:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:01:38" }, { "id": "1547", "questionId": "462", "text": "93", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:01:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:01:44" }, { "id": "1548", "questionId": "463", "text": "0.88p", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:04:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:04:31" }, { "id": "1549", "questionId": "463", "text": "p\/0.88", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:04:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:04:37" }, { "id": "1550", "questionId": "463", "text": "(0.8)(1.08)p", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:05:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:05:02" }, { "id": "1551", "questionId": "463", "text": "p\/(0.8)(1.08)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:05:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:05:30" }, { "id": "1552", "questionId": "464", "text": "68\/100", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:08:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:08:26" }, { "id": "1553", "questionId": "464", "text": "79\/100", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:08:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:08:32" }, { "id": "1554", "questionId": "464", "text": "164\/200", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:08:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:08:39" }, { "id": "1555", "questionId": "464", "text": "79\/164", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:08:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:08:51" }, { "id": "1556", "questionId": "465", "text": "$50,000,000 per year", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:10:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:10:58" }, { "id": "1557", "questionId": "465", "text": "$75,000,000 per year", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:11:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:11:11" }, { "id": "1558", "questionId": "465", "text": "$130,000,000 per year", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:11:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:11:24" }, { "id": "1559", "questionId": "465", "text": "$65,000,000 per year", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:11:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:11:40" }, { "id": "1560", "questionId": "466", "text": "Agriculture\/ natural resources", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:16:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:16:05" }, { "id": "1561", "questionId": "466", "text": "Education", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:16:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:16:18" }, { "id": "1562", "questionId": "466", "text": "Highways and transportation", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:16:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:16:40" }, { "id": "1563", "questionId": "466", "text": "Public safety", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 01:16:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 01:16:48" }, { "id": "1564", "questionId": "467", "text": "fear about the expedition to excitement about it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:26:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:26:58" }, { "id": "1565", "questionId": "467", "text": "doubt about his abilities to confidence in them.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:27:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:27:10" }, { "id": "1566", "questionId": "467", "text": "uncertainty of his motives to recognition of them.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:27:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:27:26" }, { "id": "1567", "questionId": "467", "text": "disdain for the North Pole to appreciation of it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:27:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:27:41" }, { "id": "1568", "questionId": "468", "text": "Lines 10-12 (\u0093For . . . moment\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:28:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:28:49" }, { "id": "1569", "questionId": "468", "text": "Lines 21-25 (\u0093Yet . . . will\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:28:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:28:59" }, { "id": "1570", "questionId": "468", "text": "Lines 42-44 (\u0093And . . . stand on\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:29:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:29:10" }, { "id": "1571", "questionId": "468", "text": "Lines 56-57 (\u0093What . . . myself\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:29:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:29:21" }, { "id": "1572", "questionId": "469", "text": "unable to be authenticated.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:30:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:30:07" }, { "id": "1573", "questionId": "469", "text": "likely to be contradicted.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:30:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:30:18" }, { "id": "1574", "questionId": "469", "text": "without empirical support.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:30:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:30:31" }, { "id": "1575", "questionId": "469", "text": "not completely understood.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:30:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:30:44" }, { "id": "1576", "questionId": "470", "text": "expose a side of the narrator that he prefers to keep hidden.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:31:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:31:42" }, { "id": "1577", "questionId": "470", "text": "demonstrate that the narrator thinks in a methodical and scientific manner.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:32:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:32:01" }, { "id": "1578", "questionId": "470", "text": "show that the narrator feels himself to be influenced by powerful and independent forces.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:32:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:32:21" }, { "id": "1579", "questionId": "470", "text": "emphasize the length of time during which the narrator has prepared for his expedition.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:32:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:32:38" }, { "id": "1580", "questionId": "471", "text": "perished in the attempt.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:33:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:33:56" }, { "id": "1581", "questionId": "471", "text": "made surprising discoveries.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:34:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:34:06" }, { "id": "1582", "questionId": "471", "text": "failed to determine its exact location.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:34:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:34:17" }, { "id": "1583", "questionId": "471", "text": "had different motivations than his own.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:34:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:34:27" }, { "id": "1584", "questionId": "472", "text": "Lines 20-21 (\u0093Nobody . . . died\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:36:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:36:01" }, { "id": "1585", "questionId": "472", "text": "Lines 25-27 (\u0093All . . . out\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:36:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:36:11" }, { "id": "1586", "questionId": "472", "text": "Lines 31-34 (\u0093The . . . newspaper\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:36:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:36:20" }, { "id": "1587", "questionId": "472", "text": "Lines 51-53 (\u0093Behind . . . bedsteads\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:36:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:36:31" }, { "id": "1588", "questionId": "473", "text": "Immoral but inevitable", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:37:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:37:21" }, { "id": "1589", "questionId": "473", "text": "Absurd but necessary", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:37:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:37:35" }, { "id": "1590", "questionId": "473", "text": "Socially beneficial but misunderstood", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:37:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:37:45" }, { "id": "1591", "questionId": "473", "text": "Scientifically important but hazardous", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:37:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:37:54" }, { "id": "1592", "questionId": "474", "text": "balloons will never replace other modes of transportation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:38:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:38:51" }, { "id": "1593", "questionId": "474", "text": "the North Pole is farther away than the cities usually reached by train.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:39:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:39:07" }, { "id": "1594", "questionId": "474", "text": "people often travel from one city to another without considering the implications.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:39:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:39:24" }, { "id": "1595", "questionId": "474", "text": "reaching the North Pole has no foreseeable benefit to humanity.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:39:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:39:59" }, { "id": "1596", "questionId": "475", "text": "accept responsibility for.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:40:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:40:39" }, { "id": "1597", "questionId": "475", "text": "possess little regard for.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:40:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:40:50" }, { "id": "1598", "questionId": "475", "text": "pay no attention to.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:40:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:40:59" }, { "id": "1599", "questionId": "475", "text": "have curiosity about.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:41:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:41:10" }, { "id": "1600", "questionId": "476", "text": "carrying.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:42:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:42:03" }, { "id": "1601", "questionId": "476", "text": "affecting.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:42:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:42:14" }, { "id": "1602", "questionId": "476", "text": "yielding.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:42:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:42:24" }, { "id": "1603", "questionId": "476", "text": "enduring.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-16 23:42:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-16 23:42:34" }, { "id": "1604", "questionId": "477", "text": "The 2010 census demonstrated a sizeable growth in the number of middle-class families moving into inner cities.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:19:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:19:15" }, { "id": "1605", "questionId": "477", "text": "The 2010 census is not a reliable instrument for measuring population trends in American cities.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:19:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:19:35" }, { "id": "1606", "questionId": "477", "text": "Population growth and demographic inversion are distinct phenomena, and demographic inversion is evident in many American cities.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:19:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:19:56" }, { "id": "1607", "questionId": "477", "text": "Population growth in American cities has been increasing since roughly 2000, while suburban populations have decreased.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:20:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:20:21" }, { "id": "1608", "questionId": "478", "text": "The unemployed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:21:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:21:47" }, { "id": "1609", "questionId": "478", "text": "Immigrants", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:21:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:21:57" }, { "id": "1610", "questionId": "478", "text": "Young professionals", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:22:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:22:07" }, { "id": "1611", "questionId": "478", "text": "African Americans", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:22:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:22:19" }, { "id": "1612", "questionId": "479", "text": "static.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:23:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:24:12" }, { "id": "1613", "questionId": "479", "text": "deflated.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:23:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:23:29" }, { "id": "1614", "questionId": "479", "text": "featureless.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:23:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:23:38" }, { "id": "1615", "questionId": "479", "text": "obscure.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:24:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:24:07" }, { "id": "1616", "questionId": "480", "text": "Expected tax increases due to demand for public works", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:25:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:25:17" }, { "id": "1617", "questionId": "480", "text": "Economic hardship due to promises made in past years", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:25:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:25:37" }, { "id": "1618", "questionId": "480", "text": "Greater overall prosperity due to an increased inner-city tax base", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:25:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:25:55" }, { "id": "1619", "questionId": "480", "text": "Insufficient revenues due to a decrease in manufacturing", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:26:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:26:10" }, { "id": "1620", "questionId": "481", "text": "Lines 36-39 (\u0093America\u0092s . . . decades\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:28:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:28:45" }, { "id": "1621", "questionId": "481", "text": "Lines 43-44 (\u0093How . . . not know\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:29:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:29:00" }, { "id": "1622", "questionId": "481", "text": "Lines 44-46 (\u0093What . . . now\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:29:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:29:12" }, { "id": "1623", "questionId": "481", "text": "Lines 48-51 (\u0093The truth . . . end\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 21:29:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 21:29:22" }, { "id": "1624", "questionId": "482", "text": "were witnessing the flight of minority populations to the suburbs.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:27:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:27:13" }, { "id": "1625", "questionId": "482", "text": "had begun to lose their manufacturing sectors.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:27:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:27:35" }, { "id": "1626", "questionId": "482", "text": "had a traditional four-zone structure.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:27:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:27:56" }, { "id": "1627", "questionId": "482", "text": "were already experiencing demographic inversion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:28:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:28:23" }, { "id": "1628", "questionId": "483", "text": "Lines 54-57 (\u0093Much . . . Ernest W. Burgess\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:30:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:30:32" }, { "id": "1629", "questionId": "483", "text": "Lines 58-59 (\u0093It was . . . settlement\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:30:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:30:46" }, { "id": "1630", "questionId": "483", "text": "Lines 66-71 (\u0093Virtually . . . continuum\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:31:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:31:03" }, { "id": "1631", "questionId": "483", "text": "Lines 72-75 (\u0093As . . . home\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:31:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:31:22" }, { "id": "1632", "questionId": "484", "text": "carried out.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:32:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:33:01" }, { "id": "1633", "questionId": "484", "text": "supervised.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:32:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:32:55" }, { "id": "1634", "questionId": "484", "text": "regulated.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:33:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:33:38" }, { "id": "1635", "questionId": "484", "text": "inhibited.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:34:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:34:05" }, { "id": "1636", "questionId": "485", "text": "excellent evidence for the arguments made in the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:35:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:35:26" }, { "id": "1637", "questionId": "485", "text": "possibly accurate but too crude to be truly informative.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:35:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:35:48" }, { "id": "1638", "questionId": "485", "text": "compelling but lacking in historical information.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:36:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:36:06" }, { "id": "1639", "questionId": "485", "text": "representative of a perspective with which the author disagrees.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:36:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:36:29" }, { "id": "1640", "questionId": "486", "text": "less growth in metropolitan areas of all sizes than had taken place in the 1990s.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:38:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:38:03" }, { "id": "1641", "questionId": "486", "text": "more growth in small metropolitan areas than in large metropolitan areas.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:38:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:38:24" }, { "id": "1642", "questionId": "486", "text": "a significant decline in the population of small metropolitan areas compared to the 1980s.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:39:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:39:09" }, { "id": "1643", "questionId": "486", "text": "roughly equal growth in large metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan areas.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:39:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:39:29" }, { "id": "1644", "questionId": "487", "text": "Large numbers of people moved from suburban areas to urban areas in the 1990s.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:40:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:40:38" }, { "id": "1645", "questionId": "487", "text": "Growth rates fell in smaller metropolitan areas in the 1990s.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:40:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:40:56" }, { "id": "1646", "questionId": "487", "text": "Large numbers of people moved from metropolitan areas to nonmetropolitan areas in the 1990s.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:41:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:41:18" }, { "id": "1647", "questionId": "487", "text": "The US population as a whole grew more in the 1990s than in the 1980s.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:41:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:41:39" }, { "id": "1648", "questionId": "488", "text": "present the background of a medical breakthrough.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:51:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:51:13" }, { "id": "1649", "questionId": "488", "text": "evaluate the research that led to a scientific discovery.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:51:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:51:34" }, { "id": "1650", "questionId": "488", "text": "summarize the findings of a long-term research project.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:51:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:51:57" }, { "id": "1651", "questionId": "488", "text": "explain the development of a branch of scientific study.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:52:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:52:18" }, { "id": "1652", "questionId": "489", "text": "apprehension.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:53:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:53:55" }, { "id": "1653", "questionId": "489", "text": "ambivalence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:54:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:54:20" }, { "id": "1654", "questionId": "489", "text": "appreciation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:54:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:54:41" }, { "id": "1655", "questionId": "489", "text": "astonishment.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:55:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:55:05" }, { "id": "1656", "questionId": "490", "text": "knowledgeable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:56:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:56:23" }, { "id": "1657", "questionId": "490", "text": "professional.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:56:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:56:43" }, { "id": "1658", "questionId": "490", "text": "capable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:56:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:57:13" }, { "id": "1659", "questionId": "490", "text": "trained.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:57:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:57:22" }, { "id": "1660", "questionId": "491", "text": "They were limited by the expensive nature of animal research.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:59:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:59:13" }, { "id": "1661", "questionId": "491", "text": "They were not expected to yield products ready for human use.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-17 23:59:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-17 23:59:43" }, { "id": "1662", "questionId": "491", "text": "They were completed when an anticoagulant compound was identified.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:00:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:00:04" }, { "id": "1663", "questionId": "491", "text": "They focused only on the molecular properties of cows, goats, and sheep.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:00:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:00:23" }, { "id": "1664", "questionId": "492", "text": "Lines 16-19 (\u0093The trouble . . . need\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:04:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:04:56" }, { "id": "1665", "questionId": "492", "text": "Lines 25-29 (\u0093If they . . . milk\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:05:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:05:15" }, { "id": "1666", "questionId": "492", "text": "Lines 35-36 (\u0093At first . . . true\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:05:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:05:34" }, { "id": "1667", "questionId": "492", "text": "Lines 37-40 (\u0093That all . . . clots\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:05:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:05:50" }, { "id": "1668", "questionId": "493", "text": "It reduces compounds that lead to blood clots.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:08:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:08:27" }, { "id": "1669", "questionId": "493", "text": "It stems from a genetic mutation that is rare in humans.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:08:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:08:51" }, { "id": "1670", "questionId": "493", "text": "It is a sequence of DNA known as a promoter.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:09:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:09:10" }, { "id": "1671", "questionId": "493", "text": "It occurs naturally in goats\u0092 mammary glands.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:09:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:09:30" }, { "id": "1672", "questionId": "494", "text": "Lines 12-16 (\u0093Many . . . more\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:16:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:16:12" }, { "id": "1673", "questionId": "494", "text": "Lines 42-44 (\u0093It acts . . . bloodstream\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:16:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:16:32" }, { "id": "1674", "questionId": "494", "text": "Lines 44-46 (\u0093But as . . . antithrombin\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:16:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:16:46" }, { "id": "1675", "questionId": "494", "text": "Lines 62-65 (\u0093The researchers . . . production\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:17:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:17:05" }, { "id": "1676", "questionId": "495", "text": "They secreted antithrombin in their milk after giving birth.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:20:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:20:12" }, { "id": "1677", "questionId": "495", "text": "Some of their kids were not born with the antithrombin gene.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:20:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:20:35" }, { "id": "1678", "questionId": "495", "text": "They were the first animals to receive microinjections.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:20:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:20:54" }, { "id": "1679", "questionId": "495", "text": "Their cells already contained genes usually found in humans.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:21:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:21:14" }, { "id": "1680", "questionId": "496", "text": "illustrate an abstract concept.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:22:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:22:24" }, { "id": "1681", "questionId": "496", "text": "describe a new hypothesis.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:22:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:22:38" }, { "id": "1682", "questionId": "496", "text": "clarify a claim.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:22:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:22:53" }, { "id": "1683", "questionId": "496", "text": "define a term.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:23:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:23:11" }, { "id": "1684", "questionId": "497", "text": "GTC has invested a great deal of money in the microinjection technique.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:24:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:24:44" }, { "id": "1685", "questionId": "497", "text": "GTC\u0092s milking parlors have significantly increased milk production.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:25:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:25:06" }, { "id": "1686", "questionId": "497", "text": "transgenic goats will soon be a valuable asset for dairy farmers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:25:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:25:26" }, { "id": "1687", "questionId": "497", "text": "ATryn has proved to be a financially beneficial product for GTC.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:25:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:25:50" }, { "id": "1688", "questionId": "498", "text": "x^2 + (y-4)^2 = 25\/9", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:26:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:26:54" }, { "id": "1689", "questionId": "498", "text": "x^2 + (y+4)^2 = 25\/9", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:26:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:26:18" }, { "id": "1690", "questionId": "498", "text": "x^2 + (y-4)^2 = 5\/3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:26:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:26:41" }, { "id": "1691", "questionId": "498", "text": "x^2 + (y+4)^2 = 3\/5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:27:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:27:17" }, { "id": "1692", "questionId": "499", "text": "3.5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:29:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:29:42" }, { "id": "1693", "questionId": "499", "text": "4.0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:30:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:30:14" }, { "id": "1694", "questionId": "499", "text": "4.5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:30:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:30:19" }, { "id": "1695", "questionId": "499", "text": "5.0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:30:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:30:26" }, { "id": "1696", "questionId": "500", "text": "120", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:32:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:32:10" }, { "id": "1697", "questionId": "500", "text": "115", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:32:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:32:19" }, { "id": "1698", "questionId": "500", "text": "124", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:32:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:32:24" }, { "id": "1699", "questionId": "500", "text": "173", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:32:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:32:29" }, { "id": "1700", "questionId": "501", "text": "150", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:38:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:38:34" }, { "id": "1701", "questionId": "501", "text": "1,500", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:38:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:38:38" }, { "id": "1702", "questionId": "501", "text": "150,000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:38:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:38:43" }, { "id": "1703", "questionId": "501", "text": "15,000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 00:38:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 00:38:50" }, { "id": "1704", "questionId": "502", "text": "brevity and prominence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 09:57:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 09:57:37" }, { "id": "1705", "questionId": "502", "text": "complexity and rigidity.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 09:57:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 09:57:51" }, { "id": "1706", "questionId": "502", "text": "precision and usefulness.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 09:58:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 09:58:06" }, { "id": "1707", "questionId": "502", "text": "seriousness and permanence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 09:58:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 09:58:37" }, { "id": "1708", "questionId": "503", "text": "style of living.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:00:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:00:24" }, { "id": "1709", "questionId": "503", "text": "position in life.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:00:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:00:40" }, { "id": "1710", "questionId": "503", "text": "temporary condition.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:00:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:00:55" }, { "id": "1711", "questionId": "503", "text": "political entity.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:01:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:01:11" }, { "id": "1712", "questionId": "504", "text": "petty.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:02:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:02:42" }, { "id": "1713", "questionId": "504", "text": "weak.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:03:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:03:00" }, { "id": "1714", "questionId": "504", "text": "inadequate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:03:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:03:15" }, { "id": "1715", "questionId": "504", "text": "depleted.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:03:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:03:31" }, { "id": "1716", "questionId": "505", "text": "generally helpful to those who want to change society.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:05:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:05:01" }, { "id": "1717", "questionId": "505", "text": "surprisingly difficult for many people to comprehend.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:05:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:05:27" }, { "id": "1718", "questionId": "505", "text": "frequently responsible for human progress.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:05:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:05:47" }, { "id": "1719", "questionId": "505", "text": "largely irrelevant to current political decisions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:06:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:06:14" }, { "id": "1720", "questionId": "506", "text": "He would assert that the notion of a partnership across generations is less plausible to people of his era than it was to people in the past.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:07:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:07:37" }, { "id": "1721", "questionId": "506", "text": "He would argue that there are no politically meaningful links between the dead, the living, and the unborn.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:08:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:08:07" }, { "id": "1722", "questionId": "506", "text": "He would question the possibility that significant changes to a political system could be accomplished within a single generation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:08:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:08:26" }, { "id": "1723", "questionId": "506", "text": "He would point out that we cannot know what judgments the dead would make about contemporary issues.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:08:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:08:52" }, { "id": "1724", "questionId": "507", "text": "Lines 41-43 (\u0093Every . . . it\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:10:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:10:06" }, { "id": "1725", "questionId": "507", "text": "Lines 43-45 (\u0093The vanity . . . tyrannies\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:10:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:10:21" }, { "id": "1726", "questionId": "507", "text": "Lines 56-58 (\u0093It is . . . accommodated\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:10:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:10:39" }, { "id": "1727", "questionId": "507", "text": "Lines 67-72 (\u0093What . . . time\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:11:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:11:00" }, { "id": "1728", "questionId": "508", "text": "With approval, because adapting to new events may enhance existing partnerships.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:12:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:12:53" }, { "id": "1729", "questionId": "508", "text": "With resignation, because changing circumstances are an inevitable aspect of life.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:13:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:13:15" }, { "id": "1730", "questionId": "508", "text": "With skepticism, because Paine does not substantiate his claim with examples of governments changed for the better.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:13:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:13:36" }, { "id": "1731", "questionId": "508", "text": "With disapproval, because changing conditions are insufficient justification for changing the form of government.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:13:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:13:59" }, { "id": "1732", "questionId": "509", "text": "Lines 1-4 (\u0093To avoid . . . state\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:16:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:16:17" }, { "id": "1733", "questionId": "509", "text": "Lines 7-9 (\u0093he should . . . solicitude\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:16:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:16:31" }, { "id": "1734", "questionId": "509", "text": "Lines 27-29 (\u0093It is . . . perfection\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:16:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:16:44" }, { "id": "1735", "questionId": "509", "text": "Lines 34-38 (\u0093The municipal . . . community\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:17:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:17:09" }, { "id": "1736", "questionId": "510", "text": "Passage 2 challenges the primary argument of Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:18:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:18:38" }, { "id": "1737", "questionId": "510", "text": "Passage 2 advocates an alternative approach to a problem discussed in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:18:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:18:56" }, { "id": "1738", "questionId": "510", "text": "Passage 2 provides further evidence to support an idea introduced in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:19:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:19:21" }, { "id": "1739", "questionId": "510", "text": "Passage 2 exemplifies an attitude promoted in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:19:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:19:41" }, { "id": "1740", "questionId": "511", "text": "suggest a way to resolve a particular political struggle.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:20:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:20:42" }, { "id": "1741", "questionId": "511", "text": "discuss the relationship between people and their government.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:21:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:21:05" }, { "id": "1742", "questionId": "511", "text": "evaluate the consequences of rapid political change.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:21:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:21:23" }, { "id": "1743", "questionId": "511", "text": "describe the duties that governments have to their citizens.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:21:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:21:40" }, { "id": "1744", "questionId": "512", "text": "describe periods in Earth\u0092s recent geologic history.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:30:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:30:34" }, { "id": "1745", "questionId": "512", "text": "explain the methods scientists use in radiocarbon analysis.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:31:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:31:11" }, { "id": "1746", "questionId": "512", "text": "describe evidence linking the volcano Samalas to the Little Ice Age.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:35:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:35:37" }, { "id": "1747", "questionId": "512", "text": "explain how volcanic glass forms during volcanic eruptions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:35:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:35:57" }, { "id": "1748", "questionId": "513", "text": "a criticism of a scientific model to a new theory.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:38:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:38:06" }, { "id": "1749", "questionId": "513", "text": "a description of a recorded event to its likely cause.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:38:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:38:42" }, { "id": "1750", "questionId": "513", "text": "the use of ice core samples to a new method of measuring sulfates.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:39:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:39:11" }, { "id": "1751", "questionId": "513", "text": "the use of radiocarbon dating to an examination of volcanic glass.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:39:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:39:46" }, { "id": "1752", "questionId": "514", "text": "Lines 17-25 (\u0093In 2012 . . . 1455 C.E.\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:42:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:42:29" }, { "id": "1753", "questionId": "514", "text": "Lines 43-46 (\u0093The researchers . . . atop the volcano\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:42:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:42:57" }, { "id": "1754", "questionId": "514", "text": "Lines 46-48 (\u0093They examined . . . material\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:43:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:43:17" }, { "id": "1755", "questionId": "514", "text": "Lines 55-60 (\u0093The team . . . 13th century\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:43:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:43:35" }, { "id": "1756", "questionId": "515", "text": "demonstrate the concept of the hands-on nature of the work done by scientists.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:44:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:44:55" }, { "id": "1757", "questionId": "515", "text": "highlight the fact that scientists often write about their discoveries.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:45:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:45:17" }, { "id": "1758", "questionId": "515", "text": "underscore the sense of importance that scientists have regarding their work.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:45:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:45:37" }, { "id": "1759", "questionId": "515", "text": "reinforce the idea that the evidence is there and can be interpreted by scientists.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:45:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:45:59" }, { "id": "1760", "questionId": "516", "text": "Near the equator, in Indonesia", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:48:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:49:58" }, { "id": "1761", "questionId": "516", "text": "In the Arctic region", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:49:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:49:14" }, { "id": "1762", "questionId": "516", "text": "In the Antarctic region", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:49:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:49:33" }, { "id": "1763", "questionId": "516", "text": "Near the equator, in Ecuador", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:49:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:49:49" }, { "id": "1764", "questionId": "517", "text": "Lines 1-3 (\u0093About 750 . . . Ice Age\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:51:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:51:19" }, { "id": "1765", "questionId": "517", "text": "Lines 26-28 (\u0093Such a . . . the cooling\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:51:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:51:33" }, { "id": "1766", "questionId": "517", "text": "Lines 49-54 (\u0093The volume . . . the Holocene\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:51:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:51:51" }, { "id": "1767", "questionId": "517", "text": "Lines 61-64 (\u0093It\u0092s not . . . climate impacts\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:52:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:52:11" }, { "id": "1768", "questionId": "518", "text": "powerful volcanic eruptions occur frequently.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:55:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:55:16" }, { "id": "1769", "questionId": "518", "text": "the effects of volcanic eruptions can last for centuries.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:55:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:55:40" }, { "id": "1770", "questionId": "518", "text": "scientists know of other volcanoes that erupted during the Middle Ages.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:56:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:56:02" }, { "id": "1771", "questionId": "518", "text": "other volcanoes have calderas that are very large.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:56:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:56:25" }, { "id": "1772", "questionId": "519", "text": "Lines 3-4 (\u0093Identifying . . . tricky\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:57:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:57:40" }, { "id": "1773", "questionId": "519", "text": "Lines 26-28 (\u0093Such a . . . cooling\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:57:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:57:58" }, { "id": "1774", "questionId": "519", "text": "Lines 43-46 (\u0093The researchers . . . atop the volcano\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:58:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:58:34" }, { "id": "1775", "questionId": "519", "text": "Lines 71-75 (\u0093But . . . closer match\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 10:59:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 10:59:09" }, { "id": "1776", "questionId": "520", "text": "1200 CE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:00:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:00:26" }, { "id": "1777", "questionId": "520", "text": "1375 CE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:00:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:00:41" }, { "id": "1778", "questionId": "520", "text": "1675 CE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:01:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:01:00" }, { "id": "1779", "questionId": "520", "text": "1750 CE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:01:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:01:17" }, { "id": "1780", "questionId": "521", "text": "around 1150 CE.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:03:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:03:48" }, { "id": "1781", "questionId": "521", "text": "just before 1300 CE.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:04:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:04:07" }, { "id": "1782", "questionId": "521", "text": "just before 1500 CE.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:04:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:04:21" }, { "id": "1783", "questionId": "521", "text": "around 1650 CE.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:04:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:04:40" }, { "id": "1784", "questionId": "522", "text": "The greatest cooling during the Little Ice Age occurred hundreds of years after the temperature peaks of the Medieval Warm Period.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:05:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:05:47" }, { "id": "1785", "questionId": "522", "text": "The sharp decline in temperature supports the hypothesis of an equatorial volcanic eruption in the Middle Ages.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:06:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:06:09" }, { "id": "1786", "questionId": "522", "text": "Pyroclastic flows from volcanic eruptions continued for hundreds of years after the eruptions had ended.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:06:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:06:30" }, { "id": "1787", "questionId": "522", "text": "Radiocarbon analysis is the best tool scientists have to determine the temperature variations after volcanic eruptions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 11:06:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 11:06:54" }, { "id": "1788", "questionId": "523", "text": "Quadrant IV", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:23:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:23:27" }, { "id": "1789", "questionId": "523", "text": "Quadrant II", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:23:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:23:37" }, { "id": "1790", "questionId": "523", "text": "Quadrant III", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:23:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:23:44" }, { "id": "1791", "questionId": "523", "text": "There are solutions in all four quadrants", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:24:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:24:04" }, { "id": "1792", "questionId": "524", "text": "The remainder when p(x) is divided by x ? 3 is ?2.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:28:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:28:52" }, { "id": "1793", "questionId": "524", "text": "x ? 5 is a factor of p(x).", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:29:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:29:10" }, { "id": "1794", "questionId": "524", "text": "x ? 2 is a factor of p(x).", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:29:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:29:36" }, { "id": "1795", "questionId": "524", "text": "x + 2 is a factor of p(x).", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:30:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:30:01" }, { "id": "1796", "questionId": "525", "text": "y = ( x ? 1)^2 ? 16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:48:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:48:37" }, { "id": "1797", "questionId": "525", "text": "y = (x + 3)(x -5)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:49:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:49:00" }, { "id": "1798", "questionId": "525", "text": "y = (x - 3)(x + 5)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 17:49:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 17:49:36" }, { "id": "1799", "questionId": "525", "text": "y = x(x - 2) - 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"1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:56:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 18:57:13" }, { "id": "1817", "questionId": "538", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:56:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 18:56:50" }, { "id": "1818", "questionId": "538", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:56:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 18:56:52" }, { "id": "1819", "questionId": "538", "text": "5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 18:56:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 18:56:54" }, { "id": "1820", "questionId": "539", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:01:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:01:22" }, { "id": "1821", "questionId": "539", "text": "5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:01:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:01:24" }, { "id": "1822", "questionId": "539", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:01:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:01:30" }, { "id": "1823", "questionId": "539", "text": "10", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:01:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:01:44" }, { "id": "1824", "questionId": "540", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:05:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:05:18" }, { "id": "1825", "questionId": "540", "text": "14", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:05:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:05:41" }, { "id": "1826", "questionId": "540", "text": "16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:05:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:05:45" }, { "id": "1827", "questionId": "540", "text": "18", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:05:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:05:48" }, { "id": "1828", "questionId": "541", "text": "7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:12:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:12:24" }, { "id": "1829", "questionId": "541", "text": "5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:12:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:12:42" }, { "id": "1830", "questionId": "541", "text": "6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:12:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:12:44" }, { "id": "1831", "questionId": "541", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:12:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:12:47" }, { "id": "1832", "questionId": "542", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:16:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:16:16" }, { "id": "1833", "questionId": "542", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:16:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:16:20" }, { "id": "1834", "questionId": "542", "text": "-1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:16:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:16:23" }, { "id": "1835", "questionId": "542", "text": "-4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:16:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:16:28" }, { "id": "1836", "questionId": "543", "text": "y = (x - 2)^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:19:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:19:26" }, { "id": "1837", "questionId": "543", "text": "y = ?x ? - 2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:21:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:21:16" }, { "id": "1838", "questionId": "543", "text": "y = x^2 - 2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:21:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:21:41" }, { "id": "1839", "questionId": "543", "text": "y = x^3 - 2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 19:21:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 19:21:52" }, { "id": "1840", "questionId": "544", "text": "7\/34 - 23i\/34", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:14:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:14:01" }, { "id": "1841", "questionId": "544", "text": "3\/8 - 5i\/2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:14:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:15:49" }, { "id": "1842", "questionId": "544", "text": "3\/8 + 5i\/2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:16:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:16:53" }, { "id": "1843", "questionId": "544", "text": "7\/34 + 23i\/34", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:17:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:17:37" }, { "id": "1844", "questionId": "545", "text": "F = RN\/ 1 - R", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:21:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:21:06" }, { "id": "1845", "questionId": "545", "text": "F = RN\/ R - 1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:21:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:21:47" }, { "id": "1846", "questionId": "545", "text": "F = N\/ 1 - R", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:22:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:22:29" }, { "id": "1847", "questionId": "545", "text": "F = N\/ R - 1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:22:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:22:50" }, { "id": "1848", "questionId": "546", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:26:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:26:50" }, { "id": "1849", "questionId": "546", "text": "-8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:26:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:26:57" }, { "id": "1850", "questionId": "546", "text": "-4? 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:27:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:27:24" }, { "id": "1851", "questionId": "546", "text": "4? 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:27:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:27:41" }, { "id": "1852", "questionId": "547", "text": "f(t) = 325(0.87)^t", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:33:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:33:01" }, { "id": "1853", "questionId": "547", "text": "f(t) = 325(0.13)^t", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:33:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:33:16" }, { "id": "1854", "questionId": "547", "text": "f(t) = 0.87(325)^t", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:34:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:34:47" }, { "id": "1855", "questionId": "547", "text": "f(t) = 0.13(325)^t", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 22:35:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 22:35:18" }, { "id": "1856", "questionId": "548", "text": "5 - 17\/ x + 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 23:08:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 23:08:33" }, { "id": "1857", "questionId": "548", "text": "5 -2\/ 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 23:10:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 23:10:30" }, { "id": "1858", "questionId": "548", "text": "5 - 2\/3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 23:10:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 23:10:42" }, { "id": "1859", "questionId": "548", "text": "5 - 2\/x +3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-18 23:12:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-18 23:12:15" }, { "id": "1860", "questionId": "554", "text": "0.09d + 0.002s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:01:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:01:39" }, { "id": "1861", "questionId": "554", "text": "0.002d + 0.09s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:01:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:01:58" }, { "id": "1862", "questionId": "554", "text": "0.002d - 0.09s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:02:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:02:12" }, { "id": "1863", "questionId": "554", "text": "0.09d - 0.002s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:02:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:02:23" }, { "id": "1864", "questionId": "555", "text": "300", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:04:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:04:31" }, { "id": "1865", "questionId": "555", "text": "400", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:04:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:04:34" }, { "id": "1866", "questionId": "555", "text": "450", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:04:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:04:36" }, { "id": "1867", "questionId": "555", "text": "350", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:04:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:04:42" }, { "id": "1868", "questionId": "556", "text": "14", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:07:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:07:41" }, { "id": "1869", "questionId": "556", "text": "27.7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:07:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:07:49" }, { "id": "1870", "questionId": "556", "text": "73", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:07:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:07:53" }, { "id": "1871", "questionId": "556", "text": "279.5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:07:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:07:58" }, { "id": "1872", "questionId": "557", "text": "$300", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:10:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:10:40" }, { "id": "1873", "questionId": "557", "text": "$960", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:10:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:10:49" }, { "id": "1874", "questionId": "557", "text": "$480", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:10:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:10:55" }, { "id": "1875", "questionId": "557", "text": "$240", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:10:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:10:58" }, { "id": "1876", "questionId": "558", "text": "$51.60", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 00:13:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 00:13:55" }, 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22:45:24" }, { "id": "1889", "questionId": "561", "text": "However,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:45:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 22:45:39" }, { "id": "1890", "questionId": "561", "text": "Although,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:45:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 22:45:54" }, { "id": "1891", "questionId": "561", "text": "Moreover,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:46:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 22:46:09" }, { "id": "1892", "questionId": "562", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:50:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 22:50:58" }, { "id": "1893", "questionId": "562", "text": "centerpiece,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:51:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 22:51:14" }, { "id": "1894", "questionId": "562", "text": "centerpiece;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 22:51:28", "lastUpdated": 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reminder of how people once viewed Siqueiros\u0092s work.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:13:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:13:47" }, { "id": "1926", "questionId": "570", "text": "No, because it unnecessarily repeats information from earlier in the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:14:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:14:06" }, { "id": "1927", "questionId": "570", "text": "No, because it makes a claim about Siqueiros\u0092s work that is not supported by the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:14:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:14:25" }, { "id": "1928", "questionId": "571", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:25:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:25:58" }, { "id": "1929", "questionId": "571", "text": "the purchase of", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:26:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:26:12" }, { "id": "1930", "questionId": "571", "text": "purchasing", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:26:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:26:25" }, { "id": "1931", "questionId": "571", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:26:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:26:53" }, { "id": "1932", "questionId": "572", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:27:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:27:57" }, { "id": "1933", "questionId": "572", "text": "these consumers spend", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:28:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:28:14" }, { "id": "1934", "questionId": "572", "text": "having spent", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:28:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:28:30" }, { "id": "1935", "questionId": "572", "text": "to spend", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:28:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:28:43" }, { "id": "1936", "questionId": "573", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:31:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:31:55" }, { "id": "1937", "questionId": "573", "text": "grown with conventional methods, using pesticides and synthetic fertilizers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:32:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:32:17" }, { "id": "1938", "questionId": "573", "text": "conventionally and therefore not organically grown.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:32:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:32:38" }, { "id": "1939", "questionId": "573", "text": "conventionally grown.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:32:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:32:58" }, { "id": "1940", "questionId": "574", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:34:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:34:09" }, { "id": "1941", "questionId": "574", "text": "furthermore,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:34:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:34:23" }, { "id": "1942", "questionId": "574", "text": "however,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:34:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:34:45" }, { "id": "1943", "questionId": "574", "text": "subsequently,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:35:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:35:02" }, { "id": "1944", "questionId": "575", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:36:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:36:14" }, { "id": "1945", "questionId": "575", "text": "carry on", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:36:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:36:27" }, { "id": "1946", "questionId": "575", "text": "maintain", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:36:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:36:42" }, { "id": "1947", "questionId": "575", "text": "sustain", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:36:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:36:56" }, { "id": "1948", "questionId": "576", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:38:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:38:40" }, { "id": "1949", "questionId": "576", "text": "However,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:38:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:38:55" }, { "id": "1950", "questionId": "576", "text": "In addition,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:39:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:39:10" }, { "id": "1951", "questionId": "576", "text": "Likewise,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:39:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:39:24" }, { "id": "1952", "questionId": "577", "text": "Yes, because it adds a relevant research finding from a government agency.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:42:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:42:58" }, { "id": "1953", "questionId": "577", "text": "Yes, because it supports the passage\u0092s argument that organic food is less nutritious than conventionally grown food.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:43:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:43:20" }, { "id": "1954", "questionId": "577", "text": "No, because it is not relevant to the paragraph\u0092s discussion of scientific evidence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:43:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:43:43" }, { "id": "1955", "questionId": "577", "text": "No, because it introduces a term that has not been defined in the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:44:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:44:01" }, { "id": "1956", "questionId": "578", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:45:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:45:09" }, { "id": "1957", "questionId": "578", "text": "is having", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:45:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:45:21" }, { "id": "1958", "questionId": "578", "text": "has had", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:45:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:45:34" }, { "id": "1959", "questionId": "578", "text": "has", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:45:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:45:47" }, { "id": "1960", "questionId": "579", "text": "To be labeled organic, a product must meet certain standards determined and monitored by the US Department of Agriculture.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:48:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:48:07" }, { "id": "1961", "questionId": "579", "text": "Organic food, however, is regulated to eliminate artificial ingredients that include certain types of preservatives, sweeteners, colorings, and flavors.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:48:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:48:27" }, { "id": "1962", "questionId": "579", "text": "Moreover, consumers who are concerned about ingesting pesticide residue can eliminate much of it by simply washing or peeling produce before eating it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:48:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:48:50" }, { "id": "1963", "questionId": "579", "text": "In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about one-fifth of the pesticides used worldwide are applied to crops in the United States.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:49:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:49:11" }, { "id": "1964", "questionId": "580", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:50:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:50:15" }, { "id": "1965", "questionId": "580", "text": "there are", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:50:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:50:33" }, { "id": "1966", "questionId": "580", "text": "there is", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:50:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:50:46" }, { "id": "1967", "questionId": "580", "text": "their is", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:51:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:51:11" }, { "id": "1968", "questionId": "581", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:52:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:52:09" }, { "id": "1969", "questionId": "581", "text": "food such as:", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:52:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:52:28" }, { "id": "1970", "questionId": "581", "text": "food such as,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:52:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:52:47" }, { "id": "1971", "questionId": "581", "text": "food, such as", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-19 23:53:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-19 23:53:07" }, { "id": "1972", "questionId": "582", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:21:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:21:57" }, { "id": "1973", "questionId": "582", "text": "galvanizing", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:22:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:22:15" }, { "id": "1974", "questionId": "582", "text": "intriguing", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:22:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:22:37" }, { "id": "1975", "questionId": "582", "text": "weird", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:22:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:22:52" }, { "id": "1976", "questionId": "583", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:23:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:23:38" }, { "id": "1977", "questionId": "583", "text": "and also illustrates", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:23:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:23:50" }, { "id": "1978", "questionId": "583", "text": "but also illustrates", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:24:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:24:24" }, { "id": "1979", "questionId": "583", "text": "illustrating", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:24:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:24:16" }, { "id": "1980", "questionId": "584", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:25:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:25:51" }, { "id": "1981", "questionId": "584", "text": "still has an important place", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:26:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:26:06" }, { "id": "1982", "questionId": "584", "text": "remains the only option", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:26:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:26:20" }, { "id": "1983", "questionId": "584", "text": "yields questionable results", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:26:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:26:33" }, { "id": "1984", "questionId": "585", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:27:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:27:37" }, { "id": "1985", "questionId": "585", "text": "scholars, and these scholars", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:27:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:27:52" }, { "id": "1986", "questionId": "585", "text": "scholars, but scholars", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:28:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:28:04" }, { "id": "1987", "questionId": "585", "text": "scholars, who", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:28:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:28:19" }, { "id": "1988", "questionId": "586", "text": "sentence 2.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:32:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:32:20" }, { "id": "1989", "questionId": "586", "text": "sentence 3.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:32:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:32:32" }, { "id": "1990", "questionId": "586", "text": "sentence 4.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:32:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:32:51" }, { "id": "1991", "questionId": "586", "text": "sentence 5.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:33:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:33:05" }, { "id": "1992", "questionId": "587", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:35:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:35:30" }, { "id": "1993", "questionId": "587", "text": "are requiring", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:35:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:35:41" }, { "id": "1994", "questionId": "587", "text": "have required", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:35:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:35:54" }, { "id": "1995", "questionId": "587", "text": "require", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:36:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:36:10" }, { "id": "1996", "questionId": "588", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:37:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:37:16" }, { "id": "1997", "questionId": "588", "text": "replaced\u0097by another army,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:37:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:37:31" }, { "id": "1998", "questionId": "588", "text": "replaced by another army;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:37:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:37:44" }, { "id": "1999", "questionId": "588", "text": "replaced by another army:", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:38:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:38:02" }, { "id": "2000", "questionId": "589", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", 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"id": "2006", "questionId": "590", "text": "\u0093pop,\u0094 \u0093coke,\u0094 \u0093soda\u0094", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:42:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:42:39" }, { "id": "2007", "questionId": "590", "text": "\u0093soda,\u0094 \u0093coke,\u0094 \u0093pop\u0094", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:42:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:42:53" }, { "id": "2008", "questionId": "591", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:47:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:47:51" }, { "id": "2009", "questionId": "591", "text": "their true value lies in their", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:48:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:48:08" }, { "id": "2010", "questionId": "591", "text": "there true value lies in they\u0092re", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 12:48:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 12:48:21" }, { "id": "2011", "questionId": 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19:10:19" }, { "id": "2022", "questionId": "594", "text": "elements\u0097the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique\u0097", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:10:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 19:10:39" }, { "id": "2023", "questionId": "594", "text": "elements; the settings, characters, and plots that make each game unique;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:10:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 19:10:58" }, { "id": "2024", "questionId": "595", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-20 19:12:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-20 19:12:19" }, { "id": "2025", "questionId": "595", "text": "job, however. 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"2022-12-21 09:00:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:00:32" }, { "id": "2082", "questionId": "609", "text": "he has finished the chapter about the Congress.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:00:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:00:50" }, { "id": "2083", "questionId": "609", "text": "he is preparing to leave the restaurant.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:01:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:01:08" }, { "id": "2084", "questionId": "610", "text": "healthy and fit.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:03:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:03:37" }, { "id": "2085", "questionId": "610", "text": "angry and menacing.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:03:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:03:52" }, { "id": "2086", "questionId": "610", "text": "nervous and hesitant.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:04:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:04:07" }, { "id": "2087", "questionId": "610", "text": "aging and shriveled.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:04:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:04:24" }, { "id": "2088", "questionId": "611", "text": "neglects to spend any time with his family members.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:06:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:06:53" }, { "id": "2089", "questionId": "611", "text": "behaves as if he is a younger version of himself.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:07:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:07:11" }, { "id": "2090", "questionId": "611", "text": "is very conscious of symbols of wealth and power.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:07:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:07:29" }, { "id": "2091", "questionId": "611", "text": "is preoccupied with the knowledge that he is growing old.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:07:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:07:48" }, { "id": "2092", "questionId": "612", "text": "Lines 80-81 (\u0093Apparently . . . change\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:09:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:09:32" }, { "id": "2093", "questionId": "612", "text": "Lines 81-85 (\u0093He straightened . . . hand\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:09:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:09:51" }, { "id": "2094", "questionId": "612", "text": "Lines 90-91 (\u0093The young . . . Mr. Peters\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:10:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:10:05" }, { "id": "2095", "questionId": "612", "text": "Lines 91-93 (\u0093He was . . . forty-five\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:10:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:10:19" }, { "id": "2096", "questionId": "613", "text": "emerging.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:11:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:11:32" }, { "id": "2097", "questionId": "613", "text": "fitting.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:11:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:11:48" }, { "id": "2098", "questionId": "613", "text": "developing.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:12:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:12:03" }, { "id": "2099", "questionId": "613", "text": "happening.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 09:12:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 09:12:16" }, { "id": "2100", "questionId": "614", "text": "Women depend on men for their safety and security, but men are largely independent of women.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:50:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:50:24" }, { "id": "2101", "questionId": "614", "text": "Women are inferior to men, but women play a role as significant as that played by men.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:50:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:50:52" }, { "id": "2102", "questionId": "614", "text": "Women have fewer rights than men do, but women also have fewer responsibilities.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:51:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:51:14" }, { "id": "2103", "questionId": "614", "text": "Women are superior to men, but tradition requires women to obey men.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:51:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:51:32" }, { "id": "2104", "questionId": "615", "text": "Lines 6-10 (\u0093But . . . all-pervading\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:52:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:52:46" }, { "id": "2105", "questionId": "615", "text": "Lines 13-14 (\u0093A man . . . debate\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:52:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:52:52" }, { "id": "2106", "questionId": "615", "text": "Lines 16-18 (\u0093he may coerce . . . sphere\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:53:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:53:06" }, { "id": "2107", "questionId": "615", "text": "Lines 41-46 (\u0093but whatever . . . sphere\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:53:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:53:19" }, { "id": "2108", "questionId": "616", "text": "overlooked, because few men are interested in women\u0092s thoughts about politics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:55:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:55:51" }, { "id": "2109", "questionId": "616", "text": "indirect, because women exert their influence within the home and family life.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:56:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:56:15" }, { "id": "2110", "questionId": "616", "text": "unnecessary, because men are able to govern society themselves.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:56:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:56:36" }, { "id": "2111", "questionId": "616", "text": "symbolic, because women tend to be more idealistic about politics than men are.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:56:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:56:56" }, { "id": "2112", "questionId": "617", "text": "region.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:58:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:58:20" }, { "id": "2113", "questionId": "617", "text": "studio.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:58:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:58:33" }, { "id": "2114", "questionId": "617", "text": "district.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:58:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:58:48" }, { "id": "2115", "questionId": "617", "text": "rank.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 10:59:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 10:59:05" }, { "id": "2116", "questionId": "618", "text": "eccentric.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:01:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:01:26" }, { "id": "2117", "questionId": "618", "text": "surprising.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:01:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:01:39" }, { "id": "2118", "questionId": "618", "text": "distinctive.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:01:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:01:57" }, { "id": "2119", "questionId": "618", "text": "infrequent.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:02:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:02:10" }, { "id": "2120", "questionId": "619", "text": "The rights of individuals are not determined by race or gender.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:05:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:05:02" }, { "id": "2121", "questionId": "619", "text": "Men and women must learn to work together to improve society.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:05:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:05:19" }, { "id": "2122", "questionId": "619", "text": "Moral rights are the most important distinction between human beings and animals.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:05:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:05:38" }, { "id": "2123", "questionId": "619", "text": "Men and women should have equal opportunities to flourish.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:05:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:05:58" }, { "id": "2124", "questionId": "620", "text": "They are viewed differently in various cultures around the world.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:07:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:07:49" }, { "id": "2125", "questionId": "620", "text": "They retain their moral authority regardless of whether they are recognized by law.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:08:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:08:10" }, { "id": "2126", "questionId": "620", "text": "They are sometimes at odds with moral responsibilities.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:08:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:08:28" }, { "id": "2127", "questionId": "620", "text": "They have become more advanced and refined throughout history.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:08:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:08:45" }, { "id": "2128", "questionId": "621", "text": "Lines 58-61 (\u0093Human . . . same rights\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:10:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:10:05" }, { "id": "2129", "questionId": "621", "text": "Lines 61-65 (\u0093These . . . imperishable\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:10:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:10:59" }, { "id": "2130", "questionId": "621", "text": "Lines 71-76 (\u0093To suppose . . . property\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:10:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:10:31" }, { "id": "2131", "questionId": "621", "text": "Lines 77-81 (\u0093When . . . nothingness\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:10:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:10:45" }, { "id": "2132", "questionId": "622", "text": "Passage 2 illustrates the practical difficulties of a proposal made in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:12:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:12:55" }, { "id": "2133", "questionId": "622", "text": "Passage 2 takes issue with the primary argument of Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:13:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:13:16" }, { "id": "2134", "questionId": "622", "text": "Passage 2 provides a historical context for the perspective offered in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:13:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:13:40" }, { "id": "2135", "questionId": "622", "text": "Passage 2 elaborates upon several ideas implied in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:13:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:13:59" }, { "id": "2136", "questionId": "623", "text": "Women have moral duties and responsibilities.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:15:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:15:09" }, { "id": "2137", "questionId": "623", "text": "Men often work selflessly for political change.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:15:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:15:23" }, { "id": "2138", "questionId": "623", "text": "The ethical obligations of women are often undervalued.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:15:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:15:48" }, { "id": "2139", "questionId": "623", "text": "Political activism is as important for women as it is for men.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:16:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:16:07" }, { "id": "2140", "questionId": "624", "text": "sympathy, because she feels that human beings owe each other a debt to work together in the world.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:17:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:17:24" }, { "id": "2141", "questionId": "624", "text": "agreement, because she feels that human responsibilities are a natural product of human rights", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:17:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:17:52" }, { "id": "2142", "questionId": "624", "text": "dismay, because she feels that women actually have a more difficult role to play in society than men do.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:18:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:18:12" }, { "id": "2143", "questionId": "624", "text": "disagreement, because she feels that the natures of men and women are fundamentally different.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:18:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:18:36" }, { "id": "2144", "questionId": "625", "text": "straightforward.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:25:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:25:29" }, { "id": "2145", "questionId": "625", "text": "modest.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:25:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:25:42" }, { "id": "2146", "questionId": "625", "text": "unadorned.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:25:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:25:56" }, { "id": "2147", "questionId": "625", "text": "easy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:26:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:26:12" }, { "id": "2148", "questionId": "626", "text": "produce a wide variety of fruits and vegetables.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:27:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:27:16" }, { "id": "2149", "questionId": "626", "text": "maximize the output of cultivated land.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:27:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:27:35" }, { "id": "2150", "questionId": "626", "text": "satisfy the dietary needs of the world\u0092s population.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:27:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:27:54" }, { "id": "2151", "questionId": "626", "text": "lessen the necessity of nitrogen in plant growth.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:28:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:28:10" }, { "id": "2152", "questionId": "627", "text": "It produces inferior fruits and vegetables and is detrimental to the environment.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:29:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:29:48" }, { "id": "2153", "questionId": "627", "text": "It is energy efficient and reduces the need to convert wilderness to farmland.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:30:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:30:05" }, { "id": "2154", "questionId": "627", "text": "It is good for the environment only in the short run.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:30:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:30:25" }, { "id": "2155", "questionId": "627", "text": "It depletes critical resources but protects wildlife habitats.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:30:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:30:41" }, { "id": "2156", "questionId": "628", "text": "Lines 27-28 (\u0093Of course . . . green\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:33:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:33:39" }, { "id": "2157", "questionId": "628", "text": "Lines 28-31 (\u0093They . . . corporations\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:33:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:33:52" }, { "id": "2158", "questionId": "628", "text": "Lines 31-35 (\u0093Environmentalists . . . sustainable\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:34:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:34:08" }, { "id": "2159", "questionId": "628", "text": "Lines 42-45 (\u0093More . . . think\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:34:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:34:28" }, { "id": "2160", "questionId": "629", "text": "Both are equally sustainable, but they differ dramatically in the amount of land they require to produce equivalent yields.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:36:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:36:52" }, { "id": "2161", "questionId": "629", "text": "Both rely on artificial chemicals for pest control, but organic farmers use the chemicals sparingly in conjunction with natural remedies.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:37:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:37:13" }, { "id": "2162", "questionId": "629", "text": "Both use nitrogen to encourage plant growth, but the nitrogen used in conventional farming comes from synthetic sources.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:37:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:37:35" }, { "id": "2163", "questionId": "629", "text": "Both create a substantial amount of nitrogen runoff, but only the type of nitrogen found in fertilizers used in conventional farming can be dangerous.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:37:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:37:54" }, { "id": "2164", "questionId": "630", "text": "Lines 13-14 (\u0093Conventional . . . basis\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:39:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:39:17" }, { "id": "2165", "questionId": "630", "text": "Lines 22-26 (\u0093And since . . . environment\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:39:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:39:31" }, { "id": "2166", "questionId": "630", "text": "Lines 51-53 (\u0093They . . . widely\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:39:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:39:44" }, { "id": "2167", "questionId": "630", "text": "Lines 61-65 (\u0093Conventional . . . farming\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:40:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:40:07" }, { "id": "2168", "questionId": "631", "text": "focuses primarily on yield percentages and global markets.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:41:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:41:44" }, { "id": "2169", "questionId": "631", "text": "considers multiple factors in the selection of farming techniques.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:42:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:42:08" }, { "id": "2170", "questionId": "631", "text": "weighs the economic interests of farmers against the needs of consumers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:42:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:42:27" }, { "id": "2171", "questionId": "631", "text": "puts the nutritional value of produce first and foremost.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:42:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:42:54" }, { "id": "2172", "questionId": "632", "text": "transparent.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:44:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:44:30" }, { "id": "2173", "questionId": "632", "text": "abrupt.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:44:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:44:43" }, { "id": "2174", "questionId": "632", "text": "steep.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:44:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:44:55" }, { "id": "2175", "questionId": "632", "text": "pure.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:45:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:45:11" }, { "id": "2176", "questionId": "633", "text": "The organic yield as a percentage of conventional yield is greater for vegetables than for fruits.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:47:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:47:01" }, { "id": "2177", "questionId": "633", "text": "The organic yield as a percentage of conventional yield is similar for cereals and all crops.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:47:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:47:26" }, { "id": "2178", "questionId": "633", "text": "The reported number of observations for each crop type exceeds 82.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:47:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:47:45" }, { "id": "2179", "questionId": "633", "text": "The organic yield as a percentage of conventional yield is greater for vegetable crops than it is for oilseed crops.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:48:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:48:05" }, { "id": "2180", "questionId": "634", "text": "Of the organically grown species represented, soybeans have the lowest yield.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:49:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:49:15" }, { "id": "2181", "questionId": "634", "text": "The organically grown maize and barley represented are comparable in their yields to conventionally grown maize and barley.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:49:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:49:33" }, { "id": "2182", "questionId": "634", "text": "Of the organically grown species represented, tomatoes have the highest yield.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:49:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:49:56" }, { "id": "2183", "questionId": "634", "text": "The organically grown species represented have lower yields than their conventionally grown counterparts do.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 11:50:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 11:50:20" }, { "id": "2184", "questionId": "635", "text": "y = (x - 2)(x - 4)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:18:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:18:37" }, { "id": "2185", "questionId": "635", "text": "y - 8 = x\u00b2 - 6x", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:19:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:19:06" }, { "id": "2186", "questionId": "635", "text": "y + 1 = (x - 3)\u00b2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:19:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:19:26" }, { "id": "2187", "questionId": "635", "text": "y = x(x-6) + 8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:19:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:19:42" }, { "id": "2188", "questionId": "636", "text": "400", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:21:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:21:30" }, { "id": "2189", "questionId": "636", "text": "250", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:21:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:21:36" }, { "id": "2190", "questionId": "636", "text": "150", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:21:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:21:40" }, { "id": "2191", "questionId": "636", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:21:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:21:44" }, { "id": "2192", "questionId": "637", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/ef9626cb6362852ddec83bfc637a704838d15dd8.jpg", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:27:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:27:52" }, { "id": "2193", "questionId": "637", "text": "", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:28:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:28:36" }, { "id": "2194", "questionId": "637", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/15ac13454ea8105dbf0683a0172516799f5c519f.jpg", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:29:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:29:27" }, { "id": "2195", "questionId": "637", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/8e0dbc81af6c427114c0fc5cfb887e4e7384c565.jpg", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:29:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:29:53" }, { "id": "2196", "questionId": "637", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/40d6aa6b7b3cafb1e086289a26c2865aa64e91f6.jpg", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 18:30:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 18:30:32" }, { "id": "2197", "questionId": "638", "text": "an explanation of the practical applications of the results.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:14:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:14:16" }, { "id": "2198", "questionId": "638", "text": "a consideration of the questions prompted by the results.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:14:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:14:34" }, { "id": "2199", "questionId": "638", "text": "Can analysis of the defects undermining the results.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:14:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:14:51" }, { "id": "2200", "questionId": "638", "text": "a conversation with a scientist who disputes the results.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:15:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:15:08" }, { "id": "2201", "questionId": "639", "text": "creating controversy than examining an issue in depth.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:18:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:18:06" }, { "id": "2202", "questionId": "639", "text": "reinforcing members\u0092 ideas than challenging those ideas.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:18:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:18:23" }, { "id": "2203", "questionId": "639", "text": "arriving at accurate quantitative answers than producing valid qualitative judgments.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:18:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:18:45" }, { "id": "2204", "questionId": "639", "text": "ranking others\u0092 opinions than developing genuinely original positions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:19:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:19:06" }, { "id": "2205", "questionId": "640", "text": "Line 9 (\u0093Sometimes . . . you\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:20:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:20:29" }, { "id": "2206", "questionId": "640", "text": "Lines 11-14 (\u0093Your . . . number\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:20:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:20:48" }, { "id": "2207", "questionId": "640", "text": "Lines 17-20 (\u0093According . . . value\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:21:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:21:04" }, { "id": "2208", "questionId": "640", "text": "Lines 25-28 (\u0093To test . . . opinions\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:21:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:21:17" }, { "id": "2209", "questionId": "641", "text": "Lines 55-58 (\u0093Comments . . . reports\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:22:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:22:49" }, { "id": "2210", "questionId": "641", "text": "Lines 58-60 (\u0093And . . . them\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:23:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:23:02" }, { "id": "2211", "questionId": "641", "text": "Lines 63-65 (\u0093The ratings . . . them\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:23:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:23:15" }, { "id": "2212", "questionId": "641", "text": "Lines 76-79 (\u0093He . . . manipulated\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:23:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:23:27" }, { "id": "2213", "questionId": "642", "text": "Providing fewer fake positive comments", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:24:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:24:42" }, { "id": "2214", "questionId": "642", "text": "Using multiple websites to collect ratings", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:24:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:24:57" }, { "id": "2215", "questionId": "642", "text": "Requiring users to register on the website before voting", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:25:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:25:13" }, { "id": "2216", "questionId": "642", "text": "Informing users that voting data are being analyzed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:25:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:25:30" }, { "id": "2217", "questionId": "643", "text": "increase.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:26:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:26:33" }, { "id": "2218", "questionId": "643", "text": "accelerate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:26:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:26:45" }, { "id": "2219", "questionId": "643", "text": "promote.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:27:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:27:03" }, { "id": "2220", "questionId": "643", "text": "protect.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:27:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:27:16" }, { "id": "2221", "questionId": "644", "text": "level.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:28:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:28:50" }, { "id": "2222", "questionId": "644", "text": "wage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:28:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:28:46" }, { "id": "2223", "questionId": "644", "text": "interval.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:29:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:29:03" }, { "id": "2224", "questionId": "644", "text": "scheme.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:29:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:29:19" }, { "id": "2225", "questionId": "645", "text": "Business", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:32:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:32:25" }, { "id": "2226", "questionId": "645", "text": "Politics", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:32:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:32:42" }, { "id": "2227", "questionId": "645", "text": "Fun", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:32:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:32:56" }, { "id": "2228", "questionId": "645", "text": "General news", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:33:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:33:09" }, { "id": "2229", "questionId": "646", "text": "Culture and society", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:34:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:34:49" }, { "id": "2230", "questionId": "646", "text": "Information technology", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:35:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:35:02" }, { "id": "2231", "questionId": "646", "text": "Fun", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:35:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:35:14" }, { "id": "2232", "questionId": "646", "text": "General news", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:35:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:35:30" }, { "id": "2233", "questionId": "647", "text": "The mean score of artificially down-voted comments is similar to that of the control.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:37:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:37:32" }, { "id": "2234", "questionId": "647", "text": "The patterns observed in the experiment suggest that people are suspicious of negative social influence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:37:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:37:49" }, { "id": "2235", "questionId": "647", "text": "The positive bias observed in users of the news site may not apply to human behavior in other contexts.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:38:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:38:25" }, { "id": "2236", "questionId": "647", "text": "The type of story being commented on has an impact on the degree to which people can be influenced.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:38:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:38:53" }, { "id": "2237", "questionId": "648", "text": "demonstrate the validity of a new method.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:52:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:52:03" }, { "id": "2238", "questionId": "648", "text": "provide evidence for a popular viewpoint.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:52:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:52:19" }, { "id": "2239", "questionId": "648", "text": "call into question an earlier consensus.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:52:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:52:44" }, { "id": "2240", "questionId": "648", "text": "challenge the authenticity of previous data.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:52:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:52:57" }, { "id": "2241", "questionId": "649", "text": "Lines 8-12 (\u0093The right . . . difference\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:54:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:54:33" }, { "id": "2242", "questionId": "649", "text": "Lines 12-16 (\u0093Maguire . . . effect\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:54:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:54:49" }, { "id": "2243", "questionId": "649", "text": "Lines 17-20 (\u0093The brain . . . neuroplasticity\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:55:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:55:02" }, { "id": "2244", "questionId": "649", "text": "Lines 20-26 (\u0093It had . . . true\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:55:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:55:24" }, { "id": "2245", "questionId": "650", "text": "initial.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:58:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:58:23" }, { "id": "2246", "questionId": "650", "text": "simple.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:58:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:58:34" }, { "id": "2247", "questionId": "650", "text": "necessary.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:58:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 22:58:45" }, { "id": "2248", "questionId": "650", "text": "fundamental.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 22:59:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:00:13" }, { "id": "2249", "questionId": "651", "text": "Does the act of memorization make use of different brain structures than does the act of navigation?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:01:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:01:19" }, { "id": "2250", "questionId": "651", "text": "Do mental athletes inherit their unusual brain structures, or do the structures develop as a result of specific activities?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:01:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:01:43" }, { "id": "2251", "questionId": "651", "text": "Does heightened memorization ability reflect abnormal brain structure or an unusual use of normal brain structure?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:02:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:02:05" }, { "id": "2252", "questionId": "651", "text": "What is the relationship between general cognitive ability and the unusual brain structures of mental athletes?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:02:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:02:24" }, { "id": "2253", "questionId": "652", "text": "Lines 27-29 (\u0093After . . . athletes\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:05:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:05:13" }, { "id": "2254", "questionId": "652", "text": "Lines 33-37 (\u0093They . . . possess\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:05:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:05:32" }, { "id": "2255", "questionId": "652", "text": "Lines 38-43 (\u0093The researchers . . . scanned\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:05:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:05:45" }, { "id": "2256", "questionId": "652", "text": "Lines 52-54 (\u0093What\u0092s . . . range\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:06:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:06:02" }, { "id": "2257", "questionId": "653", "text": "comparable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:07:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:07:21" }, { "id": "2258", "questionId": "653", "text": "identical.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:07:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:07:54" }, { "id": "2259", "questionId": "653", "text": "distinguishable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:08:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:08:07" }, { "id": "2260", "questionId": "653", "text": "competing.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:08:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:08:20" }, { "id": "2261", "questionId": "654", "text": "relate Maguire\u0092s study of mental athletes to her study of taxi drivers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:09:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:09:31" }, { "id": "2262", "questionId": "654", "text": "speculate on the reason for Maguire\u0092s unexpected results.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:09:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:09:47" }, { "id": "2263", "questionId": "654", "text": "identify an important finding of Maguire\u0092s study of mental athletes.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:10:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:10:09" }, { "id": "2264", "questionId": "654", "text": "transition from a summary of Maguire\u0092s findings to a description of her methods.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:10:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:10:27" }, { "id": "2265", "questionId": "655", "text": "showed less brain activity overall.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:12:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:12:36" }, { "id": "2266", "questionId": "655", "text": "demonstrated a wider range of cognitive ability.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:12:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:12:49" }, { "id": "2267", "questionId": "655", "text": "exhibited different patterns of brain activity.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:13:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:13:14" }, { "id": "2268", "questionId": "655", "text": "displayed noticeably smaller hippocampal regions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:13:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:13:30" }, { "id": "2269", "questionId": "656", "text": "exploit parts of the brain not normally used in routine memorization.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:17:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:17:45" }, { "id": "2270", "questionId": "656", "text": "convert information they are trying to memorize into abstract symbols.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:18:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:18:01" }, { "id": "2271", "questionId": "656", "text": "organize information into numerical lists prior to memorization.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:18:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:18:22" }, { "id": "2272", "questionId": "656", "text": "exercise their brains regularly through puzzles and other mental challenges.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:18:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:18:39" }, { "id": "2273", "questionId": "657", "text": "Lines 66-72 (\u0093Surprisingly . . . way-finding\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:19:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:20:24" }, { "id": "2274", "questionId": "657", "text": "Lines 72-73 (\u0093At first . . . sense\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:19:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:19:51" }, { "id": "2275", "questionId": "657", "text": "Lines 79-81 (\u0093Maguire . . . memorized\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-21 23:20:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-21 23:20:04" }, { "id": "2276", "questionId": "657", "text": "Lines 85-87 (\u0093They . . . childhood\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", 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"lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:24:40" }, { "id": "2336", "questionId": "672", "text": "votes, which it is", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:24:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:24:54" }, { "id": "2337", "questionId": "673", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:25:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:25:56" }, { "id": "2338", "questionId": "673", "text": "City in the 1860s,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:26:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:26:11" }, { "id": "2339", "questionId": "673", "text": "City, in the 1860s,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:26:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:26:29" }, { "id": "2340", "questionId": "673", "text": "City in the 1860s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:26:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:26:45" }, { "id": "2341", "questionId": "674", "text": "Kept, because it introduces the quote from 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"questionId": "679", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:41:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:41:05" }, { "id": "2362", "questionId": "679", "text": "bringing", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:41:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:41:18" }, { "id": "2363", "questionId": "679", "text": "brings", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:41:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:41:46" }, { "id": "2364", "questionId": "680", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:43:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:43:13" }, { "id": "2365", "questionId": "680", "text": "triumph", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:43:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:43:34" }, { "id": "2366", "questionId": "680", "text": "culmination", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:43:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:43:51" }, { "id": "2367", "questionId": "680", "text": "apex", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 12:44:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 12:44:19" }, { "id": "2368", "questionId": "681", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:14:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:14:55" }, { "id": "2369", "questionId": "681", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:15:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:15:10" }, { "id": "2370", "questionId": "681", "text": "5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:15:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:15:21" }, { "id": "2371", "questionId": "681", "text": "6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:15:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:15:25" }, { "id": "2372", "questionId": "682", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:21:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:21:44" }, { "id": "2373", "questionId": "682", "text": "6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:21:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:21:51" }, { "id": "2374", "questionId": "682", "text": "23", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:21:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:21:55" }, { "id": "2375", "questionId": "682", "text": "324", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:21:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:21:58" }, { "id": "2376", "questionId": "683", "text": "175,000 + 7,500y ? 325,000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:24:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:24:25" }, { "id": "2377", "questionId": "683", "text": "325,000 ? 7,500 ? y", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:24:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:24:38" }, { "id": "2378", "questionId": "683", "text": "325,000 ? 7,500y", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:24:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:24:51" }, { "id": "2379", "questionId": "683", "text": "150,000 ? 7,500y", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:25:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:25:03" }, { "id": "2380", "questionId": "684", "text": "where the survey was given", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:31:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:31:58" }, { "id": "2381", "questionId": "684", "text": "sample size", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:32:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:32:06" }, { "id": "2382", "questionId": "684", "text": "population size", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:32:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:32:14" }, { "id": "2383", "questionId": "684", "text": "the number of people who refused to respond", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:32:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:32:33" }, { "id": "2384", "questionId": "685", "text": "1997", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:36:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:36:40" }, { "id": "2385", "questionId": "685", "text": "2000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:36:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:36:43" }, { "id": "2386", "questionId": "685", "text": "2003", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:36:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:36:50" }, { "id": "2387", "questionId": "685", "text": "2008", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:37:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:37:00" }, { "id": "2388", "questionId": "686", "text": "66,000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:43:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:43:46" }, { "id": "2389", "questionId": "686", "text": "93,000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:43:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:43:56" }, { "id": "2390", "questionId": "686", "text": "210,000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:44:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:44:01" }, { "id": "2391", "questionId": "686", "text": "420,000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:44:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:44:05" }, { "id": "2392", "questionId": "687", "text": "7\/25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:47:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:47:30" }, { "id": "2393", "questionId": "687", "text": "18\/25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:47:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:47:39" }, { "id": "2394", "questionId": "687", "text": "25\/200", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:47:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:47:52" }, { "id": "2395", "questionId": "687", "text": "7\/200", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 16:47:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 16:47:57" }, { "id": "2396", "questionId": "688", "text": "32", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:50:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:50:24" }, { "id": "2397", "questionId": "688", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:50:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:50:32" }, { "id": "2398", "questionId": "688", "text": "20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:50:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:50:35" }, { "id": "2399", "questionId": "688", "text": "48", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:50:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:50:39" }, { "id": "2400", "questionId": "689", "text": "There are a few homes that are valued much more than the rest.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:52:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:52:31" }, { "id": "2401", "questionId": "689", "text": "The homes have values that are close to each other.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:53:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:53:00" }, { "id": "2402", "questionId": "689", "text": "There are a few homes that are valued much less than the rest.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:53:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:53:22" }, { "id": "2403", "questionId": "689", "text": "Many of the homes have values between $125,000 and $165,000.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:53:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:53:37" }, { "id": "2404", "questionId": "690", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:59:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:59:33" }, { "id": "2405", "questionId": "690", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:59:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:59:35" }, { "id": "2406", "questionId": "690", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:59:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:59:36" }, { "id": "2407", "questionId": "690", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 17:59:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 17:59:44" }, { "id": "2408", "questionId": "691", "text": "The total number of students with 4 siblings at Washington School is expected to be 30 more than at Lincoln School.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:04:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:04:05" }, { "id": "2409", "questionId": "691", "text": "The total number of students with 4 siblings is expected to be equal at the two schools.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:04:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:04:20" }, { "id": "2410", "questionId": "691", "text": "The total number of students with 4 siblings at Lincoln School is expected to be 30 more than at Washington School.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:04:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:04:38" }, { "id": "2411", "questionId": "691", "text": "The total number of students with 4 siblings at Washington School is expected to be 900 more than at Lincoln School.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:05:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:05:01" }, { "id": "2412", "questionId": "692", "text": "?10 < y ? x < 10", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:09:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:09:48" }, { "id": "2413", "questionId": "692", "text": "x + y < 10", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:09:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:09:59" }, { "id": "2414", "questionId": "692", "text": "y > x + 10", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:10:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:10:22" }, { "id": "2415", "questionId": "692", "text": "y < x ? 10", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:10:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:10:37" }, { "id": "2416", "questionId": "693", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/4b78ffb8afe6a9ebc08ab58bad99a405e6588b7e.png", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:21:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:21:01" }, { "id": "2417", "questionId": "693", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/75a675c2dfae00434a51620ac98e73bd1b5a6ef7.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:21:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:21:15" }, { "id": "2418", "questionId": "693", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/8db5f1f099306e3583cd2fc4915b7be29ee73435.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:21:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:21:27" }, { "id": "2419", "questionId": "693", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/3bf02b3257107dceae67375457f09107d791f6c0.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:21:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:21:37" }, { "id": "2420", "questionId": "694", "text": "1\/4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:26:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:26:56" }, { "id": "2421", "questionId": "694", "text": "1\/16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:27:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:27:08" }, { "id": "2422", "questionId": "694", "text": "1\/64", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:27:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:27:20" }, { "id": "2423", "questionId": "694", "text": "1\/256", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:27:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:27:26" }, { "id": "2424", "questionId": "695", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:31:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:31:40" }, { "id": "2425", "questionId": "695", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:31:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:31:56" }, { "id": "2426", "questionId": "695", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:32:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:32:00" }, { "id": "2427", "questionId": "695", "text": "9", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:32:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:32:04" }, { "id": "2428", "questionId": "696", "text": "It is positive", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:44:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:44:27" }, { "id": "2429", "questionId": "696", "text": "It is negative", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:44:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:44:40" }, { "id": "2430", "questionId": "696", "text": "It equals zero", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:44:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:44:58" }, { "id": "2431", "questionId": "696", "text": "It is undefined", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 18:45:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 18:45:13" }, { "id": "2432", "questionId": "697", "text": "III only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:21:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:21:41" }, { "id": "2433", "questionId": "697", "text": "I and III only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:21:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:21:50" }, { "id": "2434", "questionId": "697", "text": "II and III only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:21:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:21:57" }, { "id": "2435", "questionId": "697", "text": "I, II, and III", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:22:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:22:11" }, { "id": "2436", "questionId": "698", "text": "In the intervals from 0 to 10 minutes and from 10 to 20 minutes, the rates of change of temperature of the non-insulated sample are of greater magnitude, whereas in the intervals from 40 to 50 minutes and from 50 to 60 minutes, the rates of change of temperature of the insulated sample are of greater magnitude.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:25:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:25:55" }, { "id": "2437", "questionId": "698", "text": "In every 10-minute interval, the magnitude of the rate of change of temperature of the insulated sample is greater than that of the non-insulated sample.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:26:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:26:07" }, { "id": "2438", "questionId": "698", "text": "In every 10-minute interval, the magnitude of the rate of change of temperature of the non-insulated sample is greater than that of the insulated sample.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:26:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:26:42" }, { "id": "2439", "questionId": "698", "text": "In the intervals from 0 to 10 minutes and from 10 to 20 minutes, the rates of change of temperature of the insulated sample are of greater magnitude, whereas in the intervals from 40 to 50 minutes and from 50 to 60 minutes, the rates of change of temperature of the non-insulated sample are of greater magnitude.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:26:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:26:56" }, { "id": "2440", "questionId": "699", "text": "y = ?3(x ? 1)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:30:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:30:18" }, { "id": "2441", "questionId": "699", "text": "y = ?3x ? 1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:30:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:30:29" }, { "id": "2442", "questionId": "699", "text": "y = ?1\/3x + 4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:31:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:31:02" }, { "id": "2443", "questionId": "699", "text": "y = ?1\/3x ? 1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:31:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:31:31" }, { "id": "2444", "questionId": "700", "text": "a = ?2, b = 4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:37:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:37:57" }, { "id": "2445", "questionId": "700", "text": "a = ?2, b = 2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:38:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:38:16" }, { "id": "2446", "questionId": "700", "text": "a = 2, b = 4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:38:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:38:30" }, { "id": "2447", "questionId": "700", "text": "a = 4, b = 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:38:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:38:48" }, { "id": "2448", "questionId": "701", "text": "256", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:43:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:43:58" }, { "id": "2449", "questionId": "701", "text": "192", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:44:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:44:09" }, { "id": "2450", "questionId": "701", "text": "64? 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:44:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:44:18" }, { "id": "2451", "questionId": "701", "text": "16? 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 19:44:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 19:44:26" }, { "id": "2452", "questionId": "708", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:52:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:52:21" }, { "id": "2453", "questionId": "708", "text": "its", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:52:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:53:15" }, { "id": "2454", "questionId": "708", "text": "its\u0092", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:52:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:52:55" }, { "id": "2455", "questionId": "708", "text": "their", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:53:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:53:08" }, { "id": "2456", "questionId": "709", "text": "With the idea being obviously very attractive, an obscure method of photography may be made available to many at little expense.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:54:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:54:35" }, { "id": "2457", "questionId": "709", "text": "The idea is obviously very attractive: an obscure method of photography may be made available to many at little expense.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:54:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:54:57" }, { "id": "2458", "questionId": "709", "text": "An obscure method of photography may be made available to many at little expense, and the idea is obviously very attractive", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:55:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:55:17" }, { "id": "2459", "questionId": "709", "text": "An obscure method of photography, an idea that is obviously very attractive, may be made available to many at little expense.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:55:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:55:36" }, { "id": "2460", "questionId": "710", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:56:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:56:49" }, { "id": "2461", "questionId": "710", "text": "Therefore,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:57:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:57:02" }, { "id": "2462", "questionId": "710", "text": "In effect,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:57:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:57:13" }, { "id": "2463", "questionId": "710", "text": "As a rule,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 20:57:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 20:57:29" }, { "id": "2464", "questionId": "711", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:05:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 21:05:36" }, { "id": "2465", "questionId": "711", "text": "Work that is easily understood and appreciated is supported,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:05:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 21:05:53" }, { "id": "2466", "questionId": "711", "text": "Work that is easily understood, and appreciated is supported", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:06:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 21:06:13" }, { "id": "2467", "questionId": "711", "text": "Work\u0097that is easily understood and appreciated\u0097is supported,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:06:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 21:06:35" }, { "id": "2468", "questionId": "712", "text": "Yes, because it gives more information about the people who donate to crowdfunding campaigns.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:08:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 21:08:16" }, { "id": "2469", "questionId": "712", "text": "Yes, because it reinforces the writer\u0092s point about the funding of artistic projects.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:08:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 21:08:31" }, { "id": "2470", "questionId": "712", "text": "No, because it fails to take into account project funding received from public institutions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 21:08:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 21:08:51" }, { "id": "2471", "questionId": "712", "text": "No, because it 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23:14:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:14:46" }, { "id": "2567", "questionId": "738", "text": "x - 4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:14:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:14:58" }, { "id": "2568", "questionId": "739", "text": "d-4\/ c", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:17:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:17:20" }, { "id": "2569", "questionId": "739", "text": "c-4\/ d", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:17:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:17:29" }, { "id": "2570", "questionId": "739", "text": "4-d\/ c", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:17:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:17:37" }, { "id": "2571", "questionId": "739", "text": "4-c\/ d", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:17:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:17:43" }, { "id": "2572", "questionId": "740", "text": "12\/5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:23:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:23:15" }, { "id": "2573", "questionId": "740", "text": "16\/7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:23:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:23:22" }, { "id": "2574", "questionId": "740", "text": "-16\/7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:23:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:23:29" }, { "id": "2575", "questionId": "740", "text": "-12\/5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:23:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:23:35" }, { "id": "2576", "questionId": "741", "text": "12", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:26:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:26:23" }, { "id": "2577", "questionId": "741", "text": "14", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:26:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:26:25" }, { "id": "2578", "questionId": "741", "text": "16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:26:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:26:28" }, { "id": "2579", "questionId": "741", "text": "10", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:26:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:26:33" }, { "id": "2580", "questionId": "742", "text": "I and II only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:30:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:30:45" }, { "id": "2581", "questionId": "742", "text": "II and III only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:30:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:30:56" }, { "id": "2582", "questionId": "742", "text": "I, II, and III", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:31:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:31:08" }, { "id": "2583", "questionId": "742", "text": "I and III only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:31:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:31:18" }, { "id": "2584", "questionId": "743", "text": "-8a", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:33:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:33:20" }, { "id": "2585", "questionId": "743", "text": "-5a", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:33:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:33:25" }, { "id": "2586", "questionId": "743", "text": "-2a", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:33:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:33:29" }, { "id": "2587", "questionId": "743", "text": "-9a", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:33:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:33:36" }, { "id": "2588", "questionId": "744", "text": "-16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:36:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:36:50" }, { "id": "2589", "questionId": "744", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:36:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:36:52" }, { "id": "2590", "questionId": "744", "text": "16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:36:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:36:56" }, { "id": "2591", "questionId": "744", "text": "-3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:37:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:37:05" }, { "id": "2592", "questionId": "745", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/5d99754ad784af54f0d30d423c6df801245a9c7a.png", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:39:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:39:06" }, { "id": "2593", "questionId": "745", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/50bca80f21ff6dfa29b52c6642fc6d0bccbc9575.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:40:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:40:36" }, { "id": "2594", "questionId": "745", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/912170d4badcd5d7c20574e93048732dc2e9d272.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:40:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:40:43" }, { "id": "2595", "questionId": "745", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/96253715c00df2a48d6b0e41024bf7016a74091d.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:40:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:40:51" }, { "id": "2596", "questionId": "746", "text": "I only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:45:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:45:20" }, { "id": "2597", "questionId": "746", "text": "II only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:45:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:45:25" }, { "id": "2598", "questionId": "746", "text": "III only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:45:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:45:30" }, { "id": "2599", "questionId": "746", "text": "I and II only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-22 23:45:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-22 23:45:45" }, { "id": "2600", "questionId": "752", "text": "12:40 P.M.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:36:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:36:49" }, { "id": "2601", "questionId": "752", "text": "1:10 P.M.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:37:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:37:03" }, { "id": "2602", "questionId": "752", "text": "2:00 P.M.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:37:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:37:11" }, { "id": "2603", "questionId": "752", "text": "1:40 P.M.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:37:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:37:26" }, { "id": "2604", "questionId": "753", "text": "4\/25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:40:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:40:18" }, { "id": "2605", "questionId": "753", "text": "11\/25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:40:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:40:23" }, { "id": "2606", "questionId": "753", "text": "16\/25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:40:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:40:30" }, { "id": "2607", "questionId": "753", "text": "10\/25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:40:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:40:37" }, { "id": "2608", "questionId": "754", "text": "Sales increased until 2000 and then generally decreased.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:48:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:48:29" }, { "id": "2609", "questionId": "754", "text": "Sales generally increased each year since 1997.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:48:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:48:48" }, { "id": "2610", "questionId": "754", "text": "Sales generally decreased each year since 1997.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:49:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:49:03" }, { "id": "2611", "questionId": "754", "text": "Sales generally remained steady from 1997 through 2009.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:49:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:49:18" }, { "id": "2612", "questionId": "755", "text": "f (n) = 3n ? 5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:51:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:51:32" }, { "id": "2613", "questionId": "755", "text": "f (n) = n ? 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:51:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:51:46" }, { "id": "2614", "questionId": "755", "text": "f (n) = 2n ? 4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:51:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:51:58" }, { "id": "2615", "questionId": "755", "text": "f (n) = 4n ? 6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:52:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:52:09" }, { "id": "2616", "questionId": "756", "text": "140", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:54:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:54:03" }, { "id": "2617", "questionId": "756", "text": "39", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:54:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:54:08" }, { "id": "2618", "questionId": "756", "text": "30", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:54:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:54:10" }, { "id": "2619", "questionId": "756", "text": "69", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:54:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:54:14" }, { "id": "2620", "questionId": "757", "text": "8x^2 - 7x - 4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:58:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:58:43" }, { "id": "2621", "questionId": "757", "text": "8x^2 + 7x - 4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:59:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:59:06" }, { "id": "2622", "questionId": "757", "text": "8x^4 - 7x^2 - 4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:59:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:59:23" }, { "id": "2623", "questionId": "757", "text": "8x^4 + 7x^2 - 4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 18:59:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 18:59:37" }, { "id": "2624", "questionId": "758", "text": "9\/20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:01:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:01:24" }, { "id": "2625", "questionId": "758", "text": "4\/5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:01:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:01:29" }, { "id": "2626", "questionId": "758", "text": "5\/4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:01:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:01:33" }, { "id": "2627", "questionId": "758", "text": "20\/9", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:01:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:01:48" }, { "id": "2628", "questionId": "759", "text": "The estimated increase in the average number of students per classroom each year", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:04:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:04:36" }, { "id": "2629", "questionId": "759", "text": "The total number of students at the school in 2000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:04:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:04:50" }, { "id": "2630", "questionId": "759", "text": "The average number of students per classroom in 2000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:05:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:05:00" }, { "id": "2631", "questionId": "759", "text": "The estimated difference between the average number of students per classroom in 2010 and in 2000", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:05:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:05:12" }, { "id": "2632", "questionId": "760", "text": "150 meters", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:06:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:06:45" }, { "id": "2633", "questionId": "760", "text": "700 meters", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:06:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:06:52" }, { "id": "2634", "questionId": "760", "text": "1,400 meters", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:06:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:06:58" }, { "id": "2635", "questionId": "760", "text": "450 meters", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:07:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:07:09" }, { "id": "2636", "questionId": "761", "text": "25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:09:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:09:23" }, { "id": "2637", "questionId": "761", "text": "86", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:09:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:09:26" }, { "id": "2638", "questionId": "761", "text": "101", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:09:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:09:29" }, { "id": "2639", "questionId": "761", "text": "324", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-24 19:09:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-24 19:09:34" }, { "id": "2640", "questionId": "762", "text": "Venus", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:21:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 15:21:44" }, { "id": "2641", "questionId": "762", "text": "Uranus", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:21:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 15:21:54" }, { "id": "2642", "questionId": "762", "text": "Neptune", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:21:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 15:21:59" }, { "id": "2643", "questionId": "762", "text": "Saturn", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:22:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 15:22:07" }, { "id": "2649", "questionId": "764", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/6279f2dd483de3241ebb411a57f9a9a7d567ddf1.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:34:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 15:34:29" }, { "id": "2650", "questionId": "764", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/a509906fd722005d79c8a1a4945ff63dd3922ef3.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:34:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 15:34:38" }, { "id": "2651", "questionId": "764", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/c181c28d609c3fd9f73a33537d32e7c1ffa5a7e2.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:35:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 15:35:06" }, { "id": "2652", "questionId": "764", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/441a5f998ab574fec90b3bd6080f842acfba1833.png", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 15:35:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 15:35:14" }, { "id": "2653", "questionId": "765", "text": "v = h - k\/ t + 16t", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:16:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:16:23" }, { "id": "2654", "questionId": "765", "text": "v = h + k - 16t", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:16:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:16:44" }, { "id": "2655", "questionId": "765", "text": "v = h - k + 16\/ t", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:17:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:17:09" }, { "id": "2656", "questionId": "765", "text": "v = h + k\/ t - 16t", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:17:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:17:47" }, { "id": "2657", "questionId": "766", "text": "c = 0.20(60h)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:23:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:23:05" }, { "id": "2658", "questionId": "766", "text": "c = 0.20h + 60", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:23:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:23:23" }, { "id": "2659", "questionId": "766", "text": "c = 60h\/0.20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:23:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:23:39" }, { "id": "2660", "questionId": "766", "text": "c = 0.20h\/60", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:23:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:23:52" }, { "id": "2661", "questionId": "767", "text": "Treatment X is likely to improve the eyesight of people who have poor eyesight.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:26:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:26:34" }, { "id": "2662", "questionId": "767", "text": "Treatment X improves eyesight better than all other available treatments.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:26:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:26:50" }, { "id": "2663", "questionId": "767", "text": "Treatment X will improve the eyesight of anyone who takes it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:27:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:27:08" }, { "id": "2664", "questionId": "767", "text": "Treatment X will cause a substantial improvement in eyesight.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:27:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:27:23" }, { "id": "2665", "questionId": "768", "text": "-3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:31:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:31:11" }, { "id": "2666", "questionId": "768", "text": "-1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:31:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:31:15" }, { "id": "2667", "questionId": "768", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:31:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:31:18" }, { "id": "2668", "questionId": "768", "text": "-2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:31:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:31:23" }, { "id": "2669", "questionId": "769", "text": "The quantity supplied will increase by 5 units.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:37:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:37:15" }, { "id": "2670", "questionId": "769", "text": "The quantity supplied will decrease by 5 units.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:37:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:37:34" }, { "id": "2671", "questionId": "769", "text": "The quantity supplied will increase by 10 units.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:37:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:37:53" }, { "id": "2672", "questionId": "769", "text": "The quantity supplied will increase by 50 units.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:38:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:38:06" }, { "id": "2673", "questionId": "770", "text": "$120", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:40:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:40:22" }, { "id": "2674", "questionId": "770", "text": "$90", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:40:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:40:32" }, { "id": "2675", "questionId": "770", "text": "$133", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:40:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:40:41" }, { "id": "2676", "questionId": "770", "text": "$155", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:40:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:40:51" }, { "id": "2677", "questionId": "771", "text": "250", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:46:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:46:51" }, { "id": "2678", "questionId": "771", "text": "350", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:46:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:46:56" }, { "id": "2679", "questionId": "771", "text": "1,350", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:47:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:47:02" }, { "id": "2680", "questionId": "771", "text": "450", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:47:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:47:15" }, { "id": "2681", "questionId": "772", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:53:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:53:09" }, { "id": "2682", "questionId": "772", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:53:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:53:11" }, { "id": "2683", "questionId": "772", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:53:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:53:13" }, { "id": "2684", "questionId": "772", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:53:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:53:19" }, { "id": "2685", "questionId": "773", "text": "Each successive year, 1% of the current value is added to the value of the account.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:56:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:56:46" }, { "id": "2686", "questionId": "773", "text": "Each successive year, 2% of the initial savings is added to the value of the account.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:57:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:57:04" }, { "id": "2687", "questionId": "773", "text": "Each successive year, 1.5% of the initial savings and $100 is added to the value of the account.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:57:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:57:19" }, { "id": "2688", "questionId": "773", "text": "Each successive year, $100 is added to the value of the account.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:57:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:57:37" }, { "id": "2689", "questionId": "774", "text": "570", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:59:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:59:39" }, { "id": "2690", "questionId": "774", "text": "214", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:59:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:59:44" }, { "id": "2691", "questionId": "774", "text": "155", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:59:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:59:46" }, { "id": "2692", "questionId": "774", "text": "513", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-25 19:59:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-25 19:59:54" }, { "id": "2693", "questionId": "775", "text": "characterize Nawab as a loving father.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 16:56:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 16:56:12" }, { "id": "2694", "questionId": "775", "text": "outline the schedule of a typical day in Nawab\u0092s life.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 16:56:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 16:56:29" }, { "id": "2695", "questionId": "775", "text": "describe Nawab\u0092s various moneymaking venture", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 16:57:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 16:57:23" }, { "id": "2696", "questionId": "775", "text": "contrast Nawab\u0092s and Harouni\u0092s lifestyles.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 16:57:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 16:57:51" }, { "id": "2697", "questionId": "776", "text": "thrills.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:00:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:00:07" }, { "id": "2698", "questionId": "776", "text": "complaints.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:00:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:00:20" }, { "id": "2699", "questionId": "776", "text": "jolts.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:00:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:00:32" }, { "id": "2700", "questionId": "776", "text": "interests.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:00:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:00:45" }, { "id": "2701", "questionId": "777", "text": "suggest that Nawab often dreams of having a more exciting profession.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:02:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:02:12" }, { "id": "2702", "questionId": "777", "text": "highlight the fact that Nawab\u0092s primary job is to tend to Harouni\u0092s tube wells.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:02:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:02:30" }, { "id": "2703", "questionId": "777", "text": "reinforce the idea that Nawab has had many different occupations in his life.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:02:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:02:50" }, { "id": "2704", "questionId": "777", "text": "emphasize how demanding Nawab\u0092s work for Harouni is.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:03:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:03:09" }, { "id": "2705", "questionId": "778", "text": "Lines 28-32 (\u0093By his . . . Lahore\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:05:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:05:59" }, { "id": "2706", "questionId": "778", "text": "Lines 40-42 (\u0093The landowner . . . ahead\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:06:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:06:09" }, { "id": "2707", "questionId": "778", "text": "Lines 46-49 (\u0093In your . . . should\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:06:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:06:21" }, { "id": "2708", "questionId": "778", "text": "Line 58 (\u0093I\u0092ve . . . years\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:06:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:06:37" }, { "id": "2709", "questionId": "779", "text": "flatter Harouni by mentioning how vast his lands are.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:07:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:07:54" }, { "id": "2710", "questionId": "779", "text": "boast to Harouni about how competent and reliable Nawab is.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:08:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:08:12" }, { "id": "2711", "questionId": "779", "text": "emphasize Nawab\u0092s diligence and loyalty to Harouni.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:08:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:08:35" }, { "id": "2712", "questionId": "779", "text": "notify Harouni that Nawab intends to quit his job tending the tube wells.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:09:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:09:03" }, { "id": "2713", "questionId": "780", "text": "in love.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:10:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:10:07" }, { "id": "2714", "questionId": "780", "text": "na\u00efve.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:10:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:10:28" }, { "id": "2715", "questionId": "780", "text": "busy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:10:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:10:50" }, { "id": "2716", "questionId": "780", "text": "young.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:11:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:11:08" }, { "id": "2717", "questionId": "781", "text": "Harouni appreciates that Nawab has to work hard to support his family.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:12:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:12:55" }, { "id": "2718", "questionId": "781", "text": "Harouni sees benefit to himself from giving Nawab a motorcycle.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:13:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:13:18" }, { "id": "2719", "questionId": "781", "text": "Nawab\u0092s speech is the most eloquent that Harouni has ever heard.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:13:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:13:37" }, { "id": "2720", "questionId": "781", "text": "Nawab threatens to quit if Harouni doesn\u0092t agree to give him a motorcycle.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:13:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:13:58" }, { "id": "2721", "questionId": "782", "text": "Lines 65-66 (\u0093And . . . crux\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:15:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:15:13" }, { "id": "2722", "questionId": "782", "text": "Lines 66-68 (\u0093He didn\u0092t . . . him\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:15:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:15:26" }, { "id": "2723", "questionId": "782", "text": "Lines 75-76 (\u0093He even . . . gasoline\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:15:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:15:40" }, { "id": "2724", "questionId": "782", "text": "Lines 80-81 (\u0093He could . . . business\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:15:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:15:54" }, { "id": "2725", "questionId": "783", "text": "disgust.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:17:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:17:54" }, { "id": "2726", "questionId": "783", "text": "happiness.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:18:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:18:08" }, { "id": "2727", "questionId": "783", "text": "envy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:18:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:18:23" }, { "id": "2728", "questionId": "783", "text": "indifference.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:18:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:18:58" }, { "id": "2729", "questionId": "784", "text": "People start calling him \u0093Uncle.\u0094", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:22:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:22:24" }, { "id": "2730", "questionId": "784", "text": "He\u0092s able to expand his business.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:22:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:22:39" }, { "id": "2731", "questionId": "784", "text": "He\u0092s able to educate his daughters.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:22:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:22:55" }, { "id": "2732", "questionId": "784", "text": "He can spend more time with his wife.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:23:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:23:14" }, { "id": "2733", "questionId": "785", "text": "analyze the technological developments that have affected the production, circulation, and reception of news stories.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:39:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:39:24" }, { "id": "2734", "questionId": "785", "text": "discuss changes in the perception of the news media as a source of public knowledge.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:39:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:39:47" }, { "id": "2735", "questionId": "785", "text": "show how journalists\u0092 frames of value influence the production of news stories.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:40:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:40:06" }, { "id": "2736", "questionId": "785", "text": "challenge the conventional view that news is a form of public knowledge.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:40:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:40:26" }, { "id": "2737", "questionId": "786", "text": "They should be uninfluenced by commercial considerations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:44:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:44:01" }, { "id": "2738", "questionId": "786", "text": "They should be committed to bringing about positive social change.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:44:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:44:19" }, { "id": "2739", "questionId": "786", "text": "They should be respectful of the difference between public and private knowledge.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:44:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:44:38" }, { "id": "2740", "questionId": "786", "text": "They should be transparent about their beliefs and assumptions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:44:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:44:59" }, { "id": "2741", "questionId": "787", "text": "Lines 2-5 (\u0093Unlike . . . people\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:46:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:46:30" }, { "id": "2742", "questionId": "787", "text": "Lines 20-21 (\u0093The production . . . process\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:46:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:46:44" }, { "id": "2743", "questionId": "787", "text": "Lines 33-38 (\u0093As part . . . decisions\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:47:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:47:02" }, { "id": "2744", "questionId": "787", "text": "Lines 43-46 (\u0093Editors . . . viewers\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:47:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:47:28" }, { "id": "2745", "questionId": "788", "text": "numerous.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:57:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:57:24" }, { "id": "2746", "questionId": "788", "text": "familiar.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:57:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:57:37" }, { "id": "2747", "questionId": "788", "text": "widespread.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:57:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:57:53" }, { "id": "2748", "questionId": "788", "text": "ordinary.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:58:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:58:16" }, { "id": "2749", "questionId": "789", "text": "present contradictory examples.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 17:59:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 17:59:56" }, { "id": "2750", "questionId": "789", "text": "cite representative opinions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:00:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:00:13" }, { "id": "2751", "questionId": "789", "text": "criticize typical viewpoints.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:00:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:00:29" }, { "id": "2752", "questionId": "789", "text": "suggest viable alternatives.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:00:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:00:51" }, { "id": "2753", "questionId": "790", "text": "personal judgments about the events reported.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:02:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:02:54" }, { "id": "2754", "questionId": "790", "text": "more information than is absolutely necessary.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:03:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:03:10" }, { "id": "2755", "questionId": "790", "text": "quotations from authorities on the subject matter.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:03:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:03:28" }, { "id": "2756", "questionId": "790", "text": "details that the subjects of news reports wish to keep private.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:03:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:03:47" }, { "id": "2757", "questionId": "792", "text": "Lines 12-16 (\u0093Thus . . . them\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:07:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:07:33" }, { "id": "2758", "questionId": "792", "text": "Lines 30-33 (\u0093They . . . others\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:07:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:07:48" }, { "id": "2759", "questionId": "792", "text": "Lines 40-42 (\u0093Not surprisingly . . . authority\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:08:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:08:04" }, { "id": "2760", "questionId": "792", "text": "Lines 70-77 (\u0093There . . . own\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:08:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:08:31" }, { "id": "2761", "questionId": "791", "text": "4.5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:08:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:08:32" }, { "id": "2762", "questionId": "791", "text": "5.5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:08:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:08:35" }, { "id": "2763", "questionId": "791", "text": "21.5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:08:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:08:40" }, { "id": "2764", "questionId": "791", "text": "12.5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:08:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:08:46" }, { "id": "2765", "questionId": "794", "text": "16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:10:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:10:34" }, { "id": "2766", "questionId": "794", "text": "21", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:10:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:10:36" }, { "id": "2767", "questionId": "794", "text": "23", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:10:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:10:38" }, { "id": "2768", "questionId": "794", "text": "26", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:10:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:10:42" }, { "id": "2769", "questionId": "793", "text": "unfiltered.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:10:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:10:48" }, { "id": "2770", "questionId": "793", "text": "exposed.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:11:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:11:02" }, { "id": "2771", "questionId": "793", "text": "harsh.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:11:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:11:14" }, { "id": "2772", "questionId": "793", "text": "inexperienced.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:11:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:11:28" }, { "id": "2773", "questionId": "795", "text": "1985", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:13:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:13:02" }, { "id": "2774", "questionId": "795", "text": "1992", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:13:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:13:13" }, { "id": "2775", "questionId": "795", "text": "2003", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:13:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:13:25" }, { "id": "2776", "questionId": "795", "text": "2011", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:13:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:13:38" }, { "id": "2777", "questionId": "797", "text": "261.8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:18:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:18:53" }, { "id": "2778", "questionId": "797", "text": "785.4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:18:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:18:57" }, { "id": "2779", "questionId": "797", "text": "916.3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:19:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:19:02" }, { "id": "2780", "questionId": "796", "text": "Between 1985 and 2011, the proportion of inaccurate news stories rose dramatically.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:19:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:24:15" }, { "id": "2781", "questionId": "797", "text": "1,047.2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:19:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:19:11" }, { "id": "2782", "questionId": "796", "text": "Between 1992 and 2003, the proportion of people who believed that news organizations were biased almost doubled.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:19:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:19:20" }, { "id": "2783", "questionId": "798", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:21:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:21:41" }, { "id": "2784", "questionId": "798", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:21:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:21:42" }, { "id": "2785", "questionId": "798", "text": "16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:21:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:21:44" }, { "id": "2786", "questionId": "798", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:21:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:21:49" }, { "id": "2787", "questionId": "796", "text": "Between 2003 and 2007, people\u0092s views of the accuracy, independence, and fairness of news organizations changed very little.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:23:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:23:40" }, { "id": "2788", "questionId": "796", "text": "Between 2007 and 2011, people\u0092s perception that news organizations are accurate increased, but people\u0092s perception that news organizations are fair diminished.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:24:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:24:03" }, { "id": "2789", "questionId": "799", "text": "12", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:24:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:24:09" }, { "id": "2790", "questionId": "799", "text": "15", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:24:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:24:12" }, { "id": "2791", "questionId": "799", "text": "22", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:24:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:24:13" }, { "id": "2792", "questionId": "799", "text": "20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:24:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:24:17" }, { "id": "2793", "questionId": "800", "text": "\u0093political disengagement by the majority\u0094 (line 51).", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:26:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:26:24" }, { "id": "2794", "questionId": "800", "text": "\u0093the professional claims of experts\u0094 (lines 65-66).", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:26:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:26:36" }, { "id": "2795", "questionId": "800", "text": "\u0093scepticism towards the epistemological authority of expert elites\u0094 (lines 69-70).", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:26:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:26:58" }, { "id": "2796", "questionId": "800", "text": "\u0093the supremacy of the clickstream\u0094 (line 81).", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:27:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:27:16" }, { "id": "2797", "questionId": "801", "text": "50,000(0.1)^20t", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:27:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:27:36" }, { "id": "2798", "questionId": "801", "text": "50,000(0.1)^t\/20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:27:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:27:53" }, { "id": "2799", "questionId": "801", "text": "50,000(0.9)^20t", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:28:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:28:11" }, { "id": "2800", "questionId": "801", "text": "50,000(0.9)^t\/20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:28:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:28:25" }, { "id": "2801", "questionId": "802", "text": "0.357", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:33:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:33:19" }, { "id": "2802", "questionId": "802", "text": "0.333", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:33:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:33:22" }, { "id": "2803", "questionId": "802", "text": "0.250", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:33:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:33:27" }, { "id": "2804", "questionId": "802", "text": "0.410", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:33:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:33:33" }, { "id": "2805", "questionId": "803", "text": "x is y minus 1\/4.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:36:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:36:00" }, { "id": "2806", "questionId": "803", "text": "x is y minus 1\/2.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:36:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:36:20" }, { "id": "2807", "questionId": "803", "text": "x is y minus 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:36:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:36:35" }, { "id": "2808", "questionId": "803", "text": "x is y plus 1\/2.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:36:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:36:50" }, { "id": "2809", "questionId": "807", "text": "discuss the assumptions and reasoning behind a theory.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:45:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:45:49" }, { "id": "2810", "questionId": "807", "text": "describe the aim, method, and results of an experiment.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:46:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:46:08" }, { "id": "2811", "questionId": "807", "text": "present and analyze conflicting data about a phenomenon.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:46:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:46:22" }, { "id": "2812", "questionId": "807", "text": "show the innovative nature of a procedure used in a study.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:46:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:46:36" }, { "id": "2813", "questionId": "809", "text": "Direct observation", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:47:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:47:43" }, { "id": "2814", "questionId": "809", "text": "Historical data", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:48:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:48:01" }, { "id": "2815", "questionId": "809", "text": "Expert testimony", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:48:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:48:14" }, { "id": "2816", "questionId": "809", "text": "Random sampling", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:48:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:48:27" }, { "id": "2817", "questionId": "812", "text": "They feed primarily on Texas gourd plants.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 18:50:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 18:50:45" }, { "id": "2818", "questionId": "815", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/ae16aa27c324ed271fc2bce8b9acb8a7e3140b86.png", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:34:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:34:40" }, { "id": "2819", "questionId": "815", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/95294f594f7cb285c676da23b2911542c763652b.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:34:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:34:48" }, { "id": "2820", "questionId": "815", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/ab8d3ab03b4ffcd57eeb1179f6f0f765c6dc117c.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:34:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:34:55" }, { "id": "2821", "questionId": "815", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/d5b82d945c5451059923dec537467e8acafb0d23.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:35:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:35:02" }, { "id": "2822", "questionId": "816", "text": "-2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:38:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:38:05" }, { "id": "2823", "questionId": "816", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:40:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:40:08" }, { "id": "2824", "questionId": "816", "text": "7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:40:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:40:10" }, { "id": "2825", "questionId": "816", "text": "-5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:40:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:40:15" }, { "id": "2826", "questionId": "817", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:49:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:49:56" }, { "id": "2827", "questionId": "817", "text": "12", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:50:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:50:00" }, { "id": "2828", "questionId": "817", "text": "24", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:50:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:50:02" }, { "id": "2829", "questionId": "817", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:50:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:50:05" }, { "id": "2830", "questionId": "818", "text": "-6x - 5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:56:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:56:55" }, { "id": "2831", "questionId": "818", "text": "6x + 5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:56:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:57:14" }, { "id": "2832", "questionId": "818", "text": "6x - 5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:57:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:57:04" }, { "id": "2833", "questionId": "818", "text": "6x^2 - 15x", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 19:57:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 19:57:30" }, { "id": "2834", "questionId": "819", "text": "24x^2 + 18x + 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:00:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:00:06" }, { "id": "2835", "questionId": "819", "text": "45x", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:00:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:00:25" }, { "id": "2836", "questionId": "819", "text": "24x^2 + 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:00:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:00:42" }, { "id": "2837", "questionId": "819", "text": "18x^2 + 6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:00:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:00:54" }, { "id": "2838", "questionId": "820", "text": "a\/b = -4\/7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:24:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:24:33" }, { "id": "2839", "questionId": "820", "text": "a + b\/b = 10\/7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:24:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:24:52" }, { "id": "2840", "questionId": "820", "text": "a - 2b\/b = -11\/7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:25:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:25:09" }, { "id": "2841", "questionId": "820", "text": "a\/b = 10\/7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:25:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:25:20" }, { "id": "2842", "questionId": "821", "text": "Amelia increases the distance of her longest run by 1.5 miles each week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:28:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:28:49" }, { "id": "2843", "questionId": "821", "text": "Amelia increases the distance of her longest run by 0.5 miles each week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:29:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:29:05" }, { "id": "2844", "questionId": "821", "text": "Amelia increases the distance of her longest run by 2 miles each week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:29:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:29:27" }, { "id": "2845", "questionId": "821", "text": "Amelia increases the distance of her longest run by 2 miles every 3 weeks.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:29:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:29:37" }, { "id": "2846", "questionId": "822", "text": "6x + 2y = 15", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:34:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:34:29" }, { "id": "2847", "questionId": "822", "text": "3x ? y = 7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:34:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:34:39" }, { "id": "2848", "questionId": "822", "text": "2x ? 3y = 6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:34:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:34:51" }, { "id": "2849", "questionId": "822", "text": "x + 3y = 1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:35:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:35:02" }, { "id": "2850", "questionId": "823", "text": "{3,6}", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:53:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:53:49" }, { "id": "2851", "questionId": "823", "text": "{2}", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:53:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:53:59" }, { "id": "2852", "questionId": "823", "text": "{3}", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:54:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:54:06" }, { "id": "2853", "questionId": "823", "text": "{6}", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:54:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:54:12" }, { "id": "2854", "questionId": "824", "text": "45\/11", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:59:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:59:38" }, { "id": "2855", "questionId": "824", "text": "5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:59:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:59:44" }, { "id": "2856", "questionId": "824", "text": "11\/2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:59:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:59:52" }, { "id": "2857", "questionId": "824", "text": "55\/9", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 20:59:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 20:59:59" }, { "id": "2858", "questionId": "825", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:02:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:02:34" }, { "id": "2859", "questionId": "825", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:02:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:02:35" }, { "id": "2860", "questionId": "825", "text": "Infinitely many", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:02:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:02:43" }, { "id": "2861", "questionId": "825", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:02:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:02:50" }, { "id": "2862", "questionId": "826", "text": "0.2x + 0.2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:05:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:05:14" }, { "id": "2863", "questionId": "826", "text": "0.5x + 0.1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:05:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:05:21" }, { "id": "2864", "questionId": "826", "text": "2.4x + 1.2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:05:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:05:29" }, { "id": "2865", "questionId": "826", "text": "1.2x + 0.6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:05:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:05:42" }, { "id": "2866", "questionId": "827", "text": "1\/4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:09:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:09:47" }, { "id": "2867", "questionId": "827", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:09:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:09:48" }, { "id": "2868", "questionId": "827", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:09:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:09:50" }, { "id": "2869", "questionId": "827", "text": "1\/2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:09:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:09:55" }, { "id": "2870", "questionId": "828", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:12:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:12:54" }, { "id": "2871", "questionId": "828", "text": "8\/3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:13:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:13:02" }, { "id": "2872", "questionId": "828", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:13:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:13:04" }, { "id": "2873", "questionId": "828", "text": "11\/3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:13:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:13:08" }, { "id": "2874", "questionId": "829", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/2b9ab36321c36bdd8c7b3c8ed5689d6840a46b4f.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:17:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:17:22" }, { "id": "2875", "questionId": "829", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/f090fa6a98a6c6d7f9d97e8ff2703518ccbbb4d0.png", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:17:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:17:37" }, { "id": "2876", "questionId": "829", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/0baba70d1a090f34147d17585094e9444d4b6825.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:17:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:17:47" }, { "id": "2877", "questionId": "829", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/3ffd20597211571bf13a90276ee7b620ac96e574.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:17:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:17:53" }, { "id": "2878", "questionId": "812", "text": "They are less attracted to dimethoxybenzene than honey bees are.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:33:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:33:33" }, { "id": "2879", "questionId": "812", "text": "They experience only minor negative effects as a result of carrying bacterial wilt disease.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:34:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:34:27" }, { "id": "2880", "questionId": "812", "text": "They are attracted to the same compound in Texas gourd scent that squash bees are.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:34:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:42:57" }, { "id": "2881", "questionId": "830", "text": "did not have aromatic flowers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:54:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:54:17" }, { "id": "2882", "questionId": "830", "text": "targeted insects other than bees.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:54:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:54:29" }, { "id": "2883", "questionId": "830", "text": "increased their floral scent.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:54:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:54:50" }, { "id": "2884", "questionId": "830", "text": "emitted more varied fragrant compounds.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:55:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:55:17" }, { "id": "2885", "questionId": "831", "text": "altered.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:56:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:57:01" }, { "id": "2886", "questionId": "831", "text": "restored.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:56:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:56:55" }, { "id": "2887", "questionId": "831", "text": "provided.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:57:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:57:16" }, { "id": "2888", "questionId": "831", "text": "preserved.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 21:57:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 21:57:31" }, { "id": "2889", "questionId": "832", "text": "They observed the behavior of bees and beetles both before and after the flowers opened in the morning.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:04:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:04:17" }, { "id": "2890", "questionId": "832", "text": "They increased the presence of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene only during the August flowering season.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:04:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:04:35" }, { "id": "2891", "questionId": "832", "text": "They compared the gourds that developed from naturally pollinated flowers to the gourds that developed from hand-pollinated flowers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:04:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:04:52" }, { "id": "2892", "questionId": "832", "text": "They gave bees a chance to choose between beetle-free enhanced flowers and beetle-free normal flowers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:05:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:05:19" }, { "id": "2893", "questionId": "833", "text": "Lines 45-50 (\u0093So every . . . beetles\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:08:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:08:21" }, { "id": "2894", "questionId": "833", "text": "Lines 51-53 (\u0093Finally . . . beetles\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:08:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:08:34" }, { "id": "2895", "questionId": "833", "text": "Lines 59-61 (\u0093We would . . . open\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:08:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:08:54" }, { "id": "2896", "questionId": "833", "text": "Lines 76-79 (\u0093Gourds . . . flowers\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:09:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:09:09" }, { "id": "2897", "questionId": "834", "text": "summarize Theis and Adler\u0092s findings.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:10:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:10:31" }, { "id": "2898", "questionId": "834", "text": "describe Theis and Adler\u0092s hypotheses.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:10:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:10:46" }, { "id": "2899", "questionId": "834", "text": "illustrate Theis and Adler\u0092s methods.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:11:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:11:00" }, { "id": "2900", "questionId": "834", "text": "explain Theis and Adler\u0092s reasoning.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:11:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:11:15" }, { "id": "2901", "questionId": "835", "text": "could not distinguish enhanced flowers from normal flowers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:12:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:12:24" }, { "id": "2902", "questionId": "835", "text": "visited enhanced flowers and normal flowers at an equal rate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:12:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:12:43" }, { "id": "2903", "questionId": "835", "text": "largely preferred normal flowers to enhanced flowers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:12:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:12:57" }, { "id": "2904", "questionId": "835", "text": "were as likely to visit beetle-infested enhanced flowers as to visit beetle-free enhanced flowers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:13:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:13:14" }, { "id": "2905", "questionId": "836", "text": "How can Texas gourd plants increase the number of visits they receive from pollinators?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:22:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:22:07" }, { "id": "2906", "questionId": "836", "text": "Why is there an upper limit on the intensity of the aroma emitted by Texas gourd plants?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:22:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:22:23" }, { "id": "2907", "questionId": "836", "text": "Why does hand pollination rescue the fruit weight of beetle-infested Texas gourd plants?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:22:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:22:40" }, { "id": "2908", "questionId": "836", "text": "Why do Texas gourd plants stop producing fragrance attractive to pollinators when beetles are present?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:22:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:22:55" }, { "id": "2909", "questionId": "837", "text": "Lines 17-20 (\u0093In one . . . beetles\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:24:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:24:19" }, { "id": "2910", "questionId": "837", "text": "Lines 22-25 (\u0093The aroma . . . 1,4-dimethoxybenzene\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:24:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:24:36" }, { "id": "2911", "questionId": "837", "text": "Lines 79-84 (\u0093Hand . . . development\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:24:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:24:51" }, { "id": "2912", "questionId": "837", "text": "Lines 85-86 (\u0093The new . . . scent\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-26 22:25:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-26 22:25:07" }, { "id": "2913", "questionId": "838", "text": "It slows the repeal of bad laws.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:05:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:05:16" }, { "id": "2914", "questionId": "838", "text": "It undermines and repudiates the nation\u0092s values.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:05:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:05:36" }, { "id": "2915", "questionId": "838", "text": "It leads slowly but inexorably to rule by the mob.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:05:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:05:54" }, { "id": "2916", "questionId": "838", "text": "It creates divisions between social groups.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:06:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:06:10" }, { "id": "2917", "questionId": "839", "text": "Lines 9-12 (\u0093let every man . . . liberty\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:07:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:07:42" }, { "id": "2918", "questionId": "839", "text": "Lines 20-23 (\u0093and let . . . altars\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:07:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:07:53" }, { "id": "2919", "questionId": "839", "text": "Lines 33-35 (\u0093If such . . . borne with\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:08:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:08:06" }, { "id": "2920", "questionId": "839", "text": "Lines 36-37 (\u0093There . . . law\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:08:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:08:20" }, { "id": "2921", "questionId": "840", "text": "hasten.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:09:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:09:19" }, { "id": "2922", "questionId": "840", "text": "stimulate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:09:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:09:31" }, { "id": "2923", "questionId": "840", "text": "require.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:09:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:09:43" }, { "id": "2924", "questionId": "840", "text": "advocate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:09:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:09:57" }, { "id": "2925", "questionId": "841", "text": "It raises and refutes a potential counterargument to Lincoln\u0092s argument.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:11:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:11:39" }, { "id": "2926", "questionId": "841", "text": "It identifies and concedes a crucial shortcoming of Lincoln\u0092s argument.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:11:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:11:55" }, { "id": "2927", "questionId": "841", "text": "It acknowledges and substantiates a central assumption of Lincoln\u0092s argument.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:12:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:12:10" }, { "id": "2928", "questionId": "841", "text": "It anticipates and corrects a possible misinterpretation of Lincoln\u0092s argument.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:12:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:12:25" }, { "id": "2929", "questionId": "842", "text": "followed.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:13:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:13:31" }, { "id": "2930", "questionId": "842", "text": "scrutinized.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:13:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:13:46" }, { "id": "2931", "questionId": "842", "text": "contemplated.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:14:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:14:01" }, { "id": "2932", "questionId": "842", "text": "noticed.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:14:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:14:14" }, { "id": "2933", "questionId": "843", "text": "superficial and can be fixed easily.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:15:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:15:41" }, { "id": "2934", "questionId": "843", "text": "subtle and must be studied carefully.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:15:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:15:56" }, { "id": "2935", "questionId": "843", "text": "self-correcting and may be beneficial.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:16:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:16:16" }, { "id": "2936", "questionId": "843", "text": "inevitable and should be endured.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:16:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:16:39" }, { "id": "2937", "questionId": "844", "text": "Lines 45-48 (\u0093Unjust . . . once\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:22:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:22:20" }, { "id": "2938", "questionId": "844", "text": "Lines 51-52 (\u0093They . . . evil\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:22:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:22:33" }, { "id": "2939", "questionId": "844", "text": "Lines 58-59 (\u0093If the injustice . . . go\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:22:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:22:52" }, { "id": "2940", "questionId": "844", "text": "Lines 75-78 (\u0093A man . . . wrong\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:23:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:23:10" }, { "id": "2941", "questionId": "845", "text": "make an argument about the difference between legal duties and moral imperatives.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:24:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:24:22" }, { "id": "2942", "questionId": "845", "text": "discuss how laws ought to be enacted and changed in a democracy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:24:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:24:35" }, { "id": "2943", "questionId": "845", "text": "advance a view regarding whether individuals should follow all of the country\u0092s laws.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:24:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:24:50" }, { "id": "2944", "questionId": "845", "text": "articulate standards by which laws can be evaluated as just or unjust.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:25:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:25:02" }, { "id": "2945", "questionId": "846", "text": "an excusable reaction to an intolerable situation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:31:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:31:30" }, { "id": "2946", "questionId": "846", "text": "a rejection of the country\u0092s proper forms of remedy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:31:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:31:46" }, { "id": "2947", "questionId": "846", "text": "an honorable response to an unjust law.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:32:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:32:00" }, { "id": "2948", "questionId": "846", "text": "a misapplication of a core principle of the Constitution.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:32:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:32:15" }, { "id": "2949", "questionId": "847", "text": "both authors see the cause as warranting drastic action.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:33:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:33:59" }, { "id": "2950", "questionId": "847", "text": "both authors view the cause as central to their argument.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:34:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:34:13" }, { "id": "2951", "questionId": "847", "text": "neither author expects the cause to win widespread acceptance.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:34:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:34:30" }, { "id": "2952", "questionId": "847", "text": "neither author embraces the cause as his own.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 10:34:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 10:34:50" }, { "id": "2953", "questionId": "848", "text": "consumer evaluating a variety of options.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:39:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:39:25" }, { "id": "2954", "questionId": "848", "text": "scientist comparing competing research methods.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:39:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:39:46" }, { "id": "2955", "questionId": "848", "text": "journalist enumerating changes in a field.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:40:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:40:07" }, { "id": "2956", "questionId": "848", "text": "hobbyist explaining the capabilities of new technology.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:40:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:40:24" }, { "id": "2957", "questionId": "849", "text": "weak.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:42:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:42:28" }, { "id": "2958", "questionId": "849", "text": "humble.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:42:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:42:42" }, { "id": "2959", "questionId": "849", "text": "pitiable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:43:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:43:13" }, { "id": "2960", "questionId": "849", "text": "obsolete.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:43:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:43:28" }, { "id": "2961", "questionId": "850", "text": "consumers don\u0092t understand how solar panels work.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:44:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:44:55" }, { "id": "2962", "questionId": "850", "text": "two-sided cells have weaknesses that have not yet been discovered.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:45:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:45:13" }, { "id": "2963", "questionId": "850", "text": "the cost of solar panels is too high and their power output too low.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:45:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:45:34" }, { "id": "2964", "questionId": "850", "text": "Willow Glass is too inefficient to be marketable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:47:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:47:27" }, { "id": "2965", "questionId": "851", "text": "Lines 1-3 (\u0093Solar . . . demand\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:48:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:48:41" }, { "id": "2966", "questionId": "851", "text": "Lines 10-15 (\u0093A few . . . a watt\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:48:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:48:55" }, { "id": "2967", "questionId": "851", "text": "Lines 22-26 (\u0093If so . . . plants\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:49:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:49:08" }, { "id": "2968", "questionId": "851", "text": "Lines 27-30 (\u0093All . . . reductions\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:49:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:49:28" }, { "id": "2969", "questionId": "852", "text": "requiring little energy to operate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:50:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:50:36" }, { "id": "2970", "questionId": "852", "text": "absorbing reflected light.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:50:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:50:52" }, { "id": "2971", "questionId": "852", "text": "being reasonably inexpensive to manufacture.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:51:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:51:18" }, { "id": "2972", "questionId": "852", "text": "preventing light from reaching the ground.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:51:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:51:33" }, { "id": "2973", "questionId": "853", "text": "Lines 58-61 (\u0093The basic . . . plant\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:53:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:53:27" }, { "id": "2974", "questionId": "853", "text": "Lines 61-62 (\u0093That . . . output\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:53:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:53:50" }, { "id": "2975", "questionId": "853", "text": "Lines 63-64 (\u0093This . . . reflective\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:54:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:54:07" }, { "id": "2976", "questionId": "853", "text": "Lines 64-66 (\u0093Where . . . 400 watts\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:54:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:54:26" }, { "id": "2977", "questionId": "854", "text": "dabbling in.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:56:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:56:59" }, { "id": "2978", "questionId": "854", "text": "gambling with.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:57:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:57:14" }, { "id": "2979", "questionId": "854", "text": "switching from.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:57:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:57:58" }, { "id": "2980", "questionId": "854", "text": "optimistic about.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:58:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:58:03" }, { "id": "2981", "questionId": "855", "text": "express concern about the limitations of a material.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:59:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:59:35" }, { "id": "2982", "questionId": "855", "text": "identify a hurdle that must be overcome.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 11:59:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 11:59:58" }, { "id": "2983", "questionId": "855", "text": "make a prediction about the effective use of certain devices.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:00:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 12:00:18" }, { "id": "2984", "questionId": "855", "text": "introduce a potential new area of study.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:00:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 12:00:36" }, { "id": "2985", "questionId": "856", "text": "Natural gas", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:02:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 12:02:20" }, { "id": "2986", "questionId": "856", "text": "Wind (onshore)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:02:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 12:02:39" }, { "id": "2987", "questionId": "856", "text": "Conventional coal", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:02:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 12:02:56" }, { "id": "2988", "questionId": "856", "text": "Advanced nuclear", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:03:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 12:03:13" }, { "id": "2989", "questionId": "857", "text": "2018", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:04:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 12:04:18" }, { "id": "2990", "questionId": "857", "text": "2020", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:04:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 12:04:33" }, { "id": "2991", "questionId": "857", "text": "2025", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:04:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 12:04:46" }, { "id": "2992", "questionId": "857", "text": "2027", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 12:04:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 12:04:57" }, { "id": "2993", "questionId": "863", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:36:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:36:54" }, { "id": "2994", "questionId": "863", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:36:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:36:56" }, { "id": "2995", "questionId": "863", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:36:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:36:58" }, { "id": "2996", "questionId": "863", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:37:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:37:04" }, { "id": "2997", "questionId": "864", "text": "5 + 180m", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:39:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:39:39" }, { "id": "2998", "questionId": "864", "text": "225 + 5m", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:40:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:40:05" }, { "id": "2999", "questionId": "864", "text": "180 - 5m", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:40:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:40:19" }, { "id": "3000", "questionId": "864", "text": "180 + 5m", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:40:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:40:41" }, { "id": "3001", "questionId": "865", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:42:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:42:01" }, { "id": "3002", "questionId": "865", "text": "6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:42:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:42:03" }, { "id": "3003", "questionId": "865", "text": "16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:42:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:42:06" }, { "id": "3004", "questionId": "865", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:42:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:42:11" }, { "id": "3005", "questionId": "866", "text": "50", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:44:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:44:06" }, { "id": "3006", "questionId": "866", "text": "75", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:44:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:44:09" }, { "id": "3007", "questionId": "866", "text": "80", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:44:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:44:12" }, { "id": "3008", "questionId": "866", "text": "60", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:44:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:44:19" }, { "id": "3009", "questionId": "867", "text": "0.125", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:56:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:56:08" }, { "id": "3010", "questionId": "867", "text": "21", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:56:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:56:11" }, { "id": "3011", "questionId": "867", "text": "72", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:56:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:56:15" }, { "id": "3012", "questionId": "867", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:56:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:56:20" }, { "id": "3013", "questionId": "868", "text": "35", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:58:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:58:18" }, { "id": "3014", "questionId": "868", "text": "40", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:58:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:58:20" }, { "id": "3015", "questionId": "868", "text": "48", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:58:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:58:23" }, { "id": "3016", "questionId": "868", "text": "35", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 22:58:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 22:58:29" }, { "id": "3017", "questionId": "869", "text": "9\/50", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:06:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:06:20" }, { "id": "3018", "questionId": "869", "text": "2\/11", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:06:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:06:24" }, { "id": "3019", "questionId": "869", "text": "11\/25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:06:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:06:27" }, { "id": "3020", "questionId": "869", "text": "2\/25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:06:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:06:34" }, { "id": "3021", "questionId": "870", "text": "The slope of line l is negative.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:08:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:08:10" }, { "id": "3022", "questionId": "870", "text": "The slope of line l is undefined.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:08:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:08:26" }, { "id": "3023", "questionId": "870", "text": "The slope of line l is zero.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:08:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:08:41" }, { "id": "3024", "questionId": "870", "text": "The slope of line l is positive.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:08:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:08:59" }, { "id": "3025", "questionId": "871", "text": "0.10", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:11:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:11:34" }, { "id": "3026", "questionId": "871", "text": "0.40", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:11:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:11:38" }, { "id": "3027", "questionId": "871", "text": "0.75", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:11:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:11:43" }, { "id": "3028", "questionId": "871", "text": "0.25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:11:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:11:58" }, { "id": "3029", "questionId": "872", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:14:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:14:10" }, { "id": "3030", "questionId": "872", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:14:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:14:13" }, { "id": "3031", "questionId": "872", "text": "10", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:14:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:14:16" }, { "id": "3032", "questionId": "872", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-27 23:14:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-27 23:14:22" }, { "id": "3033", "questionId": "873", "text": "B", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 16:55:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 16:55:51" }, { "id": "3034", "questionId": "873", "text": "C", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 16:55:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 16:55:55" }, { "id": "3035", "questionId": "873", "text": "D", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 16:55:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 16:55:58" }, { "id": "3036", "questionId": "873", "text": "A", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 16:56:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 16:56:03" }, { "id": "3037", "questionId": "874", "text": "f(x) = (x ? 1)(x + 1)(x + 3)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 16:57:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 16:57:49" }, { "id": "3038", "questionId": "874", "text": "f (x) = (x ? 3)(x ? 1)(x + 1)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 16:58:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 16:58:00" }, { "id": "3039", "questionId": "874", "text": "f (x) = (x ? 3)(x ? 1)^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 16:58:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 16:58:15" }, { "id": "3040", "questionId": "874", "text": "f (x) = (x + 1)^2(x + 3)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 16:58:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 16:58:32" }, { "id": "3041", "questionId": "875", "text": "Increasing Linear", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 17:17:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 17:17:10" }, { "id": "3042", "questionId": "875", "text": "Decreasing Linear", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 17:17:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 17:17:18" }, { "id": "3043", "questionId": "875", "text": "Exponential decay", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 17:17:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 17:17:29" }, { "id": "3044", "questionId": "875", "text": "Exponential Growth", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 17:17:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 17:17:42" }, { "id": "3045", "questionId": "876", "text": "1,000(1 + 5\/1,200)^12 - 1,000(1 + 3\/1,200)^12", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 17:20:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 17:20:43" }, { "id": "3046", "questionId": "876", "text": "1,000(1 + 5\/1,200)^12 \/ 1,000(1 + 3\/1,200)^12", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 17:21:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 17:21:05" }, { "id": "3047", "questionId": "876", "text": "1,000(1 + 5\/3 \/ 1,200)^12", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 17:21:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 17:21:27" }, { "id": "3048", "questionId": "876", "text": "1,000(1 + 5-3\/1,200)^12", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 17:21:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 17:21:50" }, { "id": "3050", "questionId": "878", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/f61a6105ea572e59edf8105b4ed9f546bdbbfb29.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 18:14:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 18:14:21" }, { "id": "3051", "questionId": "878", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/7196e8241c0861e053c08e7d33c89434ae73c7ce.png", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 18:14:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 18:14:31" }, { "id": "3052", "questionId": "878", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/2573c5dfadc2d099fd8fe5aa2b149494c3aabc37.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 18:14:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 18:14:39" }, { "id": "3053", "questionId": "878", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/3a511dbc48b7476b8ccee12abc56e959d35de98a.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 18:14:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 18:14:45" }, { "id": "3054", "questionId": "879", "text": "x ? 6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 18:19:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 18:19:31" }, { "id": "3055", "questionId": "879", "text": "x ? 6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 18:19:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 18:19:40" }, { "id": "3056", "questionId": "879", "text": "x ? 7.3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 18:19:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 18:19:53" }, { "id": "3057", "questionId": "879", "text": "x ? 7.3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 18:20:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 18:20:05" }, { "id": "3058", "questionId": "880", "text": "The total daily rental costs of the tools", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:13:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:13:15" }, { "id": "3059", "questionId": "880", "text": "The total cost of the project", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:13:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:13:29" }, { "id": "3060", "questionId": "880", "text": "The total cost of the materials", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:13:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:13:37" }, { "id": "3061", "questionId": "880", "text": "The total daily cost of the project", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:13:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:13:49" }, { "id": "3062", "questionId": "881", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:15:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:15:20" }, { "id": "3063", "questionId": "881", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:15:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:15:22" }, { "id": "3064", "questionId": "881", "text": "6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:15:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:15:25" }, { "id": "3065", "questionId": "881", "text": "5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:15:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:15:29" }, { "id": "3066", "questionId": "882", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:16:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:16:24" }, { "id": "3067", "questionId": "882", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:16:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:16:26" }, { "id": "3068", "questionId": "882", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:16:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:16:28" }, { "id": "3069", "questionId": "882", "text": "5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:16:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:16:33" }, { "id": "3070", "questionId": "883", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/25137f3cb43df47cc10735e626cfd90394cbbef7.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:27:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:27:28" }, { "id": "3071", "questionId": "883", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/f803f0145ef146c3f6e3963d0db2a473762ea592.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:27:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:27:43" }, { "id": "3072", "questionId": "883", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/05ea5abbbc3e478431abae12e191174afa396029.png", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:28:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:28:40" }, { "id": "3073", "questionId": "883", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/ef53a62badd615bcf8fca458e147ac0a95e94e29.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:28:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:28:50" }, { "id": "3074", "questionId": "884", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:38:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:38:23" }, { "id": "3075", "questionId": "884", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:38:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:38:26" }, { "id": "3076", "questionId": "884", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:38:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:38:28" }, { "id": "3077", "questionId": "884", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:38:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:38:37" }, { "id": "3078", "questionId": "885", "text": "6%", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:44:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:44:25" }, { "id": "3079", "questionId": "885", "text": "21%", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:44:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:44:28" }, { "id": "3080", "questionId": "885", "text": "26%", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:44:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:44:32" }, { "id": "3081", "questionId": "885", "text": "11%", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:44:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:44:39" }, { "id": "3082", "questionId": "886", "text": "The standard deviation of temperatures in City B is larger.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:48:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:48:03" }, { "id": "3083", "questionId": "886", "text": "The standard deviation of temperatures in City A is larger.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:48:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:48:17" }, { "id": "3084", "questionId": "886", "text": "The standard deviation of temperatures in City A is the same as that of City B.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:48:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:48:32" }, { "id": "3085", "questionId": "886", "text": "The standard deviation of temperatures in these cities cannot be calculated with the data provided.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:48:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:48:45" }, { "id": "3086", "questionId": "887", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:55:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:55:01" }, { "id": "3087", "questionId": "887", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:55:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:55:03" }, { "id": "3088", "questionId": "887", "text": "16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:55:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:55:07" }, { "id": "3089", "questionId": "887", "text": "8", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 19:55:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 19:55:12" }, { "id": "3090", "questionId": "888", "text": "p(x) = f(x) + 3g(x)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:00:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:00:12" }, { "id": "3091", "questionId": "888", "text": "h(x) = f(x) + g(x)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:00:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:00:32" }, { "id": "3092", "questionId": "888", "text": "r(x) = 2f(x) + 3g(x)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:00:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:00:49" }, { "id": "3093", "questionId": "888", "text": "s(x) = 3f(x) + 2g(x)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:01:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:01:06" }, { "id": "3094", "questionId": "889", "text": "I only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:05:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:05:26" }, { "id": "3095", "questionId": "889", "text": "I and II only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:05:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:05:35" }, { "id": "3096", "questionId": "889", "text": "I, II, and III", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:05:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:05:51" }, { "id": "3097", "questionId": "889", "text": "I and III only", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:06:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:06:02" }, { "id": "3098", "questionId": "890", "text": "In 2005, even in cities with low population densities, housing costs were likely at least 61% of the national average.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:09:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:09:12" }, { "id": "3099", "questionId": "890", "text": "In 2005, the lowest housing cost in the United States was about $61 per month.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:09:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:09:30" }, { "id": "3100", "questionId": "890", "text": "In 2005, the lowest housing cost in the United States was about 61% of the highest housing cost.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:09:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:09:44" }, { "id": "3101", "questionId": "890", "text": "In 2005, even in cities with low population densities, housing costs were never below 61% of the national average.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 20:10:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 20:10:00" }, { "id": "3102", "questionId": "891", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:15:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:15:23" }, { "id": "3103", "questionId": "891", "text": "227. Which is one", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:15:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:15:40" }, { "id": "3104", "questionId": "891", "text": "227. One", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:15:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:15:54" }, { "id": "3105", "questionId": "891", "text": "227, one", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:16:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:16:11" }, { "id": "3106", "questionId": "892", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:17:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:17:09" }, { "id": "3107", "questionId": "892", "text": "destructive, and irresponsible this method", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:17:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:17:21" }, { "id": "3108", "questionId": "892", "text": "destructive and, irresponsible, this method", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:17:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:17:33" }, { "id": "3109", "questionId": "892", "text": "destructive and irresponsible this method,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:17:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:17:49" }, { "id": "3110", "questionId": "893", "text": "In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion: the result being that it kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:19:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:19:27" }, { "id": "3111", "questionId": "893", "text": "In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion; the algal blooms cause oxygen depletion that kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:19:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:19:40" }, { "id": "3112", "questionId": "893", "text": "In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion, and oxygen depletion caused by the algal blooms kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:19:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:19:57" }, { "id": "3113", "questionId": "893", "text": "In addition to being unsightly and odorous, these algal blooms cause oxygen depletion, which kills fish and other wildlife in the lakes.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:20:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:20:14" }, { "id": "3114", "questionId": "894", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:21:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:21:07" }, { "id": "3115", "questionId": "894", "text": "green: it was thick with", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:21:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:21:49" }, { "id": "3116", "questionId": "894", "text": "green. It was thick with\u0097", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:21:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:21:40" }, { "id": "3117", "questionId": "894", "text": "green, it was thick with", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:22:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:22:07" }, { "id": "3118", "questionId": "895", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:25:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:25:08" }, { "id": "3119", "questionId": "895", "text": "The Experimental Lakes Area is located in a sparsely inhabited region that experiences few effects of human and industrial activity.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:25:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:25:25" }, { "id": "3120", "questionId": "895", "text": "To isolate the cause of the algae, Schindler and Brunskill performed another experiment, this time using Lake 226.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:25:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:25:48" }, { "id": "3121", "questionId": "895", "text": "The process by which water becomes enriched by dissolved nutrients, such as phosphates, is called eutrophication.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:26:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:26:01" }, { "id": "3122", "questionId": "896", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:27:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:27:28" }, { "id": "3123", "questionId": "896", "text": "and a source of carbon.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:27:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:27:44" }, { "id": "3124", "questionId": "896", "text": "plus also a source of carbon.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:28:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:28:01" }, { "id": "3125", "questionId": "896", "text": "but also adding a source of carbon.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:28:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:28:22" }, { "id": "3126", "questionId": "897", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:29:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:29:25" }, { "id": "3127", "questionId": "897", "text": "were teeming", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:29:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:29:38" }, { "id": "3128", "questionId": "897", "text": "are teeming", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:29:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:29:50" }, { "id": "3129", "questionId": "897", "text": "teems", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:30:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:30:04" }, { "id": "3130", "questionId": "898", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:31:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:31:15" }, { "id": "3131", "questionId": "898", "text": "put in the spotlight of", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:31:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:31:29" }, { "id": "3132", "questionId": "898", "text": "published in", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:31:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:31:47" }, { "id": "3133", "questionId": "898", "text": "put into", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:32:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:32:00" }, { "id": "3134", "questionId": "899", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:35:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:35:18" }, { "id": "3135", "questionId": "899", "text": "Similarly,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:35:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:35:31" }, { "id": "3136", "questionId": "899", "text": "However,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:35:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:35:43" }, { "id": "3137", "questionId": "899", "text": "Subsequently,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:35:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:35:59" }, { "id": "3138", "questionId": "900", "text": "Lake 226 continued to develop blooms of blue-green algae for eight consecutive years after the experiment took place.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:37:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:37:18" }, { "id": "3139", "questionId": "900", "text": "In the United States, many individual states have also adopted legislation to eliminate, or at least reduce, phosphorous content in laundry detergents.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:37:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:37:34" }, { "id": "3140", "questionId": "900", "text": "In 1974, Schindler initiated a study of the effects of acid rain, using Lake 223 to examine how sulfuric acid altered aquatic ecosystems.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:37:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:37:49" }, { "id": "3141", "questionId": "900", "text": "Aerial photos of the lakes taken before and during algal blooms helped convey the effects of phosphates in water to the public.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:38:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:38:05" }, { "id": "3142", "questionId": "901", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:39:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:39:31" }, { "id": "3143", "questionId": "901", "text": "Many companies now offer phosphate-free alternatives for household cleaning products.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:39:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:39:47" }, { "id": "3144", "questionId": "901", "text": "Obviously, scientists should not be allowed to randomly perform experiments on just any body of water.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:40:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:40:05" }, { "id": "3145", "questionId": "901", "text": "Phosphates are 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"createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:50:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:50:50" }, { "id": "3151", "questionId": "903", "text": "Therefore,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:51:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:51:01" }, { "id": "3152", "questionId": "903", "text": "Nevertheless,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:51:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:51:14" }, { "id": "3153", "questionId": "903", "text": "However,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:51:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:51:29" }, { "id": "3154", "questionId": "904", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:53:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:53:05" }, { "id": "3155", "questionId": "904", "text": "icon, attracting", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:53:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:53:22" }, { "id": "3156", "questionId": "904", "text": "icon, its attracting", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:53:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:53:36" }, { "id": "3157", "questionId": "904", "text": "icon; attracting", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:53:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:53:48" }, { "id": "3158", "questionId": "905", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:54:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:54:39" }, { "id": "3159", "questionId": "905", "text": "deviations", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:54:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:54:51" }, { "id": "3160", "questionId": "905", "text": "oddities", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:55:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:55:06" }, { "id": "3161", "questionId": "905", "text": "abnormalities", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:55:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:55:19" }, { "id": "3162", "questionId": "906", "text": "Yes, because it provides an important restatement of the main claim in the previous sentence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:56:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:56:36" }, { "id": "3163", "questionId": "906", "text": "Yes, because it establishes an important shift in emphasis in the paragraph\u0092s discussion about the tower\u0092s tilt.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:56:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:56:53" }, { "id": "3164", "questionId": "906", "text": "No, because it interrupts the paragraph\u0092s discussion with irrelevant information.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:57:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:57:06" }, { "id": "3165", "questionId": "906", "text": "No, because it repeats information that is already presented in the first paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:57:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:57:21" }, { "id": "3166", "questionId": "907", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:58:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:58:26" }, { "id": "3167", "questionId": "907", "text": "1990, Italy\u0092s government, closed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:58:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:58:32" }, { "id": "3168", "questionId": "907", "text": "1990 Italy\u0092s government, closed,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:58:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:58:45" }, { "id": "3169", "questionId": "907", "text": "1990: Italy\u0092s government closed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 21:59:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 21:59:00" }, { "id": "3170", "questionId": "908", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:00:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:00:20" }, { "id": "3171", "questionId": "908", "text": "although not everyone on the committee agreed completely about what that aesthetic was.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:00:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:00:34" }, { "id": "3172", "questionId": "908", "text": "which meant somehow preserving the tower\u0092s tilt while preventing that tilt from increasing and toppling the tower.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:00:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:01:10" }, { "id": "3173", "questionId": "908", "text": "which included the pristine white marble finish that has come to be widely associated with the tower\u0092s beauty.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:01:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:01:18" }, { "id": "3174", "questionId": "909", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:02:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:02:17" }, { "id": "3175", "questionId": "909", "text": "Burland is", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:02:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:02:29" }, { "id": "3176", "questionId": "909", "text": "his being", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:02:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:02:42" }, { "id": "3177", "questionId": "909", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:02:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:02:59" }, { "id": "3178", "questionId": "910", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:03:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:03:49" }, { "id": "3179", "questionId": "910", "text": "\u0097taking several years to complete\u0097", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:04:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:04:04" }, { "id": "3180", "questionId": "910", "text": "that took him several years to complete", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:04:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:04:18" }, { "id": "3181", "questionId": "910", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:04:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:04:38" }, { "id": "3182", "questionId": "911", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:09:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:09:22" }, { "id": "3183", "questionId": "911", "text": "advocated to use", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:09:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:09:35" }, { "id": "3184", "questionId": "911", "text": "advocated the using of", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:09:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:09:47" }, { "id": "3185", "questionId": "911", "text": "advocating to use", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:10:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:10:00" }, { "id": "3186", "questionId": "912", "text": "placed after sentence 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:11:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:11:02" }, { "id": "3187", "questionId": "912", "text": "placed after sentence 2.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:11:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:11:18" }, { "id": "3188", "questionId": "912", "text": "placed after sentence 3.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:11:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:11:32" }, { "id": "3189", "questionId": "912", "text": "DELETED from the paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:11:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:11:44" }, { "id": "3190", "questionId": "913", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:27:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:27:37" }, { "id": "3191", "questionId": "913", "text": "For many Americans, finding a physician is likely to become a growing challenge.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:27:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:27:54" }, { "id": "3192", "questionId": "913", "text": "Getting treatment for an illness usually requires seeing either a general practitioner or a specialist.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:28:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:28:11" }, { "id": "3193", "questionId": "913", "text": "Worldwide the costs of health care are increasing at an alarming rate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:28:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:28:27" }, { "id": "3194", "questionId": "914", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:32:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:32:31" }, { "id": "3195", "questionId": "914", "text": "maintain the tempo.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:32:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:32:43" }, { "id": "3196", "questionId": "914", "text": "get in line.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:33:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:33:00" }, { "id": "3197", "questionId": "914", "text": "move along.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:33:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:33:15" }, { "id": "3198", "questionId": "915", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:34:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:34:12" }, { "id": "3199", "questionId": "915", "text": "bolstering", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:34:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:34:25" }, { "id": "3200", "questionId": "915", "text": "arousing", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:34:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:35:14" }, { "id": "3201", "questionId": "915", "text": "revving up", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:34:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-12 22:17:46" }, { "id": "3202", "questionId": "916", "text": "Yes, because it introduces a counterargument for balance.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:37:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:37:53" }, { "id": "3203", "questionId": "916", "text": "Yes, because it frames the points that the paragraph will examine.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:38:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:38:19" }, { "id": "3204", "questionId": "916", "text": "No, because it does not specify the education required to be a PA.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:38:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:38:38" }, { "id": "3205", "questionId": "916", "text": "No, because it presents information that is only tangential to the main argument.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:38:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:38:56" }, { "id": "3206", "questionId": "917", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:45:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:45:00" }, { "id": "3207", "questionId": "917", "text": "they\u0092re", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:45:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:45:15" }, { "id": "3208", "questionId": "917", "text": "their", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:45:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:45:28" }, { "id": "3209", "questionId": "917", "text": "his or her", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:45:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:45:43" }, { "id": "3210", "questionId": "918", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:46:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:46:49" }, { "id": "3211", "questionId": "918", "text": "surgeries; and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:47:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:47:04" }, { "id": "3212", "questionId": "918", "text": "surgeries, and,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:47:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:47:17" }, { "id": "3213", "questionId": "918", "text": "surgeries, and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:47:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:47:42" }, { "id": "3214", "questionId": "919", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:54:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:54:42" }, { "id": "3215", "questionId": "919", "text": "compensated (earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930),", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:54:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:55:00" }, { "id": "3216", "questionId": "919", "text": "compensated, earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:55:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:55:16" }, { "id": "3217", "questionId": "919", "text": "compensated: earning in 2012 a median annual salary of $90,930,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:55:29", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:55:29" }, { "id": "3218", "questionId": "920", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:56:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:56:48" }, { "id": "3219", "questionId": "920", "text": "that compared with", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:57:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:57:00" }, { "id": "3220", "questionId": "920", "text": "that for", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:57:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:58:30" }, { "id": "3221", "questionId": "920", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 22:57:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 22:57:25" }, { "id": "3222", "questionId": "921", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:00:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:00:45" }, { "id": "3223", "questionId": "921", "text": "Thus,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:01:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:01:00" }, { "id": "3224", "questionId": "921", "text": "Despite this,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:01:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:01:13" }, { "id": "3225", "questionId": "921", "text": "On the other hand,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:01:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:01:28" }, { "id": "3226", "questionId": "922", "text": "Yes, because it provides additional support for the main point of the paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:04:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:04:59" }, { "id": "3227", "questionId": "922", "text": "Yes, because it addresses a possible counterargument to the writer\u0092s main claim.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:05:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:05:12" }, { "id": "3228", "questionId": "922", "text": "No, because it is not an accurate interpretation of the data.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:05:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:05:31" }, { "id": "3229", "questionId": "922", "text": "No, because it introduces irrelevant information that interrupts the flow of the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:05:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:05:44" }, { "id": "3230", "questionId": "923", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:07:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:07:11" }, { "id": "3231", "questionId": "923", "text": "patience, than", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:07:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:07:26" }, { "id": "3232", "questionId": "923", "text": "patients then", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:07:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:07:41" }, { "id": "3233", "questionId": "923", "text": "patients than", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:07:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:07:58" }, { "id": "3234", "questionId": "924", "text": "In an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences, popular film franchises, which are often \u0093rebooted,\u0094 are similar to superhero comic books, which are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:17:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:17:00" }, { "id": "3235", "questionId": "924", "text": "Just as popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences, superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:17:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:17:17" }, { "id": "3236", "questionId": "924", "text": "Superhero comic books are periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers, while popular film franchises are often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:17:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:17:33" }, { "id": "3237", "questionId": "924", "text": "Superhero comic books are much like popular film franchises in being often \u0093rebooted\u0094 in an effort to make their characters and stories fresh and relevant for new audiences and periodically reworked to try to increase their appeal to contemporary readers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:17:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:17:48" }, { "id": "3238", "questionId": "925", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:19:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:19:07" }, { "id": "3239", "questionId": "925", "text": "old", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:19:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:19:24" }, { "id": "3240", "questionId": "925", "text": "mature", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:19:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:19:37" }, { "id": "3241", "questionId": "925", "text": "geriatric", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:19:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:19:49" }, { "id": "3242", "questionId": "926", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:20:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:20:56" }, { "id": "3243", "questionId": "926", "text": "example, of publishers", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:21:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:21:08" }, { "id": "3244", "questionId": "926", "text": "example of publishers,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:21:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:21:22" }, { "id": "3245", "questionId": "926", "text": "example of publishers", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:21:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:21:49" }, { "id": "3246", "questionId": "927", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:23:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:23:41" }, { "id": "3247", "questionId": "927", "text": "hold down a regular job as a newspaper reporter.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:23:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:23:36" }, { "id": "3248", "questionId": "927", "text": "wear a bright blue costume with a flowing red cape.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:23:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:23:59" }, { "id": "3249", "questionId": "927", "text": "live in the big city of Metropolis instead of the small town where he grew up.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:24:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:24:14" }, { "id": "3250", "questionId": "928", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:25:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:25:25" }, { "id": "3251", "questionId": "928", "text": "reflected the increasing conservatism of the United States in the 1950s.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:25:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:25:41" }, { "id": "3252", "questionId": "928", "text": "engaged in bizarre adventures frequently inspired by science fiction.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:25:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:25:55" }, { "id": "3253", "questionId": "928", "text": "were more \u0093realistic\u0094 than their Golden Age counterparts.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:26:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:26:12" }, { "id": "3254", "questionId": "929", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:28:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:28:32" }, { "id": "3255", "questionId": "929", "text": "age;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:28:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:28:50" }, { "id": "3256", "questionId": "929", "text": "age,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:29:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:29:08" }, { "id": "3257", "questionId": "929", "text": "age\u0097", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:29:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:29:22" }, { "id": "3258", "questionId": "930", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:30:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:30:32" }, { "id": "3259", "questionId": "930", "text": "the distinctions between later stages of comic book history are less well defined than the one between the Golden and Silver Ages.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:31:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:31:02" }, { "id": "3260", "questionId": "930", "text": "readers increasingly gravitated to the upstarts as the 1960s and the Silver Age drew to a close.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:31:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:31:22" }, { "id": "3261", "questionId": "930", "text": "these characters themselves underwent significant changes over the course of the Silver Age.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:31:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:31:38" }, { "id": "3262", "questionId": "931", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:32:42", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:33:32" }, { "id": "3263", "questionId": "931", "text": "would have yielded", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:32:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:32:56" }, { "id": "3264", "questionId": "931", "text": "were yielding", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:33:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:33:10" }, { "id": "3265", "questionId": "931", "text": "will yield", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:33:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:33:23" }, { "id": "3266", "questionId": "932", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:34:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:34:34" }, { "id": "3267", "questionId": "932", "text": "Comic\u0092s superhero\u0092s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:34:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:34:48" }, { "id": "3268", "questionId": "932", "text": "Comics superhero\u0092s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:35:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:35:05" }, { "id": "3269", "questionId": "932", "text": "Comics\u0092 superhero", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:35:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:35:20" }, { "id": "3270", "questionId": "933", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:36:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:36:45" }, { "id": "3271", "questionId": "933", "text": "however,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:36:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:36:34" }, { "id": "3272", "questionId": "933", "text": "nevertheless,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:36:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:36:59" }, { "id": "3273", "questionId": "933", "text": "yet,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:37:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:37:13" }, { "id": "3274", "questionId": "934", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:38:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:38:25" }, { "id": "3275", "questionId": "934", "text": "these", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:38:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:38:36" }, { "id": "3276", "questionId": "934", "text": "that", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:38:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:38:52" }, { "id": "3277", "questionId": "934", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-28 23:39:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-28 23:39:05" }, { "id": "3278", "questionId": "935", "text": "The corrupting influence of a materialistic society", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:40:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:40:50" }, { "id": "3279", "questionId": "935", "text": "The moral purity of young children", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:41:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:41:08" }, { "id": "3280", "questionId": "935", "text": "The bittersweet brevity of childhood na\u00efvet\u00e9", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:41:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:41:26" }, { "id": "3281", "questionId": "935", "text": "The restorative power of parental love", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:41:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:41:47" }, { "id": "3282", "questionId": "936", "text": "vitality.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:43:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:43:04" }, { "id": "3283", "questionId": "936", "text": "durability.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:43:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:43:18" }, { "id": "3284", "questionId": "936", "text": "protection.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:43:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:43:37" }, { "id": "3285", "questionId": "936", "text": "self\u0096sufficiency.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:43:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:43:54" }, { "id": "3286", "questionId": "937", "text": "The narrator emphasizes Silas\u0092s former obsession with wealth by depicting his gold as requiring certain behaviors on his part.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:45:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:45:10" }, { "id": "3287", "questionId": "937", "text": "The narrator underscores Silas\u0092s former greed by describing his gold as seeming to reproduce on its own.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:45:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:45:26" }, { "id": "3288", "questionId": "937", "text": "The narrator hints at Silas\u0092s former antisocial attitude by contrasting his present behavior toward his neighbors with his past behavior toward them.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:45:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:45:45" }, { "id": "3289", "questionId": "937", "text": "The narrator demonstrates Silas\u0092s former lack of self-awareness by implying that he is unable to recall life before Eppie.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:46:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:46:03" }, { "id": "3290", "questionId": "938", "text": "friendly.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:46:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:46:57" }, { "id": "3291", "questionId": "938", "text": "curious.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:47:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:47:13" }, { "id": "3292", "questionId": "938", "text": "disobedient.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 21:47:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 21:47:28" }, { "id": "3293", "questionId": "938", "text": "judgmental.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:17:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:17:06" }, { "id": "3294", "questionId": "939", "text": "has renounced all desire for money.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:18:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:18:18" }, { "id": "3295", "questionId": "939", "text": "better understands his place in nature.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:19:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:19:00" }, { "id": "3296", "questionId": "939", "text": "seems more accepting of help from others.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:19:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:19:14" }, { "id": "3297", "questionId": "939", "text": "looks forward to a different kind of future.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:19:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:19:33" }, { "id": "3298", "questionId": "940", "text": "Lines 9-11 (\u0093The gold . . . itself\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:20:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:20:57" }, { "id": "3299", "questionId": "940", "text": "Lines 11-16 (\u0093but Eppie . . . years\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:21:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:21:11" }, { "id": "3300", "questionId": "940", "text": "Lines 41-43 (\u0093Then . . . stillness\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:21:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:21:25" }, { "id": "3301", "questionId": "940", "text": "Lines 61-63 (\u0093shapes . . . for\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:21:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:21:40" }, { "id": "3302", "questionId": "941", "text": "It presents the particular moment at which Silas realized that Eppie was changing him.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:22:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:22:43" }, { "id": "3303", "questionId": "941", "text": "It highlights Silas\u0092s love for Eppie by depicting the sacrifices that he makes for her.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:23:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:23:00" }, { "id": "3304", "questionId": "941", "text": "It illustrates the effect that Eppie has on Silas by describing the interaction between them.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:23:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:23:17" }, { "id": "3305", "questionId": "941", "text": "It reveals a significant alteration in the relationship between Silas and Eppie.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:23:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:23:36" }, { "id": "3306", "questionId": "942", "text": "physical vulnerability and Silas\u0092s emotional fragility.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:28:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:28:12" }, { "id": "3307", "questionId": "942", "text": "expanding awareness and Silas\u0092s increasing engagement with life.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:28:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:28:27" }, { "id": "3308", "questionId": "942", "text": "boundless energy and Silas\u0092s insatiable desire for wealth.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:28:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:28:43" }, { "id": "3309", "questionId": "942", "text": "physical growth and Silas\u0092s painful perception of his own mortality.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:28:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:28:59" }, { "id": "3310", "questionId": "943", "text": "Lines 1-9 (\u0093Unlike . . . her\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:30:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:30:02" }, { "id": "3311", "questionId": "943", "text": "Lines 30-41 (\u0093And when . . . flowers\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:30:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:30:16" }, { "id": "3312", "questionId": "943", "text": "Lines 46-48 (\u0093Sitting . . . again\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:30:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:30:30" }, { "id": "3313", "questionId": "943", "text": "Lines 53-57 (\u0093As the . . . consciousness\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:30:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:30:45" }, { "id": "3314", "questionId": "944", "text": "acceptable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:31:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:31:47" }, { "id": "3315", "questionId": "944", "text": "delicate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:31:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:31:58" }, { "id": "3316", "questionId": "944", "text": "ornate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:32:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:32:14" }, { "id": "3317", "questionId": "944", "text": "keen.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:32:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:32:31" }, { "id": "3318", "questionId": "945", "text": "f(x) = (x + 1)^2 ? 25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:52:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:52:46" }, { "id": "3319", "questionId": "945", "text": "f(x) = x^2 ? 24", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:53:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:53:04" }, { "id": "3320", "questionId": "945", "text": "f(x) = x^2 + 2x ? 24", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:53:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:53:46" }, { "id": "3321", "questionId": "945", "text": "f(x) = (x ? 1)^2 ? 21", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 22:54:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 22:54:35" }, { "id": "3322", "questionId": "946", "text": "m + 6", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:03:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 23:03:18" }, { "id": "3323", "questionId": "946", "text": "2m + 14", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:03:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 23:03:48" }, { "id": "3324", "questionId": "946", "text": "3m + 21", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:03:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 23:03:55" }, { "id": "3325", "questionId": "946", "text": "m + 7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:04:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 23:04:03" }, { "id": "3326", "questionId": "947", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:08:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 23:08:23" }, { "id": "3327", "questionId": "947", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:08:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 23:08:26" }, { "id": "3328", "questionId": "947", "text": "-2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:08:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 23:08:30" }, { "id": "3329", "questionId": "947", "text": "-3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-30 23:08:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-30 23:08:38" }, { "id": "3330", "questionId": "956", "text": "examine the role of technology in workers\u0092 lives during the last century.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:43:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:43:26" }, { "id": "3331", "questionId": "956", "text": "advocate for better technology to enhance workplace conditions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:43:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:43:38" }, { "id": "3332", "questionId": "956", "text": "argue for changes in how technology is deployed in the workplace.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:43:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:43:54" }, { "id": "3333", "questionId": "956", "text": "assess the impact of advancements in technology on overall job growth.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:44:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:46:17" }, { "id": "3334", "questionId": "957", "text": "low job growth in the United States.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:48:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:48:13" }, { "id": "3335", "questionId": "957", "text": "global workplace changes.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:48:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:48:24" }, { "id": "3336", "questionId": "957", "text": "more skilled laborers in the United States.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:48:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:48:40" }, { "id": "3337", "questionId": "957", "text": "no global creation of new jobs.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:48:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:48:59" }, { "id": "3338", "questionId": "958", "text": "Lines 1-6 (\u0093MIT . . . years\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:50:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:50:54" }, { "id": "3339", "questionId": "958", "text": "Lines 13-15 (\u0093That . . . agent\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:51:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:51:07" }, { "id": "3340", "questionId": "958", "text": "Lines 21-23 (\u0093And . . . countries\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:51:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:51:27" }, { "id": "3341", "questionId": "958", "text": "Lines 35-38 (\u0093as businesses . . . jobs\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 09:51:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 09:51:40" }, { "id": "3342", "questionId": "959", "text": "describe a process.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:00:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:00:25" }, { "id": "3343", "questionId": "959", "text": "highlight a dilemma.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:00:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:00:40" }, { "id": "3344", "questionId": "959", "text": "clarify a claim.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:00:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:00:53" }, { "id": "3345", "questionId": "959", "text": "explain a term.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:01:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:01:16" }, { "id": "3346", "questionId": "960", "text": "pure.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:03:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:03:22" }, { "id": "3347", "questionId": "960", "text": "keen.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:03:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:03:35" }, { "id": "3348", "questionId": "960", "text": "untroubled.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:03:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:03:47" }, { "id": "3349", "questionId": "960", "text": "unmistakable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:04:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:04:07" }, { "id": "3350", "questionId": "961", "text": "He is alarmed about countries\u0092 increasing reliance on them.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:06:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:06:19" }, { "id": "3351", "questionId": "961", "text": "He is unconcerned about their effect on the economy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:06:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:06:30" }, { "id": "3352", "questionId": "961", "text": "He is uncertain how they might affect job growth.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:06:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:06:49" }, { "id": "3353", "questionId": "961", "text": "He is optimistic that they will spur job creation to a degree not seen since the mid-nineteenth century.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:07:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:07:03" }, { "id": "3354", "questionId": "962", "text": "Lines 68-72 (\u0093Katz . . . factories\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:08:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:08:20" }, { "id": "3355", "questionId": "962", "text": "Lines 73-75 (\u0093While . . . jobs\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:08:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:08:33" }, { "id": "3356", "questionId": "962", "text": "Line 79 (\u0093People come . . . do\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:08:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:08:48" }, { "id": "3357", "questionId": "962", "text": "Lines 91-92 (\u0093If . . . happen\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:09:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:09:05" }, { "id": "3358", "questionId": "963", "text": "region.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:11:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:11:45" }, { "id": "3359", "questionId": "963", "text": "scope.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:11:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:11:58" }, { "id": "3360", "questionId": "963", "text": "distance.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:12:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:12:14" }, { "id": "3361", "questionId": "963", "text": "position.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:12:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:12:27" }, { "id": "3362", "questionId": "964", "text": "1987", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:13:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:13:49" }, { "id": "3363", "questionId": "964", "text": "1997", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:14:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:14:01" }, { "id": "3364", "questionId": "964", "text": "2007", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:14:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:14:14" }, { "id": "3365", "questionId": "964", "text": "2013", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:14:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:14:32" }, { "id": "3366", "questionId": "965", "text": "The country with the greatest growth in output per manufacturing worker from 1960 to 1990 was Germany.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:15:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:15:48" }, { "id": "3367", "questionId": "965", "text": "Japan experienced its smallest increase in output per manufacturing worker from 2000 to 2011.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:16:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:16:00" }, { "id": "3368", "questionId": "965", "text": "Each of the three countries experienced an increase in its output per manufacturing worker from 1960 to 2011.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:16:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:16:17" }, { "id": "3369", "questionId": "965", "text": "Of the three countries, the United States had the greatest output per manufacturing worker for each of the years shown.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:16:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:16:31" }, { "id": "3370", "questionId": "966", "text": "The median income of employees as it compares across all three countries in a single year", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:18:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:18:14" }, { "id": "3371", "questionId": "966", "text": "The number of people employed in factories from 1960 to 2011", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:18:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:18:31" }, { "id": "3372", "questionId": "966", "text": "The types of organizations at which output of employed persons was measured", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:18:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:18:47" }, { "id": "3373", "questionId": "966", "text": "The kinds of manufacturing tasks most frequently taken over by machines", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:19:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:19:06" }, { "id": "3374", "questionId": "967", "text": "x = 1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:21:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:21:44" }, { "id": "3375", "questionId": "967", "text": "y = 1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:21:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:21:47" }, { "id": "3376", "questionId": "967", "text": "y = x", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:21:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:21:53" }, { "id": "3377", "questionId": "967", "text": "y = x + 1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:22:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:22:19" }, { "id": "3378", "questionId": "968", "text": "describe how squadrons of planes can save fuel by flying in a V formation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:26:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:26:46" }, { "id": "3379", "questionId": "968", "text": "discuss the effects of downdrafts on birds and airplanes.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:27:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:27:00" }, { "id": "3380", "questionId": "968", "text": "explain research conducted to study why some birds fly in a V formation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:27:21", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:27:21" }, { "id": "3381", "questionId": "968", "text": "illustrate how birds sense air currents through their feathers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:27:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:27:36" }, { "id": "3382", "questionId": "969", "text": "12", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:27:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:27:54" }, { "id": "3383", "questionId": "969", "text": "18", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:27:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:27:57" }, { "id": "3384", "questionId": "969", "text": "36", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:28:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:28:02" }, { "id": "3385", "questionId": "969", "text": "9", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:28:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:28:11" }, { "id": "3386", "questionId": "970", "text": "explain that the current created by a bird differs from that of an airplane.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:29:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:29:10" }, { "id": "3387", "questionId": "970", "text": "stress the amount of control exerted by birds flying in a V formation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:29:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:29:22" }, { "id": "3388", "questionId": "971", "text": "x = ?1 and x = 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:29:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:29:46" }, { "id": "3389", "questionId": "970", "text": "indicate that wind movement is continuously changing.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:29:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:29:35" }, { "id": "3390", "questionId": "971", "text": "x = ?1 and x = ?3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:29:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:29:41" }, { "id": "3391", "questionId": "970", "text": "emphasize that the flapping of a bird\u0092s wings is powerful.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:29:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:29:48" }, { "id": "3392", "questionId": "971", "text": "x = 1 and x = ?3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:29:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:29:55" }, { "id": "3393", "questionId": "971", "text": "x = 1 and x = 3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:30:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:30:07" }, { "id": "3394", "questionId": "972", "text": "The ibises were well acquainted with their migration route.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:31:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:31:01" }, { "id": "3395", "questionId": "972", "text": "Usherwood knew the ibises were familiar with carrying data loggers during migration.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:31:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:31:14" }, { "id": "3396", "questionId": "973", "text": "A linear function whose rate of change is not zero", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:31:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:31:26" }, { "id": "3397", "questionId": "972", "text": "The ibises have a body design that is similar to that of a modern airplane.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:31:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:31:27" }, { "id": "3398", "questionId": "973", "text": "A quadratic function with real zeros", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:31:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:31:40" }, { "id": "3399", "questionId": "973", "text": "A quadratic function with no real zeros", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:31:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:31:50" }, { "id": "3400", "questionId": "972", "text": "The ibises were easily accessible for Usherwood and his team to track and observe.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:31:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:31:56" }, { "id": "3401", "questionId": "973", "text": "A cubic polynomial with at least one real zero", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:31:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:31:59" }, { "id": "3402", "questionId": "974", "text": "Lines 3-7 (\u0093A new . . . flight\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:33:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:33:25" }, { "id": "3403", "questionId": "974", "text": "Lines 10-12 (\u0093Squadrons . . . same\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:33:37", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:33:37" }, { "id": "3404", "questionId": "974", "text": "Lines 22-24 (\u0093The study . . . Europe\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:33:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:33:54" }, { "id": "3405", "questionId": "975", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:34:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:34:01" }, { "id": "3406", "questionId": "975", "text": "7", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:34:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:34:08" }, { "id": "3407", "questionId": "974", "text": "Lines 29-31 (\u0093The device\u0092s . . . flaps\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:34:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:34:11" }, { "id": "3408", "questionId": "975", "text": "16", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:34:12", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:34:12" }, { "id": "3409", "questionId": "975", "text": "79", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:34:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:34:16" }, { "id": "3410", "questionId": "976", "text": "a^2 + a", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:36:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:36:51" }, { "id": "3411", "questionId": "977", "text": "To demonstrate the accuracy with which the data loggers collected the data", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:36:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:36:58" }, { "id": "3412", "questionId": "977", "text": "To present recorded data about how far an ibis flies between successive wing flaps", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:37:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:37:10" }, { "id": "3413", "questionId": "976", "text": "a^3 ? 1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:37:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:37:19" }, { "id": "3414", "questionId": "977", "text": "To provide the wingspan length of a juvenile ibis", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:37:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:37:24" }, { "id": "3415", "questionId": "976", "text": "2a^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:37:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:37:35" }, { "id": "3416", "questionId": "977", "text": "To show how far behind the microlight plane each ibis flew", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:37:38", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:37:38" }, { "id": "3417", "questionId": "976", "text": "a^3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:38:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:38:16" }, { "id": "3418", "questionId": "978", "text": "They communicate with each other in the same way as do ibises.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:39:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:39:36" }, { "id": "3419", "questionId": "978", "text": "They have the same migration routes as those of ibises.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:39:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:39:55" }, { "id": "3420", "questionId": "978", "text": "They create a similar wake to that of ibises.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:40:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:40:13" }, { "id": "3421", "questionId": "978", "text": "They expend more energy than do ibises.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:40:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:40:35" }, { "id": "3422", "questionId": "979", "text": "12x + 9.5y ? 220x + y ? 20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:41:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:41:46" }, { "id": "3423", "questionId": "979", "text": "12x + 9.5y ? 220x + y ? 20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:42:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:42:46" }, { "id": "3424", "questionId": "979", "text": "12x + 9.5y ? 220x + y ? 20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:43:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:43:52" }, { "id": "3425", "questionId": "979", "text": "12x + 9.5y ? 220x + y ? 20", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:44:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:44:27" }, { "id": "3426", "questionId": "980", "text": "Lines 35-38 (\u0093When . . . body\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:44:55", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:44:55" }, { "id": "3427", "questionId": "980", "text": "Lines 47-48 (\u0093Smaller . . . difficult\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:45:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:45:09" }, { "id": "3428", "questionId": "980", "text": "Lines 52-54 (\u0093Previous . . . a V\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:45:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:45:22" }, { "id": "3429", "questionId": "980", "text": "Lines 66-67 (\u0093Alternatively . . . resistance\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:45:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:45:35" }, { "id": "3430", "questionId": "981", "text": "The speed of sound, in meters per second, at 0\u00b0C", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:46:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:46:25" }, { "id": "3431", "questionId": "981", "text": "The speed of sound, in meters per second, at 0.6\u00b0C", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:46:36", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:46:36" }, { "id": "3432", "questionId": "981", "text": "The increase in the speed of sound, in meters per second, that corresponds to an increase of 1\u00b0C", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:46:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:46:47" }, { "id": "3433", "questionId": "981", "text": "The increase in the speed of sound, in meters per second, that corresponds to an increase of 0.6\u00b0C", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:46:59", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:46:59" }, { "id": "3434", "questionId": "982", "text": "Different types of hierarchies exist in each flock of birds.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:47:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:47:40" }, { "id": "3435", "questionId": "982", "text": "Mistakes can happen when long-winged birds create a V formation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:47:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:47:53" }, { "id": "3436", "questionId": "982", "text": "Future research will help scientists to better understand V formations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:48:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:48:08" }, { "id": "3437", "questionId": "982", "text": "Long-winged birds watch the lead bird closely to keep a V formation intact.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:48:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:48:22" }, { "id": "3438", "questionId": "983", "text": "describe how the proper structural design of an airplane helps to save fuel.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:49:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:49:58" }, { "id": "3439", "questionId": "983", "text": "show that flying can be an exhilarating experience.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:50:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:50:19" }, { "id": "3440", "questionId": "983", "text": "describe the birds\u0092 synchronized wing movement.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:50:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:50:32" }, { "id": "3441", "questionId": "983", "text": "suggest that a certain position in a V formation has the least amount of wind resistance.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:50:50", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:50:50" }, { "id": "3442", "questionId": "984", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:51:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:51:01" }, { "id": "3443", "questionId": "984", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:51:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:51:03" }, { "id": "3444", "questionId": "984", "text": "9", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:51:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:51:05" }, { "id": "3445", "questionId": "984", "text": "1", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:51:09", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:51:09" }, { "id": "3446", "questionId": "985", "text": "fluctuate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:51:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:51:52" }, { "id": "3447", "questionId": "985", "text": "spread.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:52:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:52:10" }, { "id": "3448", "questionId": "985", "text": "wave.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:52:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:52:25" }, { "id": "3449", "questionId": "986", "text": "(2a + 2b)^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:52:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:52:27" }, { "id": "3450", "questionId": "986", "text": "(a + 2b)^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:52:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:52:40" }, { "id": "3451", "questionId": "985", "text": "undulate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:52:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:52:43" }, { "id": "3452", "questionId": "986", "text": "(4a + 4b)^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:52:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:52:51" }, { "id": "3453", "questionId": "986", "text": "(4a + 8b)^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 10:53:05", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 10:53:05" }, { "id": "3454", "questionId": "987", "text": "11", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:03:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:03:46" }, { "id": "3455", "questionId": "987", "text": "22", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:03:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:03:48" }, { "id": "3456", "questionId": "987", "text": "66", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:03:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:03:52" }, { "id": "3457", "questionId": "987", "text": "44", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:03:58", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:03:58" }, { "id": "3458", "questionId": "988", "text": "increase.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:09:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:09:48" }, { "id": "3459", "questionId": "988", "text": "cultivate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:10:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:10:06" }, { "id": "3460", "questionId": "988", "text": "nurture.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:10:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:10:22" }, { "id": "3461", "questionId": "988", "text": "elevate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:10:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:10:43" }, { "id": "3462", "questionId": "989", "text": "Neither sex would feel oppressed.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:13:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:13:15" }, { "id": "3463", "questionId": "989", "text": "Both sexes would be greatly harmed.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:13:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:13:33" }, { "id": "3464", "questionId": "989", "text": "Men would try to reclaim their lost authority.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:13:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:14:20" }, { "id": "3465", "questionId": "989", "text": "Men and women would have privileges they do not need.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:14:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:14:07" }, { "id": "3466", "questionId": "990", "text": "Lines 15-18 (\u0093There . . . alike\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:16:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:16:13" }, { "id": "3467", "questionId": "990", "text": "Lines 18-20 (\u0093They . . . rights\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:16:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:16:26" }, { "id": "3468", "questionId": "990", "text": "Lines 22-24 (\u0093It may . . . degraded\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:16:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:16:48" }, { "id": "3469", "questionId": "990", "text": "Lines 27-29 (\u0093It is . . . sexes\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:17:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:17:01" }, { "id": "3470", "questionId": "991", "text": "omnipotence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:19:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:19:39" }, { "id": "3471", "questionId": "991", "text": "supremacy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:19:54", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:19:54" }, { "id": "3472", "questionId": "991", "text": "ownership.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:20:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:20:10" }, { "id": "3473", "questionId": "991", "text": "territory.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:20:26", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:20:26" }, { "id": "3474", "questionId": "992", "text": "have long served as the basis for the formal organization of society.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:22:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:22:52" }, { "id": "3475", "questionId": "992", "text": "are matters of deeply entrenched tradition.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:23:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:23:08" }, { "id": "3476", "questionId": "992", "text": "can be influenced by legislative reforms only indirectly.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:23:25", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:23:25" }, { "id": "3477", "questionId": "992", "text": "benefit the groups and institutions currently in power.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:23:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:23:40" }, { "id": "3478", "questionId": "993", "text": "Lines 43-44 (\u0093As society . . . basis\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:24:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:24:43" }, { "id": "3479", "questionId": "993", "text": "Lines 46-49 (\u0093two . . . other\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:24:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:24:56" }, { "id": "3480", "questionId": "993", "text": "Lines 58-61 (\u0093in proportion . . . associated\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:25:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:25:11" }, { "id": "3481", "questionId": "993", "text": "Lines 67-69 (\u0093employments . . . them\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:25:32", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:25:32" }, { "id": "3482", "questionId": "994", "text": "part of a broad social shift toward greater equality.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:34:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:34:44" }, { "id": "3483", "questionId": "994", "text": "unlikely to provide benefits that outweigh their costs.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:35:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:35:00" }, { "id": "3484", "questionId": "994", "text": "inevitable given the economic advantages of gender equality.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:35:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:35:14" }, { "id": "3485", "questionId": "994", "text": "at odds with the principles of American democracy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:35:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:35:31" }, { "id": "3486", "questionId": "995", "text": "less radical about gender roles than it might initially seem.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:37:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:37:11" }, { "id": "3487", "questionId": "995", "text": "persuasive in the abstract but difficult to implement in practice.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:37:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:37:30" }, { "id": "3488", "questionId": "995", "text": "ill-advised but consistent with a view held by some other advocates of gender equality.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:37:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:37:51" }, { "id": "3489", "questionId": "995", "text": "compatible with economic progress in the United States but not in Europe.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:38:08", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:38:08" }, { "id": "3490", "questionId": "996", "text": "Tocqueville believes that an individual\u0092s position should be defined in important ways by that individual\u0092s sex, while Mill believes that an individual\u0092s abilities should be the determining factor.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:40:30", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:40:30" }, { "id": "3491", "questionId": "996", "text": "Tocqueville believes that an individual\u0092s economic class should determine that individual\u0092s position, while Mill believes that class is not a legitimate consideration.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:40:44", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:40:44" }, { "id": "3492", "questionId": "996", "text": "Tocqueville believes that an individual\u0092s temperament should determine that individual\u0092s position, while Mill believes that temperament should not be a factor in an individual\u0092s position.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:41:06", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:41:06" }, { "id": "3493", "questionId": "996", "text": "Tocqueville believes that an individual\u0092s position should be determined by what is most beneficial to society, while Mill believes it should be determined by what an individual finds most rewarding.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:41:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:41:23" }, { "id": "3494", "questionId": "997", "text": "It prevents many men and women from developing to their full potential.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:42:49", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:42:49" }, { "id": "3495", "questionId": "997", "text": "It makes it difficult for men and women to sympathize with each other.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:43:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:43:02" }, { "id": "3496", "questionId": "997", "text": "It unintentionally furthers the cause of gender equality.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:43:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:43:18" }, { "id": "3497", "questionId": "997", "text": "It guarantees that women take occupations that men are better suited to perform.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:43:33", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:43:33" }, { "id": "3498", "questionId": "998", "text": "a technical account of the Higgs field to a description of it aimed at a broad audience.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:47:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:47:11" }, { "id": "3499", "questionId": "998", "text": "a review of Higgs\u0092s work to a contextualization of that work within Higgs\u0092s era.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:47:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:47:24" }, { "id": "3500", "questionId": "998", "text": "an explanation of the Higgs field to a discussion of the response to Higgs\u0092s theory.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:47:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:47:46" }, { "id": "3501", "questionId": "998", "text": "an analysis of the Higgs field to a suggestion of future discoveries that might build upon it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:48:00", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:48:00" }, { "id": "3502", "questionId": "999", "text": "popularize a little-known fact.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:49:17", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:49:17" }, { "id": "3503", "questionId": "999", "text": "contrast competing scientific theories.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:49:35", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:49:35" }, { "id": "3504", "questionId": "999", "text": "criticize a widely accepted explanation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:49:51", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:49:51" }, { "id": "3505", "questionId": "999", "text": "clarify an abstract concept.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:50:13", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:50:13" }, { "id": "3506", "questionId": "1000", "text": "addressed a problem unnoticed by other physicists.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:52:16", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:52:16" }, { "id": "3507", "questionId": "1000", "text": "only worked if the equations were flawless.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:52:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:52:31" }, { "id": "3508", "questionId": "1000", "text": "rendered accepted theories in physics obsolete.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:52:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:52:45" }, { "id": "3509", "questionId": "1000", "text": "appeared to have little empirical basis.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:53:03", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:53:03" }, { "id": "3510", "questionId": "1001", "text": "Lines 30-32 (\u0093Instead . . . environment\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:55:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:55:57" }, { "id": "3511", "questionId": "1001", "text": "Lines 46-48 (\u0093In 1964 . . . mathematically\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:56:11", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:56:11" }, { "id": "3512", "questionId": "1001", "text": "Lines 48-53 (\u0093Not . . . speculation\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:56:24", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:56:51" }, { "id": "3513", "questionId": "1001", "text": "Lines 67-70 (\u0093The physics . . . space\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 11:56:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 11:56:43" }, { "id": "3514", "questionId": "1002", "text": "let scientists accept two conditions that had previously seemed irreconcilable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:01:19", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:01:23" }, { "id": "3515", "questionId": "1002", "text": "introduced an innovative approach that could be applied to additional problems.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:01:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:01:48" }, { "id": "3516", "questionId": "1002", "text": "answered a question that earlier scientists had not even raised.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:02:20", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:02:20" }, { "id": "3517", "questionId": "1002", "text": "explained why two distinct phenomena were being misinterpreted as one phenomenon.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:02:41", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:02:41" }, { "id": "3518", "questionId": "1003", "text": "Lines 36-39 (\u0093Push . . . mass\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:04:28", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:04:28" }, { "id": "3519", "questionId": "1003", "text": "Lines 43-45 (\u0093Its interaction . . . field\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:04:40", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:04:40" }, { "id": "3520", "questionId": "1003", "text": "Lines 55-63 (\u0093But . . . environment\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:04:56", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:04:56" }, { "id": "3521", "questionId": "1003", "text": "Lines 78-83 (\u0093On occasion . . . them\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:05:10", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:05:10" }, { "id": "3522", "questionId": "1004", "text": "He recounts a personal experience to illustrate a characteristic of the discipline of physics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:10:22", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:10:22" }, { "id": "3523", "questionId": "1004", "text": "He describes his own education to show how physics has changed during his career.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:10:34", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:10:34" }, { "id": "3524", "questionId": "1004", "text": "He provides autobiographical details to demonstrate how Higgs\u0092s theory was confirmed.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:10:48", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:10:48" }, { "id": "3525", "questionId": "1004", "text": "He contrasts the status of Higgs\u0092s theory at two time periods to reveal how the details of the theory evolved.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:11:04", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:11:04" }, { "id": "3526", "questionId": "1005", "text": "validated.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:12:18", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:12:18" }, { "id": "3527", "questionId": "1005", "text": "founded.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:12:31", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:12:31" }, { "id": "3528", "questionId": "1005", "text": "introduced.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:12:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:12:45" }, { "id": "3529", "questionId": "1005", "text": "enacted.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:12:57", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:12:57" }, { "id": "3530", "questionId": "1006", "text": "It 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"text": "The W boson and the Z boson were proposed and experimentally confirmed at about the same time.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:17:27", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:17:32" }, { "id": "3535", "questionId": "1007", "text": "The Higgs boson was experimentally confirmed more quickly than were most other particles.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:17:45", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:17:45" }, { "id": "3536", "questionId": "1007", "text": "The tau neutrino was experimentally confirmed at about the same time as the tau.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:18:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:18:01" }, { "id": "3537", "questionId": "1007", "text": "The muon neutrino took longer to experimentally confirm than did the electron neutrino.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:18:15", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:18:15" }, { "id": "3538", "questionId": "1008", "text": "The muon neutrino was widely disputed until being confirmed in the early 1960s.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:19:23", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:19:23" }, { "id": "3539", "questionId": "1008", "text": "Few physicists in 2012 doubted the reality of the tau neutrino.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:19:39", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:19:39" }, { "id": "3540", "questionId": "1008", "text": "No physicists prior to 1960 considered the possibility of the W or Z boson.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:19:52", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:19:52" }, { "id": "3541", "questionId": "1008", "text": "Most physicists in 1940 believed in the existence of the electron neutrino.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:20:07", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:20:07" }, { "id": "3542", "questionId": "1010", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/4554b8d961fb41b8f4203e7ba62322d0aaa72354.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:28:46", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:28:46" }, { "id": "3543", "questionId": "1010", "text": "", "picture": "assets\/img\/options\/1278e244afe6b79c0bc468f53803aefae3172d77.png", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:28:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:28:53" }, { "id": "3544", "questionId": "1010", "text": "?3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:29:02", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:29:02" }, { "id": "3545", "questionId": "1010", "text": "3?3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:29:14", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:29:32" }, { "id": "3546", "questionId": "1011", "text": "None", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:31:43", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:31:43" }, { "id": "3547", "questionId": "1011", "text": "Two", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:31:47", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:31:47" }, { "id": "3548", "questionId": "1011", "text": "Three", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:31:53", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:31:53" }, { "id": "3549", "questionId": "1011", "text": "One", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2022-12-31 12:32:01", "lastUpdated": "2022-12-31 12:32:01" }, { "id": "3550", "questionId": "1013", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:10:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:10:34" }, { "id": "3551", "questionId": "1013", "text": "oftentimes", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:10:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:10:48" }, { "id": "3552", "questionId": "1013", "text": "repeatedly", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:11:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:11:01" }, { "id": "3553", "questionId": "1013", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:11:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:11:19" }, { "id": "3554", "questionId": "1014", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:12:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:12:21" }, { "id": "3555", "questionId": "1014", "text": "affect on", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:12:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:12:49" }, { "id": "3556", "questionId": "1014", "text": "effect to", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:13:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:13:06" }, { "id": "3557", "questionId": "1014", "text": "affects on", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:13:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:13:19" }, { "id": "3558", "questionId": "1015", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:15:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:15:00" }, { "id": "3559", "questionId": "1015", "text": "creating jobs,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:15:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:15:16" }, { "id": "3560", "questionId": "1015", "text": "for job creation,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:15:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:15:31" }, { "id": "3561", "questionId": "1015", "text": "the creation of jobs,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:15:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:15:49" }, { "id": "3562", "questionId": "1016", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:17:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:17:28" }, { "id": "3563", "questionId": "1016", "text": "Telescope; and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:17:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:17:38" }, { "id": "3564", "questionId": "1016", "text": "Telescope and;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:17:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:17:50" }, { "id": "3565", "questionId": "1016", "text": "Telescope and,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:18:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:18:02" }, { "id": "3566", "questionId": "1017", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:19:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:19:41" }, { "id": "3567", "questionId": "1017", "text": "garnered national publicity for the agency.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:19:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:19:57" }, { "id": "3568", "questionId": "1017", "text": "generated a steady stream of new technology.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:20:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:20:16" }, { "id": "3569", "questionId": "1017", "text": "made a lot of money for the agency.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:20:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:20:25" }, { "id": "3570", "questionId": "1018", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:21:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:21:21" }, { "id": "3571", "questionId": "1018", "text": "evolved", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:21:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:21:35" }, { "id": "3572", "questionId": "1018", "text": "developed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:21:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:21:51" }, { "id": "3573", "questionId": "1018", "text": "progressed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:22:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:22:03" }, { "id": "3574", "questionId": "1019", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:25:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:25:08" }, { "id": "3575", "questionId": "1019", "text": "spawned", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:25:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:25:25" }, { "id": "3576", "questionId": "1019", "text": "has spawned", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:25:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:25:42" }, { "id": "3577", "questionId": "1019", "text": "spawning", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:26:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:26:00" }, { "id": "3578", "questionId": "1020", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:27:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:27:06" }, { "id": "3579", "questionId": "1020", "text": "which came", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:27:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:27:22" }, { "id": "3580", "questionId": "1020", "text": "to come", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:27:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:27:39" }, { "id": "3581", "questionId": "1020", "text": "came", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:27:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:28:05" }, { "id": "3582", "questionId": "1021", "text": "where it is now.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:29:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:29:20" }, { "id": "3583", "questionId": "1021", "text": "after sentence 2.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:29:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:29:31" }, { "id": "3584", "questionId": "1021", "text": "after sentence 3.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:29:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:29:46" }, { "id": "3585", "questionId": "1021", "text": "after sentence 4.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:29:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:29:59" }, { "id": "3586", "questionId": "1022", "text": "Yes, because it serves as a counterargument to the quotation from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:31:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:31:14" }, { "id": "3587", "questionId": "1022", "text": "Yes, because it reinforces the passage\u0092s point about the importance of NASA\u0092s work.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:31:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:31:25" }, { "id": "3588", "questionId": "1022", "text": "No, because it undermines the passage\u0092s claim about the economic benefits of NASA\u0092s work.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:31:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:31:39" }, { "id": "3589", "questionId": "1022", "text": "No, because it blurs the paragraph\u0092s focus by introducing information that does not support the paragraph\u0092s claim about the importance of NASA\u0092s work.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:31:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:31:55" }, { "id": "3590", "questionId": "1023", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:32:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:32:52" }, { "id": "3591", "questionId": "1023", "text": "Instead,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:33:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:33:04" }, { "id": "3592", "questionId": "1023", "text": "For example,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:33:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:33:17" }, { "id": "3593", "questionId": "1023", "text": "However,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 10:33:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 10:33:27" }, { "id": "3594", "questionId": "1024", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:15:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:15:35" }, { "id": "3595", "questionId": "1024", "text": "also new practices,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:15:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:15:43" }, { "id": "3596", "questionId": "1024", "text": "in addition to practices,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:15:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:15:59" }, { "id": "3597", "questionId": "1024", "text": "practices,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:16:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:16:17" }, { "id": "3598", "questionId": "1025", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:17:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:17:19" }, { "id": "3599", "questionId": "1025", "text": "fields", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:17:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:17:29" }, { "id": "3600", "questionId": "1025", "text": "fields,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:17:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:17:44" }, { "id": "3601", "questionId": "1025", "text": "fields;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:17:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:17:58" }, { "id": "3602", "questionId": "1026", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:18:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:18:58" }, { "id": "3603", "questionId": "1026", "text": "Nevertheless,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:19:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:19:09" }, { "id": "3604", "questionId": "1026", "text": "Regardless,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:19:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:19:22" }, { "id": "3605", "questionId": "1026", "text": "Similarly,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:19:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:19:36" }, { "id": "3606", "questionId": "1027", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:21:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:21:29" }, { "id": "3607", "questionId": "1027", "text": "should lean heavily on their employers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:21:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:21:40" }, { "id": "3608", "questionId": "1027", "text": "must be in charge of their own careers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:21:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:21:56" }, { "id": "3609", "questionId": "1027", "text": "will be ready for changes in the job market.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:22:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:22:09" }, { "id": "3610", "questionId": "1027", "text": "", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:22:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:22:14" }, { "id": "3611", "questionId": "1028", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:26:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:26:55" }, { "id": "3612", "questionId": "1028", "text": "contend; then", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:27:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:27:08" }, { "id": "3613", "questionId": "1028", "text": "contend then", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:27:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:27:20" }, { "id": "3614", "questionId": "1028", "text": "contend, then", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:27:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:27:34" }, { "id": "3615", "questionId": "1029", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:28:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:28:45" }, { "id": "3616", "questionId": "1029", "text": "address their deficiencies.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:29:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:29:16" }, { "id": "3617", "questionId": "1029", "text": "deal with their flaws and shortcomings.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:29:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:29:29" }, { "id": "3618", "questionId": "1029", "text": "allow them to meet their employers\u0092 needs in terms of the knowledge they are supposed to have.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:29:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:29:42" }, { "id": "3619", "questionId": "1030", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:30:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:30:52" }, { "id": "3620", "questionId": "1030", "text": "are no good anymore.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:31:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:31:08" }, { "id": "3621", "questionId": "1030", "text": "become obsolete.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:31:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:31:25" }, { "id": "3622", "questionId": "1030", "text": "have lost their charm.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:31:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:31:37" }, { "id": "3623", "questionId": "1031", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:40:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:40:20" }, { "id": "3624", "questionId": "1031", "text": "include", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:40:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:40:40" }, { "id": "3625", "questionId": "1031", "text": "including", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:40:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:40:55" }, { "id": "3626", "questionId": "1031", "text": "has included", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:41:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:41:06" }, { "id": "3627", "questionId": "1032", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:42:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:42:20" }, { "id": "3628", "questionId": "1032", "text": "Besides that,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:42:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:42:31" }, { "id": "3629", "questionId": "1032", "text": "Nevertheless,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:42:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:42:45" }, { "id": "3630", "questionId": "1032", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion and begin the sentence with a capital letter.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:43:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:43:03" }, { "id": "3631", "questionId": "1033", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:44:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:44:16" }, { "id": "3632", "questionId": "1033", "text": "participation in foundation and skill-building workshops is the overarching framework within which staff receive coaching and consultation as well as the opportunity to belong to a professional network.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:44:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:44:27" }, { "id": "3633", "questionId": "1033", "text": "membership in a professional network is the overarching framework within which staff receive coaching and consultation as well as the opportunity to attend foundation and skill-building workshops.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:44:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:44:43" }, { "id": "3634", "questionId": "1033", "text": "receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework within which staff have the opportunity to belong to a professional network as well as attend foundation and skill-building workshops.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:44:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:44:56" }, { "id": "3635", "questionId": "1034", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:45:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:45:57" }, { "id": "3636", "questionId": "1034", "text": "identify:", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:46:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:46:12" }, { "id": "3637", "questionId": "1034", "text": "identify", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:46:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:46:30" }, { "id": "3638", "questionId": "1034", "text": "identify\u0097", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:46:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:46:44" }, { "id": "3639", "questionId": "1035", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:50:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:50:01" }, { "id": "3640", "questionId": "1035", "text": "for example,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:50:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:50:20" }, { "id": "3641", "questionId": "1035", "text": "however,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:50:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:50:38" }, { "id": "3642", "questionId": "1035", "text": "in fact,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:50:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:50:52" }, { "id": "3643", "questionId": "1036", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:51:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:51:59" }, { "id": "3644", "questionId": "1036", "text": "life; a", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:51:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:51:53" }, { "id": "3645", "questionId": "1036", "text": "life: a", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:52:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:52:15" }, { "id": "3646", "questionId": "1036", "text": "life. A", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:52:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:52:28" }, { "id": "3647", "questionId": "1037", "text": "Yes, because it explains the primary belief that led to the development of the Slow Food movement.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:53:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:53:37" }, { "id": "3648", "questionId": "1037", "text": "Yes, because it reinforces a claim that the writer makes earlier in the paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:53:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:53:52" }, { "id": "3649", "questionId": "1037", "text": "No, because it blurs the paragraph\u0092s focus by introducing a new idea that is not clearly explained.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:54:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:54:07" }, { "id": "3650", "questionId": "1037", "text": "No, because it distracts from the paragraph\u0092s emphasis on the Slow Food movement\u0092s origins and beliefs.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:54:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:54:20" }, { "id": "3651", "questionId": "1038", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:55:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:55:34" }, { "id": "3652", "questionId": "1038", "text": "opposes", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:55:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:55:48" }, { "id": "3653", "questionId": "1038", "text": "will oppose", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:56:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:56:05" }, { "id": "3654", "questionId": "1038", "text": "has opposed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:56:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:56:22" }, { "id": "3655", "questionId": "1039", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:57:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:57:26" }, { "id": "3656", "questionId": "1039", "text": "factors, such as altitude and weather,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:57:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:57:43" }, { "id": "3657", "questionId": "1039", "text": "factors such as, altitude and weather,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:58:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:58:03" }, { "id": "3658", "questionId": "1039", "text": "factors, such as altitude and weather", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:58:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:58:17" }, { "id": "3659", "questionId": "1040", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 13:59:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 13:59:34" }, { "id": "3660", "questionId": "1040", "text": "the public would not be interested in learning about traditional foods.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:00:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:00:02" }, { "id": "3661", "questionId": "1040", "text": "people would not be able to determine how a particular food was made.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:00:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:00:17" }, { "id": "3662", "questionId": "1040", "text": "consumers would lose this diversity of flavors.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:00:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:00:35" }, { "id": "3663", "questionId": "1041", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:01:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:01:34" }, { "id": "3664", "questionId": "1041", "text": "there", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:01:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:01:44" }, { "id": "3665", "questionId": "1041", "text": "its", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:02:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:02:03" }, { "id": "3666", "questionId": "1041", "text": "it\u0092s", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:02:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:02:16" }, { "id": "3667", "questionId": "1042", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:03:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:03:22" }, { "id": "3668", "questionId": "1042", "text": "leisurely meals with friends and family.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:03:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:03:59" }, { "id": "3669", "questionId": "1042", "text": "eating slowly and in the company of loved ones such as friends and family.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:03:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:03:53" }, { "id": "3670", "questionId": "1042", "text": "joining friends as well as family for time-consuming meals.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:04:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:04:14" }, { "id": "3671", "questionId": "1043", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:05:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:05:25" }, { "id": "3672", "questionId": "1043", "text": "portrayed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:05:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:05:40" }, { "id": "3673", "questionId": "1043", "text": "drew", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:05:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:05:56" }, { "id": "3674", "questionId": "1043", "text": "sketched", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:06:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:06:09" }, { "id": "3675", "questionId": "1044", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:07:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:07:01" }, { "id": "3676", "questionId": "1044", "text": "adequately and affordably can feed the world?", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:07:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:07:14" }, { "id": "3677", "questionId": "1044", "text": "can adequately and affordably feed the world.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:07:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:07:27" }, { "id": "3678", "questionId": "1044", "text": "adequately and affordably can feed the world.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:07:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:07:39" }, { "id": "3679", "questionId": "1045", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:08:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:08:40" }, { "id": "3680", "questionId": "1045", "text": "Nonetheless,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:08:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:08:53" }, { "id": "3681", "questionId": "1045", "text": "To these ends,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:09:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:10:01" }, { "id": "3682", "questionId": "1045", "text": "By the same token,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-02 14:09:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-02 14:09:50" }, { "id": "3683", "questionId": "1046", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:29:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:29:40" }, { "id": "3684", "questionId": "1046", "text": "headline in the New York Times, declared", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:29:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:29:53" }, { "id": "3685", "questionId": "1046", "text": "headline, in the New York Times declared,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:30:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:30:05" }, { "id": "3686", "questionId": "1046", "text": "headline, in the New York Times, declared", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:30:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:30:22" }, { "id": "3687", "questionId": "1047", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:32:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:32:49" }, { "id": "3688", "questionId": "1047", "text": "Other newspapers also ran stories claiming that the broadcast had incited mass hysteria.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:33:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:33:04" }, { "id": "3689", "questionId": "1047", "text": "In 2013, many newspapers and magazines featured articles about the seventy?fifth anniversary of the broadcast.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:33:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:33:17" }, { "id": "3690", "questionId": "1047", "text": "The Times was then and is now one of the United States\u0092 most popular news sources.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:33:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:33:37" }, { "id": "3691", "questionId": "1048", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:36:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:36:55" }, { "id": "3692", "questionId": "1048", "text": "that feared", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:37:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:37:07" }, { "id": "3693", "questionId": "1048", "text": "fearing", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:37:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:37:19" }, { "id": "3694", "questionId": "1048", "text": "to fear", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:37:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:37:28" }, { "id": "3695", "questionId": "1049", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:38:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:38:07" }, { "id": "3696", "questionId": "1049", "text": "as far", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:38:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:38:18" }, { "id": "3697", "questionId": "1049", "text": "as far and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:38:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:38:27" }, { "id": "3698", "questionId": "1049", "text": "so far as", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:38:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:38:39" }, { "id": "3699", "questionId": "1050", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:39:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:39:35" }, { "id": "3700", "questionId": "1050", "text": "On one hand,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:39:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:39:45" }, { "id": "3701", "questionId": "1050", "text": "In the article,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:39:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:39:57" }, { "id": "3702", "questionId": "1050", "text": "Next,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:40:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:40:08" }, { "id": "3703", "questionId": "1051", "text": "profits, which is what the newspaper industry tried to do when it portrayed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:40:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:40:59" }, { "id": "3704", "questionId": "1051", "text": "profits, by which the newspaper industry portrayed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:41:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:41:12" }, { "id": "3705", "questionId": "1051", "text": "profits and tried to do this by portraying", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:41:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:41:23" }, { "id": "3706", "questionId": "1051", "text": "profits, by portraying", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:41:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:41:36" }, { "id": "3707", "questionId": "1052", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:44:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:44:18" }, { "id": "3708", "questionId": "1052", "text": "but evidence does suggest that reports of panic have been overblown.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:44:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:44:31" }, { "id": "3709", "questionId": "1052", "text": "yet Pooley and Socolow maintain that the newspaper industry intentionally distorted the story.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:44:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:44:44" }, { "id": "3710", "questionId": "1052", "text": "making it difficult to determine what really happened in 1938.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:44:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:44:55" }, { "id": "3711", "questionId": "1053", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:45:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:45:47" }, { "id": "3712", "questionId": "1053", "text": "many less than", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:45:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:45:59" }, { "id": "3713", "questionId": "1053", "text": "much less then", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:46:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:46:08" }, { "id": "3714", "questionId": "1053", "text": "much fewer then", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:46:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:46:17" }, { "id": "3715", "questionId": "1054", "text": "where it is now.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:47:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:47:01" }, { "id": "3716", "questionId": "1054", "text": "after sentence 2.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:47:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:47:11" }, { "id": "3717", "questionId": "1054", "text": "after sentence 5.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:47:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:47:21" }, { "id": "3718", "questionId": "1054", "text": "after sentence 7.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:47:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:47:31" }, { "id": "3719", "questionId": "1055", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:48:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:48:11" }, { "id": "3720", "questionId": "1055", "text": "some, they were", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:48:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:48:21" }, { "id": "3721", "questionId": "1055", "text": "some,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:48:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:48:35" }, { "id": "3722", "questionId": "1055", "text": "some", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:48:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:48:46" }, { "id": "3723", "questionId": "1056", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:49:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:50:06" }, { "id": "3724", "questionId": "1056", "text": "unlike", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:49:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:49:42" }, { "id": "3725", "questionId": "1056", "text": "not like", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:49:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:49:50" }, { "id": "3726", "questionId": "1056", "text": "different from", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-03 11:50:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-03 11:50:00" }, { "id": "3727", "questionId": "1057", "text": "general discussion of the narrator\u0092s love of reading to a portrayal of an influential incident.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:14:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:14:29" }, { "id": "3728", "questionId": "1057", "text": "depiction of the narrator\u0092s father to an examination of an author with whom the narrator becomes enchanted.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:14:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:14:39" }, { "id": "3729", "questionId": "1057", "text": "symbolic representation of a skill the narrator possesses to an example of its application.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:14:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:14:51" }, { "id": "3730", "questionId": "1057", "text": "tale about the hardships of the narrator\u0092s childhood to an analysis of the effects of those hardships.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:15:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:15:03" }, { "id": "3731", "questionId": "1058", "text": "introduce the characters who play a part in the narrator\u0092s story.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:15:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:15:57" }, { "id": "3732", "questionId": "1058", "text": "list the difficult conditions the narrator endured in childhood.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:16:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:16:06" }, { "id": "3733", "questionId": "1058", "text": "describe the passion that drives the actions the narrator recounts.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:16:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:16:19" }, { "id": "3734", "questionId": "1058", "text": "depict the narrator\u0092s aspirations before he met Sempere.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:16:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:16:31" }, { "id": "3735", "questionId": "1059", "text": "He lacked affection for the narrator.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:20:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:20:06" }, { "id": "3736", "questionId": "1059", "text": "He disliked any unnecessary use of money.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:20:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:20:25" }, { "id": "3737", "questionId": "1059", "text": "He would not have approved of Sempere\u0092s gift.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:20:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:20:41" }, { "id": "3738", "questionId": "1059", "text": "He objected to the writings of Charles Dickens.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:20:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:20:52" }, { "id": "3739", "questionId": "1060", "text": "Lines 24-27 (\u0093My father . . . children\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:24:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:24:20" }, { "id": "3740", "questionId": "1060", "text": "Lines 35-37 (\u0093The bookseller . . . content\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:24:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:24:33" }, { "id": "3741", "questionId": "1060", "text": "Lines 37-38 (\u0093He hardly . . . hands\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:24:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:24:48" }, { "id": "3742", "questionId": "1060", "text": "Lines 59-61 (\u0093That afternoon . . . see it\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:25:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:25:03" }, { "id": "3743", "questionId": "1061", "text": "reading the book convinced him that he wanted to be a writer.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:26:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:26:16" }, { "id": "3744", "questionId": "1061", "text": "he\u0092d only ever been given sweets and snacks as gifts in the past.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:26:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:26:29" }, { "id": "3745", "questionId": "1061", "text": "the gift meant that Sempere held him in high regard.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:26:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:26:42" }, { "id": "3746", "questionId": "1061", "text": "Sempere was a friend of the book\u0092s author.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:26:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:26:54" }, { "id": "3747", "questionId": "1062", "text": "Lines 38-40 (\u0093when . . . left\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:29:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:29:56" }, { "id": "3748", "questionId": "1062", "text": "Lines 48-49 (\u0093It was . . . full\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:30:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:30:19" }, { "id": "3749", "questionId": "1062", "text": "Lines 52-55 (\u0093I was . . . them\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:30:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:30:31" }, { "id": "3750", "questionId": "1062", "text": "Lines 66-68 (\u0093Soon . . . done\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:30:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:30:44" }, { "id": "3751", "questionId": "1063", "text": "less than Sempere expects him to pay for the books.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:31:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:31:39" }, { "id": "3752", "questionId": "1063", "text": "nothing, because Sempere won\u0092t take his money.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:31:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:31:58" }, { "id": "3753", "questionId": "1063", "text": "the money he makes selling sweets to the other children.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:32:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:32:11" }, { "id": "3754", "questionId": "1063", "text": "much less for the books than they are worth.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:32:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:32:27" }, { "id": "3755", "questionId": "1064", "text": "bulk.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:36:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:36:09" }, { "id": "3756", "questionId": "1064", "text": "burden.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:36:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:36:38" }, { "id": "3757", "questionId": "1064", "text": "force.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:36:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:36:59" }, { "id": "3758", "questionId": "1064", "text": "clout.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:37:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:37:13" }, { "id": "3759", "questionId": "1065", "text": "underline the importance of the narrator\u0092s connection to Sempere.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:38:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:38:11" }, { "id": "3760", "questionId": "1065", "text": "stress how friendships helped the narrator deal with his difficult home situation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:38:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:38:24" }, { "id": "3761", "questionId": "1065", "text": "emphasize the emotional connection Sempere feels to reading.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:38:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:38:41" }, { "id": "3762", "questionId": "1065", "text": "imply that the narrator\u0092s sentiments caused him to make an irrational decision.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:38:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:38:54" }, { "id": "3763", "questionId": "1066", "text": "Sempere models his own writing after Dickens\u0092s style.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:42:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:42:39" }, { "id": "3764", "questionId": "1066", "text": "Sempere is an avid admirer of Dickens\u0092s work.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:42:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:42:59" }, { "id": "3765", "questionId": "1066", "text": "Sempere feels a personal connection to details of Dickens\u0092s biography.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:43:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:43:15" }, { "id": "3766", "questionId": "1066", "text": "Sempere considers himself to be Dickens\u0092s most appreciative reader.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:43:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:43:36" }, { "id": "3767", "questionId": "1067", "text": "discuss recent findings concerning scientific studies and dispute a widely held belief about the publication of social science research.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:48:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:48:21" }, { "id": "3768", "questionId": "1067", "text": "explain a common practice in the reporting of research studies and summarize a study that provides support for a change to that practice.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:48:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:48:37" }, { "id": "3769", "questionId": "1067", "text": "describe the shortcomings in current approaches to medical trials and recommend the implementation of a government database.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:48:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:48:54" }, { "id": "3770", "questionId": "1067", "text": "provide context as part of a call for stricter controls on social science research and challenge publishers to alter their mindsets.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:49:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:49:20" }, { "id": "3771", "questionId": "1068", "text": "admits.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:50:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:50:28" }, { "id": "3772", "questionId": "1068", "text": "tolerates.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:50:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:50:39" }, { "id": "3773", "questionId": "1068", "text": "grants.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:50:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:50:49" }, { "id": "3774", "questionId": "1068", "text": "enables.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:51:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:51:09" }, { "id": "3775", "questionId": "1069", "text": "attribution.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:52:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:52:25" }, { "id": "3776", "questionId": "1069", "text": "exertion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:52:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:52:36" }, { "id": "3777", "questionId": "1069", "text": "toughness.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:52:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:52:51" }, { "id": "3778", "questionId": "1069", "text": "significance.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:53:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:53:16" }, { "id": "3779", "questionId": "1070", "text": "the results of related studies will be misleading.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:58:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:58:22" }, { "id": "3780", "questionId": "1070", "text": "researchers may overlook promising areas of study.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:58:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:58:57" }, { "id": "3781", "questionId": "1070", "text": "mistakes in the collection of null results may be overlooked.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:59:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:59:10" }, { "id": "3782", "questionId": "1070", "text": "the bias against null results will be disregarded.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 11:59:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 11:59:35" }, { "id": "3783", "questionId": "1071", "text": "Lines 38-40 (\u0093Their . . . expectations\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:01:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:01:01" }, { "id": "3784", "questionId": "1071", "text": "Lines 48-50 (\u0093However . . . finding\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:01:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:01:15" }, { "id": "3785", "questionId": "1071", "text": "Lines 56-59 (\u0093He and . . . ineffective\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:01:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:01:29" }, { "id": "3786", "questionId": "1071", "text": "Lines 59-62 (\u0093Worse . . . ignored\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:01:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:01:39" }, { "id": "3787", "questionId": "1072", "text": "A research team refuses to publish null results in anything less than a top journal.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:17:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:17:28" }, { "id": "3788", "questionId": "1072", "text": "A research team excludes the portion of data that produced null results when reporting its results in a journal.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:17:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:17:46" }, { "id": "3789", "questionId": "1072", "text": "A research team unknowingly repeats a study that produced null results for another research team.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:17:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:17:59" }, { "id": "3790", "questionId": "1072", "text": "A research team performs a follow-up study that expands the scope of an initial study that produced null results.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:18:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:18:11" }, { "id": "3791", "questionId": "1073", "text": "Lines 36-37 (\u0093Said . . . effects\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:20:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:20:37" }, { "id": "3792", "questionId": "1073", "text": "Lines 45-48 (\u0093Overall . . . null results\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:20:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:20:49" }, { "id": "3793", "questionId": "1073", "text": "Lines 62-68 (\u0093Even . . . investigator\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:21:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:21:20" }, { "id": "3794", "questionId": "1073", "text": "Lines 69-73 (\u0093A registry . . . analyzed\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:21:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:21:22" }, { "id": "3795", "questionId": "1074", "text": "propose a future research project to deal with some of the shortcomings of current publishing practices noted in the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:24:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:24:28" }, { "id": "3796", "questionId": "1074", "text": "introduce a possible solution to problems discussed in the passage regarding the reporting of social science studies.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:24:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:24:43" }, { "id": "3797", "questionId": "1074", "text": "summarize the findings of a study about experimental results explained in the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:24:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:24:54" }, { "id": "3798", "questionId": "1074", "text": "reinforce the importance of reexamining the results of all social science trials.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:25:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:25:07" }, { "id": "3799", "questionId": "1075", "text": "unwritten over 50 percent of the time.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:28:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:28:25" }, { "id": "3800", "questionId": "1075", "text": "unpublished but written 50 percent of the time.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:28:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:28:34" }, { "id": "3801", "questionId": "1075", "text": "published in a top journal approximately 20 percent of the time.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:28:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:28:49" }, { "id": "3802", "questionId": "1075", "text": "published in a non-top journal almost 80 percent of the time.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:29:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:29:04" }, { "id": "3803", "questionId": "1076", "text": "Studies with mixed results were just as likely to be published as they were to be left either unpublished or unwritten.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:54:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:54:44" }, { "id": "3804", "questionId": "1076", "text": "Studies with mixed results occurred more frequently than did studies with strong and null results combined.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:54:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:54:59" }, { "id": "3805", "questionId": "1076", "text": "Studies with mixed results were more likely to be published in top journals than they were to be published in non-top journals.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:55:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:55:11" }, { "id": "3806", "questionId": "1076", "text": "Studies with mixed results were the most common type of social science studies.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:55:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:55:21" }, { "id": "3807", "questionId": "1077", "text": "Lines 30-33 (\u0093In their . . . interested\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:56:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:56:25" }, { "id": "3808", "questionId": "1077", "text": "Lines 33-36 (\u0093The unfortunate . . . scientist\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:56:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:56:35" }, { "id": "3809", "questionId": "1077", "text": "Lines 43-45 (\u0093Not unexpectedly . . . published\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:56:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:56:49" }, { "id": "3810", "questionId": "1077", "text": "Lines 52-55 (\u0093It\u0092s a . . . Berkeley\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 12:57:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 12:57:01" }, { "id": "3811", "questionId": "1078", "text": "sometimes materials behave contrary to expectations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:53:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:53:57" }, { "id": "3812", "questionId": "1078", "text": "systems can be described in terms of inputs and outputs.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:54:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:54:10" }, { "id": "3813", "questionId": "1078", "text": "models of materials have both strengths and weaknesses.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:54:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:54:23" }, { "id": "3814", "questionId": "1078", "text": "properties of systems differ from the properties of their parts.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:54:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:54:35" }, { "id": "3815", "questionId": "1079", "text": "A list of several ways in which salt\u0092s properties differ from researchers\u0092 expectations", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:55:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:55:57" }, { "id": "3816", "questionId": "1079", "text": "A presentation of a hypothesis regarding salt behavior, description of an associated experiment, and explanation of why the results weaken the hypothesis", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:56:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:56:09" }, { "id": "3817", "questionId": "1079", "text": "A description of two salt crystal experiments, the apparent disagreement in their results, and the resolution by more sensitive equipment", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:56:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:56:24" }, { "id": "3818", "questionId": "1079", "text": "An introduction to an interesting salt property, description of its discovery, and speculation regarding its application", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:56:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:56:38" }, { "id": "3819", "questionId": "1080", "text": "Lines 17-18 (\u0093But . . . says\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:57:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:57:42" }, { "id": "3820", "questionId": "1080", "text": "Lines 26-28 (\u0093They were . . . testing\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:57:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:57:53" }, { "id": "3821", "questionId": "1080", "text": "Lines 36-38 (\u0093Using . . . nanowires\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:58:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:58:03" }, { "id": "3822", "questionId": "1080", "text": "Lines 55-56 (\u0093Sodium . . . says\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:58:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:58:17" }, { "id": "3823", "questionId": "1081", "text": "mark.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:59:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:59:12" }, { "id": "3824", "questionId": "1081", "text": "control.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:59:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:59:30" }, { "id": "3825", "questionId": "1081", "text": "declare.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:59:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:59:41" }, { "id": "3826", "questionId": "1081", "text": "restrain.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 20:59:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 20:59:57" }, { "id": "3827", "questionId": "1082", "text": "Gravity", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:05:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:05:30" }, { "id": "3828", "questionId": "1082", "text": "Nano-imprinting", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:05:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:05:40" }, { "id": "3829", "questionId": "1082", "text": "Surface tension", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:05:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:05:52" }, { "id": "3830", "questionId": "1082", "text": "Van der Waals interactions", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:06:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:06:06" }, { "id": "3831", "questionId": "1083", "text": "guide to.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:07:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:07:03" }, { "id": "3832", "questionId": "1083", "text": "result in.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:07:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:07:23" }, { "id": "3833", "questionId": "1083", "text": "point toward.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:07:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:07:41" }, { "id": "3834", "questionId": "1083", "text": "start with.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:07:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:07:57" }, { "id": "3835", "questionId": "1084", "text": "In both the nanoworld and the macroworld, salt can be flexible.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:09:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:09:17" }, { "id": "3836", "questionId": "1084", "text": "Salt flexibility is expected in the nanoworld but is surprising in the macroworld.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:09:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:09:30" }, { "id": "3837", "questionId": "1084", "text": "Salt nanowires were initially observed in the nanoworld and later observed in the macroworld.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:09:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:09:42" }, { "id": "3838", "questionId": "1084", "text": "In the nanoworld, salt\u0092s interactions with water lead to very different properties than they do in the macroworld.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:09:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:09:54" }, { "id": "3839", "questionId": "1085", "text": "Lines 12-13 (\u0093Maybe . . . think\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:10:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:10:54" }, { "id": "3840", "questionId": "1085", "text": "Lines 22-24 (\u0093Surface . . . scale\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:11:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:11:03" }, { "id": "3841", "questionId": "1085", "text": "Lines 39-42 (\u0093The initial . . . speculate\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:11:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:11:11" }, { "id": "3842", "questionId": "1085", "text": "Lines 51-53 (\u0093Huge . . . scales\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:11:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:11:24" }, { "id": "3843", "questionId": "1086", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:16:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:16:32" }, { "id": "3844", "questionId": "1086", "text": "0.25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:16:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:16:40" }, { "id": "3845", "questionId": "1086", "text": "0.75", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:16:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:16:59" }, { "id": "3846", "questionId": "1086", "text": "1.25", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:17:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:17:10" }, { "id": "3847", "questionId": "1087", "text": "P", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:18:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:18:10" }, { "id": "3848", "questionId": "1087", "text": "Q", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:18:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:18:21" }, { "id": "3849", "questionId": "1087", "text": "R", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:18:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:18:30" }, { "id": "3850", "questionId": "1087", "text": "T", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:18:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:18:41" }, { "id": "3851", "questionId": "1088", "text": "provide context for Douglas\u0092s defense of continued expansion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:31:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:31:51" }, { "id": "3852", "questionId": "1088", "text": "suggest that the division into free and slave states does not endanger the Union.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:32:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:32:41" }, { "id": "3853", "questionId": "1088", "text": "imply that Lincoln is unaware of basic facts concerning the country.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:33:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:33:27" }, { "id": "3854", "questionId": "1088", "text": "account for the image of the United States as powerful and admirable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:33:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:33:44" }, { "id": "3855", "questionId": "1089", "text": "They included no means for reconciling differences between free states and slave states.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:34:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:34:34" }, { "id": "3856", "questionId": "1089", "text": "They anticipated the Union\u0092s expansion into western territories.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:34:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:34:48" }, { "id": "3857", "questionId": "1089", "text": "They provided a good basic structure that does not need to be changed.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:35:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:35:08" }, { "id": "3858", "questionId": "1089", "text": "They were founded on an assumption that slavery was necessary for economic growth.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:35:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:35:40" }, { "id": "3859", "questionId": "1090", "text": "Lines 10-16 (\u0093we have . . . earth\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:36:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:36:29" }, { "id": "3860", "questionId": "1090", "text": "Lines 25-27 (\u0093I now . . . made it\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:36:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:36:42" }, { "id": "3861", "questionId": "1090", "text": "Lines 35-39 (\u0093We must . . . increasing\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:36:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:36:54" }, { "id": "3862", "questionId": "1090", "text": "Lines 41-45 (\u0093If we . . . territory\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:37:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:37:04" }, { "id": "3863", "questionId": "1091", "text": "ingredient.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:37:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:37:56" }, { "id": "3864", "questionId": "1091", "text": "environment.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:38:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:38:12" }, { "id": "3865", "questionId": "1091", "text": "factor.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:38:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:38:31" }, { "id": "3866", "questionId": "1091", "text": "quality.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:38:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:38:41" }, { "id": "3867", "questionId": "1092", "text": "It can be ended only if Northern states act unilaterally to abolish slavery throughout the United States.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:49:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:49:13" }, { "id": "3868", "questionId": "1092", "text": "It would abate if attempts to introduce slavery to regions where it is not practiced were abandoned.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:49:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:49:25" }, { "id": "3869", "questionId": "1092", "text": "It has been exacerbated by the ambiguity of laws regulating the holding of slaves.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:49:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:49:39" }, { "id": "3870", "questionId": "1092", "text": "It is fueled in part by differences in religion and social values from state to state.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:49:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:49:52" }, { "id": "3871", "questionId": "1093", "text": "Lines 56-61 (\u0093I agree . . . sugar\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:50:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:50:38" }, { "id": "3872", "questionId": "1093", "text": "Lines 64-66 (\u0093They don\u0092t . . . Union\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:50:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:50:48" }, { "id": "3873", "questionId": "1093", "text": "Lines 74-76 (\u0093Whenever . . . peace\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:50:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:51:05" }, { "id": "3874", "questionId": "1093", "text": "Lines 83-86 (\u0093Do you . . . another\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:51:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:51:17" }, { "id": "3875", "questionId": "1094", "text": "force.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:52:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:52:06" }, { "id": "3876", "questionId": "1094", "text": "simplicity.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:52:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:52:16" }, { "id": "3877", "questionId": "1094", "text": "world.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:52:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:52:34" }, { "id": "3878", "questionId": "1094", "text": "character.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:52:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:52:54" }, { "id": "3879", "questionId": "1095", "text": "Douglas proposes changes to federal policies on slavery, but Lincoln argues that such changes would enjoy no popular support.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:54:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:54:10" }, { "id": "3880", "questionId": "1095", "text": "Douglas expresses concerns about the economic impact of abolition, but Lincoln dismisses those concerns as irrelevant.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:54:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:54:23" }, { "id": "3881", "questionId": "1095", "text": "Douglas criticizes Lincoln for finding fault with the Constitution, and Lincoln argues that this criticism misrepresents his position.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:54:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:54:38" }, { "id": "3882", "questionId": "1095", "text": "Douglas offers an interpretation of federal law that conflicts with Lincoln\u0092s, and Lincoln implies that Douglas\u0092s interpretation is poorly reasoned.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:54:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:54:50" }, { "id": "3883", "questionId": "1096", "text": "the expansion of the Union.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:55:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:55:56" }, { "id": "3884", "questionId": "1096", "text": "questions of morality.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:55:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:55:53" }, { "id": "3885", "questionId": "1096", "text": "religious toleration.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:56:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:56:07" }, { "id": "3886", "questionId": "1096", "text": "laws regulating commerce.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:56:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:56:17" }, { "id": "3887", "questionId": "1097", "text": "cast doubt on the other\u0092s sincerity.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:57:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:57:01" }, { "id": "3888", "questionId": "1097", "text": "criticize the other\u0092s methods.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:57:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:57:11" }, { "id": "3889", "questionId": "1097", "text": "reproach the other\u0092s actions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:57:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:57:22" }, { "id": "3890", "questionId": "1097", "text": "undermine the other\u0092s argument.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 21:57:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 21:57:33" }, { "id": "3891", "questionId": "1098", "text": "discuss findings that offer a scientific explanation for the Venus flytrap\u0092s closing action.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:00:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:00:50" }, { "id": "3892", "questionId": "1098", "text": "present research that suggests that the Venus flytrap\u0092s predatory behavior is both complex and unique among plants.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:01:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:01:01" }, { "id": "3893", "questionId": "1098", "text": "identify the process by which the Venus flytrap\u0092s closing action has evolved.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:01:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:01:14" }, { "id": "3894", "questionId": "1098", "text": "provide a brief overview of the Venus flytrap and its predatory behavior.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:01:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:01:25" }, { "id": "3895", "questionId": "1099", "text": "enables the plant to identify the species of its prey.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:02:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:02:37" }, { "id": "3896", "questionId": "1099", "text": "conserves the plant\u0092s calcium reserves.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:02:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:02:47" }, { "id": "3897", "questionId": "1099", "text": "safeguards the plant\u0092s energy supply.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:02:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:05:42" }, { "id": "3898", "questionId": "1099", "text": "prevents the plant from closing before capturing its prey.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:03:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:05:16" }, { "id": "3899", "questionId": "1100", "text": "Lines 3-7 (\u0093Closing . . . time\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:04:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:04:03" }, { "id": "3900", "questionId": "1100", "text": "Lines 7-11 (\u0093The large . . . across the trap\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:04:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:04:14" }, { "id": "3901", "questionId": "1100", "text": "Lines 11-14 (\u0093If the . . . action\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:04:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:04:28" }, { "id": "3902", "questionId": "1100", "text": "Lines 16-18 (\u0093First . . . hairs\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:04:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:04:38" }, { "id": "3903", "questionId": "1101", "text": "academic.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:06:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:06:44" }, { "id": "3904", "questionId": "1101", "text": "melodramatic.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:06:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:06:53" }, { "id": "3905", "questionId": "1101", "text": "informal.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:07:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:07:03" }, { "id": "3906", "questionId": "1101", "text": "mocking.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:07:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:07:19" }, { "id": "3907", "questionId": "1102", "text": "clarify an explanation of what prompts the Venus flytrap to close.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:08:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:08:13" }, { "id": "3908", "questionId": "1102", "text": "advance a controversial hypothesis about the function of electric charges found in the leaf of the Venus flytrap.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:08:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:08:24" }, { "id": "3909", "questionId": "1102", "text": "stress the distinction between the strategies of the Venus flytrap and the strategies of human beings.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:08:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:08:34" }, { "id": "3910", "questionId": "1102", "text": "emphasize the Venus flytrap\u0092s capacity for retaining detailed information about its prey.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:08:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:08:47" }, { "id": "3911", "questionId": "1103", "text": "The second trigger produces an electrical charge that reverses the charge produced by the first trigger.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:09:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:09:35" }, { "id": "3912", "questionId": "1103", "text": "The second trigger stabilizes the surge of calcium ions created by the first trigger.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:10:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:10:20" }, { "id": "3913", "questionId": "1103", "text": "The second trigger prompts the calcium channels to open.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:10:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:10:31" }, { "id": "3914", "questionId": "1103", "text": "The second trigger provides a necessary supplement to the calcium concentration released by the first trigger.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:10:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:10:45" }, { "id": "3915", "questionId": "1104", "text": "A large insect\u0092s second contact with the plant\u0092s trigger hairs results in a total calcium ion concentration above the trap\u0092s threshold.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:11:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:11:32" }, { "id": "3916", "questionId": "1104", "text": "A large insect makes contact with a second trigger hair after a period of inactivity during which calcium ion concentrations have diminished appreciably.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:11:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:11:44" }, { "id": "3917", "questionId": "1104", "text": "A large insect\u0092s contact with the plant\u0092s trigger hairs causes calcium channels to open in the trap.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:11:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:11:54" }, { "id": "3918", "questionId": "1104", "text": "A large insect\u0092s contact with a second trigger hair occurs within ten seconds of its contact with the first trigger hair.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:12:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:12:05" }, { "id": "3919", "questionId": "1105", "text": "protested.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:12:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:12:53" }, { "id": "3920", "questionId": "1105", "text": "established.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:13:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:13:06" }, { "id": "3921", "questionId": "1105", "text": "performed.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:13:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:13:17" }, { "id": "3922", "questionId": "1105", "text": "argued.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:13:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:13:27" }, { "id": "3923", "questionId": "1106", "text": "Volkov\u0092s understanding of Hodick and Sievers\u0092s model was incorrect.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:14:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:14:21" }, { "id": "3924", "questionId": "1106", "text": "Volkov\u0092s measurements did not corroborate a central element of Hodick and Sievers\u0092s model.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:14:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:14:36" }, { "id": "3925", "questionId": "1106", "text": "Volkov\u0092s direct application of an electrical current would have been objectionable to Hodick and Sievers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:14:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:14:48" }, { "id": "3926", "questionId": "1106", "text": "Volkov\u0092s technology was not available to Hodick and Sievers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:14:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:14:58" }, { "id": "3927", "questionId": "1107", "text": "Lines 66-69 (\u0093Alexander . . . close\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:15:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:15:49" }, { "id": "3928", "questionId": "1107", "text": "Lines 69-71 (\u0093To test . . . trap\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:15:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:15:58" }, { "id": "3929", "questionId": "1107", "text": "Lines 71-74 (\u0093This . . . increases\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:16:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:16:14" }, { "id": "3930", "questionId": "1107", "text": "Lines 74-77 (\u0093When . . . close\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:16:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:16:25" }, { "id": "3931", "questionId": "1108", "text": "Mathematical models to predict the electrical charge required to close the Venus flytrap", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:17:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:17:13" }, { "id": "3932", "questionId": "1108", "text": "Analysis of data collected from previous researchers\u0092 work involving the Venus flytrap\u0092s response to electricity", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:17:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:17:23" }, { "id": "3933", "questionId": "1108", "text": "Information obtained from monitoring the Venus flytrap\u0092s response to varying amounts of electrical current", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:17:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:17:34" }, { "id": "3934", "questionId": "1108", "text": "Published theories of scientists who developed earlier models of the Venus flytrap", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-04 22:17:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-04 22:17:45" }, { "id": "3935", "questionId": "1109", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:33:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:33:32" }, { "id": "3936", "questionId": "1109", "text": "However,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:33:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:33:53" }, { "id": "3937", "questionId": "1109", "text": "Furthermore,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:34:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:34:01" }, { "id": "3938", "questionId": "1109", "text": "For example,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:34:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:34:22" }, { "id": "3939", "questionId": "1110", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:35:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:35:32" }, { "id": "3940", "questionId": "1110", "text": "eliminating", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:35:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:35:43" }, { "id": "3941", "questionId": "1110", "text": "ousting", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:35:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:35:58" }, { "id": "3942", "questionId": "1110", "text": "closing the door on", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:36:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:36:14" }, { "id": "3943", "questionId": "1111", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:37:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:37:02" }, { "id": "3944", "questionId": "1111", "text": "savings increase", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:37:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:37:10" }, { "id": "3945", "questionId": "1111", "text": "increases savings", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:37:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:37:54" }, { "id": "3946", "questionId": "1111", "text": "also it increases savings", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:38:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:38:05" }, { "id": "3947", "questionId": "1112", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:38:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:38:54" }, { "id": "3948", "questionId": "1112", "text": "quantities (which", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:39:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:40:26" }, { "id": "3949", "questionId": "1112", "text": "quantities which", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:39:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:39:49" }, { "id": "3950", "questionId": "1112", "text": "quantities; (which", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:39:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:39:59" }, { "id": "3951", "questionId": "1113", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:41:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:41:32" }, { "id": "3952", "questionId": "1113", "text": "6 million tons of rubber and leather", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:41:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:41:45" }, { "id": "3953", "questionId": "1113", "text": "10 million tons of textiles", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:42:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:42:11" }, { "id": "3954", "questionId": "1113", "text": "33 million tons of food waste", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:42:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:42:48" }, { "id": "3955", "questionId": "1114", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:44:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:44:10" }, { "id": "3956", "questionId": "1114", "text": "more metal", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:44:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:44:22" }, { "id": "3957", "questionId": "1114", "text": "more food waste", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:44:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:44:33" }, { "id": "3958", "questionId": "1114", "text": "more yard waste", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:44:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:44:50" }, { "id": "3959", "questionId": "1115", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:45:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:45:44" }, { "id": "3960", "questionId": "1115", "text": "worse than", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:46:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:46:00" }, { "id": "3961", "questionId": "1115", "text": "worse then", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:46:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:46:19" }, { "id": "3962", "questionId": "1115", "text": "worse, than", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:46:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:46:39" }, { "id": "3963", "questionId": "1116", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:48:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:48:25" }, { "id": "3964", "questionId": "1116", "text": "are contributing", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:48:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:48:42" }, { "id": "3965", "questionId": "1116", "text": "contributes", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:49:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:49:02" }, { "id": "3966", "questionId": "1116", "text": "have contributed", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:49:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:49:12" }, { "id": "3967", "questionId": "1117", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:50:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:50:05" }, { "id": "3968", "questionId": "1117", "text": "sturdy", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:50:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:50:19" }, { "id": "3969", "questionId": "1117", "text": "influential", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:50:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:50:28" }, { "id": "3970", "questionId": "1117", "text": "commanding", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:50:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:50:42" }, { "id": "3971", "questionId": "1118", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:52:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:52:03" }, { "id": "3972", "questionId": "1118", "text": "Though government regulations vary,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:52:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:52:21" }, { "id": "3973", "questionId": "1118", "text": "Armed with these facts,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:52:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:52:39" }, { "id": "3974", "questionId": "1118", "text": "Mindful of this setback,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:52:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:52:53" }, { "id": "3975", "questionId": "1119", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:53:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:53:49" }, { "id": "3976", "questionId": "1119", "text": "nor", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:54:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:54:02" }, { "id": "3977", "questionId": "1119", "text": "but", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:54:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:54:14" }, { "id": "3978", "questionId": "1119", "text": "and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-05 21:54:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-05 21:54:27" }, { "id": "3979", "questionId": "1120", "text": "red,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 11:19:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 11:19:06" }, { "id": "3980", "questionId": "1120", "text": "red; in addition, red is", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 11:19:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 11:19:21" }, { "id": "3981", "questionId": "1120", "text": "red; in other words, red is", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 11:19:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 11:19:51" }, { "id": "3982", "questionId": "1120", "text": "red, the color; that is", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 11:20:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 11:20:04" }, { "id": "3983", "questionId": "1121", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:22:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 14:22:21" }, { "id": "3984", "questionId": "1121", "text": "draped, with festive red banners,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:23:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 14:23:06" }, { "id": "3985", "questionId": "1121", "text": "draped with festive red banners\u0097", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:23:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 14:23:37" }, { "id": "3986", "questionId": "1121", "text": "draped with festive red banners", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", 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"lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 14:29:44" }, { "id": "3992", "questionId": "1123", "text": "It turns out that the origins of the lion dance are irrelevant.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:29:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 14:29:56" }, { "id": "3993", "questionId": "1123", "text": "Whatever its origins, today the lion dance is a joyous spectacle, a celebration of the promise of the New Year.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:30:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 14:30:23" }, { "id": "3994", "questionId": "1123", "text": "Things are different these days, of course.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:30:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 14:30:34" }, { "id": "3995", "questionId": "1124", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 14:31:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 14:31:30" }, { "id": "3996", "questionId": "1124", "text": "of which both", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", 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15:12:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:12:10" }, { "id": "4051", "questionId": "1138", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:13:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:13:18" }, { "id": "4052", "questionId": "1138", "text": "indiscriminately, they", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:13:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:13:39" }, { "id": "4053", "questionId": "1138", "text": "indiscriminately. 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15:50:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:50:22" }, { "id": "4075", "questionId": "1144", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:52:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:52:17" }, { "id": "4076", "questionId": "1144", "text": "alteration", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:52:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:52:34" }, { "id": "4077", "questionId": "1144", "text": "transformation", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:52:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:52:48" }, { "id": "4078", "questionId": "1144", "text": "modification", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:53:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:53:01" }, { "id": "4079", "questionId": "1145", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:53:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:53:51" }, { "id": "4080", "questionId": "1145", "text": "cause uneven heat flow and limit", "picture": "", 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"2023-01-06 15:55:32" }, { "id": "4086", "questionId": "1146", "text": "DELETE the underlined portion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:55:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:55:46" }, { "id": "4087", "questionId": "1147", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:57:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:57:03" }, { "id": "4088", "questionId": "1147", "text": "The UCSD group sought to overcome these difficulties by participating in NASA\u0092s Microgravity University program.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:57:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:57:21" }, { "id": "4089", "questionId": "1147", "text": "The engineering group realized that aircraft might be the tools they were looking for.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:57:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:57:32" }, { "id": "4090", "questionId": "1147", "text": "Thus, for the UCSD group, drop towers were not an adequate solution.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:57:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:57:51" }, { "id": "4091", "questionId": "1148", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:58:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:58:41" }, { "id": "4092", "questionId": "1148", "text": "\u0093weightlessness\u0094 or microgravity, similar to what is experienced, in space", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:59:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:59:00" }, { "id": "4093", "questionId": "1148", "text": "\u0093weightlessness\u0094 or, microgravity, similar to what is experienced in space", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:59:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:59:13" }, { "id": "4094", "questionId": "1148", "text": "\u0093weightlessness,\u0094 or microgravity similar to what is experienced in space,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 15:59:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 15:59:27" }, { "id": "4095", "questionId": "1149", "text": "Yes, because it elaborates on the advantage the students gained from the flights.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:00:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:00:41" }, { "id": "4096", "questionId": "1149", "text": "Yes, because it reveals that the students did not actually go into space, a point that the previous paragraph does not address.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:00:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:00:53" }, { "id": "4097", "questionId": "1149", "text": "No, because it shifts focus away from the students\u0092 experiences while on the flights.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:01:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:01:05" }, { "id": "4098", "questionId": "1149", "text": "No, because it restates what has already been said in the sentence.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:01:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:01:16" }, { "id": "4099", "questionId": "1150", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:02:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:02:06" }, { "id": "4100", "questionId": "1150", "text": "could investigate", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:02:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:02:21" }, { "id": "4101", "questionId": "1150", "text": "were investigating", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:02:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:02:30" }, { "id": "4102", "questionId": "1150", "text": "were able to investigate", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:02:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:02:42" }, { "id": "4103", "questionId": "1151", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:03:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:03:39" }, { "id": "4104", "questionId": "1151", "text": "combustible", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:03:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:03:48" }, { "id": "4105", "questionId": "1151", "text": "microgravity-influenced", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:03:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:03:56" }, { "id": "4106", "questionId": "1151", "text": "biofuel-derived", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:04:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:04:06" }, { "id": "4107", "questionId": "1152", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:05:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:05:35" }, { "id": "4108", "questionId": "1152", "text": "techniques for fighting fires, in space or at future outposts", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:05:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:05:46" }, { "id": "4109", "questionId": "1152", "text": "techniques for fighting fires in space or at future outposts", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:05:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:05:59" }, { "id": "4110", "questionId": "1152", "text": "techniques for fighting fires in space, or at future outposts,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-06 16:06:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-06 16:06:11" }, { "id": "4111", "questionId": "1153", "text": "A character\u0092s arrival at her family\u0092s ink shop sparks fond memories of her favorite aunt.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:46:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:46:19" }, { "id": "4112", "questionId": "1153", "text": "A character\u0092s surprise visit leads to a happy reunion at her family\u0092s ink shop.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:46:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:46:36" }, { "id": "4113", "questionId": "1153", "text": "A character comes to understand her father\u0092s ambitions while visiting her family\u0092s ink shop.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:46:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:46:49" }, { "id": "4114", "questionId": "1153", "text": "A character\u0092s visit to her family\u0092s ink shop deepens her appreciation of her family\u0092s work.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:47:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:47:01" }, { "id": "4115", "questionId": "1154", "text": "family relationships should be nurtured.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:48:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:48:05" }, { "id": "4116", "questionId": "1154", "text": "quality is achieved through deliberate effort.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:48:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:48:16" }, { "id": "4117", "questionId": "1154", "text": "hard work results in material compensation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:48:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:48:25" }, { "id": "4118", "questionId": "1154", "text": "creativity needs to be expressed concretely.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:48:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:48:35" }, { "id": "4119", "questionId": "1155", "text": "reserved around unfamiliar people.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:49:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:49:25" }, { "id": "4120", "questionId": "1155", "text": "attuned to her immediate surroundings.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:49:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:49:42" }, { "id": "4121", "questionId": "1155", "text": "sympathetic to the needs of others.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:49:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:49:53" }, { "id": "4122", "questionId": "1155", "text": "anxious about her responsibilities.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:50:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:50:04" }, { "id": "4123", "questionId": "1156", "text": "feigned, because she is not genuinely firm in her resolve.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:50:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:50:58" }, { "id": "4124", "questionId": "1156", "text": "inconsiderate, because the family has been planning her visit.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:51:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:51:07" }, { "id": "4125", "questionId": "1156", "text": "appropriate, because the shop is unusually busy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:51:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:51:16" }, { "id": "4126", "questionId": "1156", "text": "ill-advised, because she is exhausted from the journey.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:51:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:51:26" }, { "id": "4127", "questionId": "1157", "text": "Lines 1-4 (\u0093At last . . . first\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:52:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:52:07" }, { "id": "4128", "questionId": "1157", "text": "Lines 11-15 (\u0093And he . . . customers\u0094", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:52:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:52:18" }, { "id": "4129", "questionId": "1157", "text": "Lines 15-18 (\u0093Old . . . leave\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:52:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:52:35" }, { "id": "4130", "questionId": "1157", "text": "Lines 19-21 (\u0093Then . . . ourselves\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:52:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:52:45" }, { "id": "4131", "questionId": "1158", "text": "displays the family\u0092s ink more impressively.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:53:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:53:29" }, { "id": "4132", "questionId": "1158", "text": "is more conveniently located for the public.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:53:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:53:39" }, { "id": "4133", "questionId": "1158", "text": "provides greater individual attention to customers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:53:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:53:49" }, { "id": "4134", "questionId": "1158", "text": "offers a larger space for presenting products.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:53:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:53:58" }, { "id": "4135", "questionId": "1159", "text": "emotionally raw and powerful.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:54:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:54:50" }, { "id": "4136", "questionId": "1159", "text": "creatively satisfying for the author.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:55:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:55:01" }, { "id": "4137", "questionId": "1159", "text": "essentially worthless in and of itself.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:55:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:55:16" }, { "id": "4138", "questionId": "1159", "text": "inappropriately analytical for a piece of art.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:55:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:55:27" }, { "id": "4139", "questionId": "1160", "text": "Lines 46-48 (\u0093As he . . . meaning\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:56:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:56:03" }, { "id": "4140", "questionId": "1160", "text": "Lines 49-50 (\u0093Good . . . bottle\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:56:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:56:17" }, { "id": "4141", "questionId": "1160", "text": "Lines 52-55 (\u0093You simply . . . spawn\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:56:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:56:31" }, { "id": "4142", "questionId": "1160", "text": "Lines 57-59 (\u0093You push . . . mind\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:56:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:56:40" }, { "id": "4143", "questionId": "1161", "text": "competes against.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:57:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:57:17" }, { "id": "4144", "questionId": "1161", "text": "corresponds with.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:57:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:57:31" }, { "id": "4145", "questionId": "1161", "text": "runs counter to.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:57:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:57:42" }, { "id": "4146", "questionId": "1161", "text": "treats equally.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:57:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:57:53" }, { "id": "4147", "questionId": "1162", "text": "complete.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:58:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:58:30" }, { "id": "4148", "questionId": "1162", "text": "skillful.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:58:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:58:39" }, { "id": "4149", "questionId": "1162", "text": "distinct.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:58:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:58:50" }, { "id": "4150", "questionId": "1162", "text": "upright.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 11:59:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 11:59:01" }, { "id": "4151", "questionId": "1163", "text": "describe a series of experiments on the way technology interferes with critical thinking.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:02:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:02:35" }, { "id": "4152", "questionId": "1163", "text": "that people have become overly dependent on computers for storing information.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:02:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:02:45" }, { "id": "4153", "questionId": "1163", "text": "discuss the idea that humans\u0092 capacity for memory is much weaker than it once was.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:02:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:02:54" }, { "id": "4154", "questionId": "1163", "text": "share the findings of a study examining the effect of computer use on memory recall.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:03:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:03:05" }, { "id": "4155", "questionId": "1164", "text": "Lines 3-6 (\u0093But Harvard . . . itself\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:04:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:04:15" }, { "id": "4156", "questionId": "1164", "text": "Lines 31-33 (\u0093Wegner . . . Kyrgyzstan\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:04:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:04:25" }, { "id": "4157", "questionId": "1164", "text": "Lines 66-68 (\u0093Students . . . thinking\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:04:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:04:37" }, { "id": "4158", "questionId": "1164", "text": "Lines 72-75 (\u0093And even . . . them\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:04:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:04:49" }, { "id": "4159", "questionId": "1165", "text": "show that people who are closely related tend to have shared memories.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:06:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:06:24" }, { "id": "4160", "questionId": "1165", "text": "demonstrate how people initially developed external sources of memory.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:06:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:06:35" }, { "id": "4161", "questionId": "1165", "text": "emphasize the effectiveness and accuracy of transactive memory sources.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:06:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:06:51" }, { "id": "4162", "questionId": "1165", "text": "illustrate the concept of a transactive memory source using a familiar situation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:07:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:07:08" }, { "id": "4163", "questionId": "1166", "text": "A souvenir brought home from a memorable trip", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:08:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:08:03" }, { "id": "4164", "questionId": "1166", "text": "A written list of a user\u0092s passwords for different websites", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:08:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:08:15" }, { "id": "4165", "questionId": "1166", "text": "A library database that helps users locate specific books", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:08:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:08:26" }, { "id": "4166", "questionId": "1166", "text": "A website that helps users plan and make travel arrangements", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:08:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:08:36" }, { "id": "4167", "questionId": "1167", "text": "delays in.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:09:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:09:21" }, { "id": "4168", "questionId": "1167", "text": "additions to.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:09:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:09:41" }, { "id": "4169", "questionId": "1167", "text": "lengths of.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:09:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:09:52" }, { "id": "4170", "questionId": "1167", "text": "developments of.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:10:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:10:06" }, { "id": "4171", "questionId": "1168", "text": "required to memorize details that will then be made inaccessible.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:11:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:11:04" }, { "id": "4172", "questionId": "1168", "text": "directed to develop a system for organizing and saving content.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:11:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:11:31" }, { "id": "4173", "questionId": "1168", "text": "asked to provide facts that are not already familiar to them.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:11:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:11:42" }, { "id": "4174", "questionId": "1168", "text": "prompted to identify terms related to dependence on computers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:11:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:11:52" }, { "id": "4175", "questionId": "1169", "text": "Lines 42-45 (\u0093In the . . . questions\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:12:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:12:40" }, { "id": "4176", "questionId": "1169", "text": "Lines 48-51 (\u0093Half . . . erased\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:12:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:12:49" }, { "id": "4177", "questionId": "1169", "text": "Lines 51-53 (\u0093In subsequent . . . statements\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:12:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:12:58" }, { "id": "4178", "questionId": "1169", "text": "Lines 59-61 (\u0093The participants . . . themselves\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:13:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:13:09" }, { "id": "4179", "questionId": "1170", "text": "utilize.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:13:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:13:54" }, { "id": "4180", "questionId": "1170", "text": "enroll.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:14:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:14:04" }, { "id": "4181", "questionId": "1170", "text": "exert.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:14:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:14:13" }, { "id": "4182", "questionId": "1170", "text": "assign.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:14:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:14:22" }, { "id": "4183", "questionId": "1171", "text": "7%", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:15:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:15:06" }, { "id": "4184", "questionId": "1171", "text": "10%", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:15:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:15:20" }, { "id": "4185", "questionId": "1171", "text": "17%", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:15:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:15:29" }, { "id": "4186", "questionId": "1171", "text": "30%", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:15:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:15:36" }, { "id": "4187", "questionId": "1172", "text": "Those participants focused on remembering the folder locations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:16:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:16:21" }, { "id": "4188", "questionId": "1172", "text": "Those participants attempted to remember the statements and the folder locations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:16:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:16:29" }, { "id": "4189", "questionId": "1172", "text": "Those participants did not attempt to remember any specific pieces of information.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:16:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:16:40" }, { "id": "4190", "questionId": "1172", "text": "There is not enough information to determine the cause of the results for those participants.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:16:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:16:53" }, { "id": "4191", "questionId": "1173", "text": "establish the reason why a certain species was selected for scientific observation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:24:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:24:18" }, { "id": "4192", "questionId": "1173", "text": "illustrate the value of studying the offspring of a particular animal shortly after birth.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:24:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:24:32" }, { "id": "4193", "questionId": "1173", "text": "introduce a theory at the center of an ongoing scientific debate.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:24:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:24:43" }, { "id": "4194", "questionId": "1173", "text": "offer a rationale for the prevalence of a new field of scientific inquiry.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:24:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:24:54" }, { "id": "4195", "questionId": "1174", "text": "is born in a major river having an established guppy population.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:25:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:25:46" }, { "id": "4196", "questionId": "1174", "text": "inhabits an environment that provides natural protection from predators.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:25:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:25:59" }, { "id": "4197", "questionId": "1174", "text": "manages to navigate the risks associated with living near a waterfall.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:26:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:26:09" }, { "id": "4198", "questionId": "1174", "text": "avoids predatory fish by living in calmer downstream waters.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:26:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:26:19" }, { "id": "4199", "questionId": "1175", "text": "Lines 14-16 (\u0093A lucky . . . waters\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:27:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:27:22" }, { "id": "4200", "questionId": "1175", "text": "Lines 16-20 (\u0093As you . . . them\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:27:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:27:33" }, { "id": "4201", "questionId": "1175", "text": "Lines 46-52 (\u0093This . . . lifetimes\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:27:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:27:43" }, { "id": "4202", "questionId": "1175", "text": "Lines 57-59 (\u0093Although . . . cichlids\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:27:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:27:54" }, { "id": "4203", "questionId": "1176", "text": "provide suitable experimental conditions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:28:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:28:44" }, { "id": "4204", "questionId": "1176", "text": "promote cooperative behaviors in specimens.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:28:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:28:55" }, { "id": "4205", "questionId": "1176", "text": "expedite the rate of genetic changes.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:29:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:29:04" }, { "id": "4206", "questionId": "1176", "text": "solve widespread environmental problems.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:29:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:29:16" }, { "id": "4207", "questionId": "1177", "text": "accessible.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:30:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:30:04" }, { "id": "4208", "questionId": "1177", "text": "suitable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:30:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:30:25" }, { "id": "4209", "questionId": "1177", "text": "widespread.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:30:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:30:36" }, { "id": "4210", "questionId": "1177", "text": "likable.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:30:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:30:47" }, { "id": "4211", "questionId": "1178", "text": "Guppies examined in other parts of the globe exhibit genetic shifts in traits at a different rate from that exhibited by the guppies Reznick examined.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:31:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:31:45" }, { "id": "4212", "questionId": "1178", "text": "The new site into which Reznick released the guppies is inhabited by fish that are found to be as predatory as the cichlids in the original sites.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:32:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:32:02" }, { "id": "4213", "questionId": "1178", "text": "Experimental evolution is shown to be harmful to the environments where studies like Reznick\u0092s are conducted.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:32:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:32:13" }, { "id": "4214", "questionId": "1178", "text": "The descendants of Reznick\u0092s transplanted fish are proven to mature later than the guppies living below the waterfall.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:32:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:32:25" }, { "id": "4215", "questionId": "1179", "text": "Some genetic traits will evolve more readily than others.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:33:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:33:13" }, { "id": "4216", "questionId": "1179", "text": "Some predatory fish are more dangerous to guppies than cichlids are.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:33:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:33:34" }, { "id": "4217", "questionId": "1179", "text": "Some guppies thrive better in areas below waterfalls than they do in areas above waterfalls.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:33:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:33:44" }, { "id": "4218", "questionId": "1179", "text": "Some genetic shifts are easier to prevent in a natural environment than in a lab.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:33:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:33:54" }, { "id": "4219", "questionId": "1180", "text": "Lines 38-40 (\u0093How quickly . . . evolved\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:34:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:34:35" }, { "id": "4220", "questionId": "1180", "text": "Lines 40-46 (\u0093Because . . . the guppies\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:34:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:34:46" }, { "id": "4221", "questionId": "1180", "text": "Lines 53-56 (\u0093Along . . . falls\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:34:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:34:56" }, { "id": "4222", "questionId": "1180", "text": "Lines 67-72 (\u0093Other . . . body\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:35:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:35:11" }, { "id": "4223", "questionId": "1181", "text": "2 and 3.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:36:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:36:06" }, { "id": "4224", "questionId": "1181", "text": "3 and 4.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:36:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:36:21" }, { "id": "4225", "questionId": "1181", "text": "5 and 6.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:36:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:36:35" }, { "id": "4226", "questionId": "1181", "text": "6 and 7.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:36:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:36:53" }, { "id": "4227", "questionId": "1182", "text": "The slope location was a better indicator of mean embryo mass than was the predation level observed in each environment.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:38:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:38:29" }, { "id": "4228", "questionId": "1182", "text": "The mean embryo mass of guppies born in the north slope environments exceeded the mean embryo mass of guppies born in the south slope environments.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:38:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:38:45" }, { "id": "4229", "questionId": "1182", "text": "The predation level observed in each environment had more of an effect on mean embryo mass than did slope location.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:38:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:38:58" }, { "id": "4230", "questionId": "1182", "text": "The guppies born in the low-predation environments had a mean embryo mass less than that of guppies born in the high-predation environments.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:39:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:39:11" }, { "id": "4231", "questionId": "1183", "text": "have fewer offspring and reach full maturity sooner.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:44:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:44:55" }, { "id": "4232", "questionId": "1183", "text": "be part of a smaller litter and have a greater mean embryo mass.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:45:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:45:07" }, { "id": "4233", "questionId": "1183", "text": "have a higher rate of survival and have less mean embryo mass.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:45:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:45:17" }, { "id": "4234", "questionId": "1183", "text": "produce a greater number of offspring and have a greater mean embryo mass.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-07 12:45:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-07 12:45:29" }, { "id": "4235", "questionId": "1184", "text": "accuse fellow abolitionists of overlooking the contributions that women have made to the movement.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:54:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:54:33" }, { "id": "4236", "questionId": "1184", "text": "argue that the causes of abolition and women\u0092s rights are continuations of the spirit of the American Revolution.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:54:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:54:49" }, { "id": "4237", "questionId": "1184", "text": "make the case that women\u0092s rights are meaningless while slavery exists.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:55:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:55:03" }, { "id": "4238", "questionId": "1184", "text": "encourage women to see their participation in the abolitionist cause as just and important.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:55:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:55:14" }, { "id": "4239", "questionId": "1185", "text": "She presents claims in the form of rhetorical questions that mostly have implicit negative answers.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:56:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:56:19" }, { "id": "4240", "questionId": "1185", "text": "She criticizes her opponents by quoting self-contradictory remarks they have made.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:56:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:56:29" }, { "id": "4241", "questionId": "1185", "text": "She illustrates each of her central ideas with an emotionally powerful anecdote.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:56:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:56:39" }, { "id": "4242", "questionId": "1185", "text": "She emphasizes the reasonableness of her views by presenting them as though they are universally held.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:56:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:56:48" }, { "id": "4243", "questionId": "1186", "text": "She claims the designation is an outdated one and then offers alternative definitions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:57:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:57:34" }, { "id": "4244", "questionId": "1186", "text": "She dismisses the designation as too narrow but then demonstrates its relevance to her audience.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:57:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:57:54" }, { "id": "4245", "questionId": "1186", "text": "She contends that the designation has become trite and then invites her audience to revitalize it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:58:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:58:05" }, { "id": "4246", "questionId": "1186", "text": "She describes the meaning the designation has for men and then challenges women to embrace it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:58:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:58:16" }, { "id": "4247", "questionId": "1187", "text": "Smith explains a conventional viewpoint and presents evidence supporting it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:59:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:59:00" }, { "id": "4248", "questionId": "1187", "text": "Smith rejects a claim and elaborates on her reasons for doing so.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:59:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:59:38" }, { "id": "4249", "questionId": "1187", "text": "Smith introduces her subject and provides historical background for understanding it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:59:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:59:19" }, { "id": "4250", "questionId": "1187", "text": "Smith identifies a problem and proposes steps to remedy it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 12:59:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 12:59:30" }, { "id": "4251", "questionId": "1188", "text": "Acting according to humanitarian principles while preserving their femininity", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:00:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:00:26" }, { "id": "4252", "questionId": "1188", "text": "Adhering to personal morality while being politically neutral", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:00:38", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:00:38" }, { "id": "4253", "questionId": "1188", "text": "Contributing to their family\u0092s financial security while meeting social expectations", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:00:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:00:55" }, { "id": "4254", "questionId": "1188", "text": "Resisting calls for war while still opposing slavery", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:01:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:01:05" }, { "id": "4255", "questionId": "1189", "text": "Lines 26-33 (\u0093May . . . rescue\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:01:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:01:47" }, { "id": "4256", "questionId": "1189", "text": "Lines 42-47 (\u0093And when . . . subject\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:01:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:01:57" }, { "id": "4257", "questionId": "1189", "text": "Lines 51-54 (\u0093Surely . . . happiness\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:02:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:02:07" }, { "id": "4258", "questionId": "1189", "text": "Lines 77-82 (\u0093Our . . . laws\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:02:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:02:17" }, { "id": "4259", "questionId": "1190", "text": "The Northern states would have to sever ties with the slave states.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:03:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:03:09" }, { "id": "4260", "questionId": "1190", "text": "The Northern states would have to give shelter to refugees from the slave states.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:03:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:03:28" }, { "id": "4261", "questionId": "1190", "text": "The Northern states would have to help the slave states fight the slaves\u0092 rebellion.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:03:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:03:46" }, { "id": "4262", "questionId": "1190", "text": "The Northern states would have to provide financial assistance to the rebelling slaves.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:04:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:04:00" }, { "id": "4263", "questionId": "1191", "text": "It identifies a specific individual as oppressive.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:04:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:04:54" }, { "id": "4264", "questionId": "1191", "text": "It highlights the threat of aggression from abroad.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:05:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:05:03" }, { "id": "4265", "questionId": "1191", "text": "It critiques the limited roles for women in antislavery movements.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:05:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:05:11" }, { "id": "4266", "questionId": "1191", "text": "It emphasizes the unjustness of slavery.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:05:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:05:25" }, { "id": "4267", "questionId": "1192", "text": "lethargic.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:06:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:06:07" }, { "id": "4268", "questionId": "1192", "text": "drowsy.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:06:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:06:16" }, { "id": "4269", "questionId": "1192", "text": "dormant.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:06:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:06:30" }, { "id": "4270", "questionId": "1192", "text": "unconscious.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:06:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:06:39" }, { "id": "4271", "questionId": "1193", "text": "lowering the country\u0092s reputation in the international community.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:11:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:11:58" }, { "id": "4272", "questionId": "1193", "text": "leading many women to disavow their allegiance to the country.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:12:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:12:07" }, { "id": "4273", "questionId": "1193", "text": "causing violent conflicts in many areas of the country.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:12:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:12:17" }, { "id": "4274", "questionId": "1193", "text": "weakening the authority of the country\u0092s government.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:12:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:12:30" }, { "id": "4275", "questionId": "1194", "text": "Lines 48-50 (\u0093Will it . . . wretchedness\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:13:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:13:19" }, { "id": "4276", "questionId": "1194", "text": "Lines 59-61 (\u0093May . . . hour\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:13:32", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:13:32" }, { "id": "4277", "questionId": "1194", "text": "Lines 68-73 (\u0093Shall . . . nations\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:13:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:13:50" }, { "id": "4278", "questionId": "1194", "text": "Lines 73-77 (\u0093No: the . . . inactive\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:14:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:14:03" }, { "id": "4279", "questionId": "1195", "text": "present a claim that is supported and developed over the course of the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:21:28", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:21:28" }, { "id": "4280", "questionId": "1195", "text": "introduce a controversy that the study described in the passage is intended to resolve.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:21:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:21:40" }, { "id": "4281", "questionId": "1195", "text": "identify a problem that the research discussed in the passage may help to address.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:21:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:21:57" }, { "id": "4282", "questionId": "1195", "text": "offer a theory that is challenged by the findings presented in the passage.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:22:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:22:19" }, { "id": "4283", "questionId": "1196", "text": "identifies the requirements for soil bacteria to thrive and replicates those features in artificial soil.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:23:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:23:54" }, { "id": "4284", "questionId": "1196", "text": "enables soil bacteria to take in more nutrients than they typically consume in natural settings.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:24:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:24:12" }, { "id": "4285", "questionId": "1196", "text": "directly affects the cell walls of bacteria rather than the proteins those bacteria produce.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:24:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:24:29" }, { "id": "4286", "questionId": "1196", "text": "allows researchers to make use of soil bacteria that they had previously been unable to exploit.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:25:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:25:19" }, { "id": "4287", "questionId": "1197", "text": "Lines 17-21 (\u0093But only . . . now\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:26:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:26:19" }, { "id": "4288", "questionId": "1197", "text": "Lines 28-32 (\u0093To do . . . cells\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:26:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:26:39" }, { "id": "4289", "questionId": "1197", "text": "Lines 32-34 (\u0093We just . . . says\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:26:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:26:53" }, { "id": "4290", "questionId": "1197", "text": "Lines 44-47 (\u0093It\u0092s likely . . . organically\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:27:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:27:17" }, { "id": "4291", "questionId": "1198", "text": "It reveals that some antibiotics are effective against gram-negative bacteria.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:28:12", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:28:12" }, { "id": "4292", "questionId": "1198", "text": "It shows that conventional methods can still yield new types of antibiotics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:28:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:28:22" }, { "id": "4293", "questionId": "1198", "text": "It casts doubt on the practicality of searching for new antibiotics in exotic environments.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:28:34", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:28:34" }, { "id": "4294", "questionId": "1198", "text": "It confirms a long-held belief about a potential source of new antibiotics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:28:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:28:49" }, { "id": "4295", "questionId": "1199", "text": "exceptions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:30:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:30:16" }, { "id": "4296", "questionId": "1199", "text": "restrictions.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:30:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:30:27" }, { "id": "4297", "questionId": "1199", "text": "misgivings.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:30:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:30:44" }, { "id": "4298", "questionId": "1199", "text": "explanations.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:30:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:30:54" }, { "id": "4299", "questionId": "1200", "text": "emphasize the scale of the effort needed to make teixobactin available for consumer use.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:31:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:31:48" }, { "id": "4300", "questionId": "1200", "text": "criticize the level of funding that the government has committed to teixobactin development.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:31:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:31:59" }, { "id": "4301", "questionId": "1200", "text": "underscore the amount of time and money that has already been spent researching teixobactin.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:32:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:32:11" }, { "id": "4302", "questionId": "1200", "text": "compare the amount of money spent developing teixobactin with the amount spent developing other antibiotics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:32:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:32:26" }, { "id": "4303", "questionId": "1201", "text": "Passage 2 offers an evaluation of the significance of the research discussed in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:33:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:33:19" }, { "id": "4304", "questionId": "1201", "text": "Passage 2 suggests a modification to the methodology described in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:33:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:33:30" }, { "id": "4305", "questionId": "1201", "text": "Passage 2 uses concrete examples to illustrate concepts considered in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:33:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:33:41" }, { "id": "4306", "questionId": "1201", "text": "Passage 2 takes a dismissive stance regarding the findings mentioned in Passage 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:33:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:33:58" }, { "id": "4307", "questionId": "1202", "text": "standardizing the future development of antibiotics produced in laboratory environments.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:34:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:34:51" }, { "id": "4308", "questionId": "1202", "text": "combating infections that are no longer responding to treatment with other antibiotics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:35:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:35:06" }, { "id": "4309", "questionId": "1202", "text": "controlling the spread of pathogenic soil fungi.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:35:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:35:25" }, { "id": "4310", "questionId": "1202", "text": "shaping a new method of studying the effectiveness of antibiotics.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:35:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:35:41" }, { "id": "4311", "questionId": "1203", "text": "Exposure to teixobactin made them less susceptible to subsequent upper respiratory tract infections.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:36:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:36:37" }, { "id": "4312", "questionId": "1203", "text": "Gram-positive bacteria enhanced the effectiveness of teixobactin against their upper respiratory tract infections.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:36:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:36:53" }, { "id": "4313", "questionId": "1203", "text": "Their upper respiratory tract infections were likely not caused by gram-negative bacteria.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:37:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:37:37" }, { "id": "4314", "questionId": "1203", "text": "Teixobactin attacked the proteins of the bacteria that caused their upper respiratory tract infections.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:37:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:37:25" }, { "id": "4315", "questionId": "1204", "text": "Lines 51-56 (\u0093Many . . . antibiotics\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:38:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:38:39" }, { "id": "4316", "questionId": "1204", "text": "Lines 64-68 (\u0093This . . . before\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:38:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:38:49" }, { "id": "4317", "questionId": "1204", "text": "Lines 69-72 (\u0093The first . . . bad\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:39:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:39:01" }, { "id": "4318", "questionId": "1204", "text": "Lines 80-82 (\u0093It doesn\u0092t . . . wall\u0094)", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 13:39:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 13:39:18" }, { "id": "4319", "questionId": "1205", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:20:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:20:31" }, { "id": "4320", "questionId": "1205", "text": "watch", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:20:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:20:48" }, { "id": "4321", "questionId": "1205", "text": "observe to see", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:20:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:20:58" }, { "id": "4322", "questionId": "1205", "text": "visually watch", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:21:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:21:17" }, { "id": "4323", "questionId": "1206", "text": "where it is now.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:22:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:22:09" }, { "id": "4324", "questionId": "1206", "text": "after sentence 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:22:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:22:23" }, { "id": "4325", "questionId": "1206", "text": "after sentence 2.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:22:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:22:33" }, { "id": "4326", "questionId": "1206", "text": "after sentence 3.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:22:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:22:47" }, { "id": "4327", "questionId": "1207", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:24:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:24:08" }, { "id": "4328", "questionId": "1207", "text": "afterward,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:24:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:24:24" }, { "id": "4329", "questionId": "1207", "text": "furthermore,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:24:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:24:35" }, { "id": "4330", "questionId": "1207", "text": "similarly,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:24:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:24:47" }, { "id": "4331", "questionId": "1208", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:25:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:25:43" }, { "id": "4332", "questionId": "1208", "text": "one.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:25:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:25:52" }, { "id": "4333", "questionId": "1208", "text": "them.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:26:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:26:03" }, { "id": "4334", "questionId": "1208", "text": "it.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:26:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:26:22" }, { "id": "4335", "questionId": "1209", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:29:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:29:03" }, { "id": "4336", "questionId": "1209", "text": "it also removes", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:29:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:29:13" }, { "id": "4337", "questionId": "1209", "text": "also removing", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:29:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:29:23" }, { "id": "4338", "questionId": "1209", "text": "and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:29:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:29:36" }, { "id": "4339", "questionId": "1210", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:30:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:30:14" }, { "id": "4340", "questionId": "1210", "text": "Hawaii;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:30:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:30:26" }, { "id": "4341", "questionId": "1210", "text": "Hawaii\u0097", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:30:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:30:41" }, { "id": "4342", "questionId": "1210", "text": "Hawaii", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:30:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:30:56" }, { "id": "4343", "questionId": "1211", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:34:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:34:17" }, { "id": "4344", "questionId": "1211", "text": "but their adaptations are not yet fully understood by the scientific community.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:34:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:34:29" }, { "id": "4345", "questionId": "1211", "text": "thriving in an unusual ecosystem that also includes crabs, limpets, and barnacles.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:34:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:34:40" }, { "id": "4346", "questionId": "1211", "text": "but as adults, their claws are large enough for the shrimp to be predators.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:34:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:34:57" }, { "id": "4347", "questionId": "1212", "text": "condenses and leaves", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:35:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:35:54" }, { "id": "4348", "questionId": "1212", "text": "condenses, having to leave", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:36:05", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:36:05" }, { "id": "4349", "questionId": "1212", "text": "condenses, thereafter leaving", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:36:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:36:27" }, { "id": "4350", "questionId": "1212", "text": "condenses, and then, after this, it leaves", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:36:42", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:36:42" }, { "id": "4351", "questionId": "1213", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:42:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:42:56" }, { "id": "4352", "questionId": "1213", "text": "those of stomach", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:43:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:43:10" }, { "id": "4353", "questionId": "1213", "text": "the acid from stomach", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:43:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:43:23" }, { "id": "4354", "questionId": "1213", "text": "stomach", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:43:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:43:40" }, { "id": "4355", "questionId": "1214", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:44:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:44:17" }, { "id": "4356", "questionId": "1214", "text": "world\u0092s oceans\u0092", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:44:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:44:29" }, { "id": "4357", "questionId": "1214", "text": "world\u0092s oceans", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:44:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:44:43" }, { "id": "4358", "questionId": "1214", "text": "worlds oceans", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:45:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:45:00" }, { "id": "4359", "questionId": "1215", "text": "Yes, because it explains the relevance of this sentence to the point made in the paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:46:03", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:46:03" }, { "id": "4360", "questionId": "1215", "text": "Yes, because it helps the reader understand why organisms near NW Rota-1 evolved the way they did.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:46:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:46:15" }, { "id": "4361", "questionId": "1215", "text": "No, because it merely repeats information provided earlier in the passage without contributing to the paragraph\u0092s main idea.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:46:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:46:30" }, { "id": "4362", "questionId": "1215", "text": "No, because it interrupts discussion of oceanic life-forms with an irrelevant detail.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:46:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:46:41" }, { "id": "4363", "questionId": "1216", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:56:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:56:20" }, { "id": "4364", "questionId": "1216", "text": "ridership, and while", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:56:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:56:30" }, { "id": "4365", "questionId": "1216", "text": "ridership,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:56:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:56:54" }, { "id": "4366", "questionId": "1216", "text": "ridership;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 21:57:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 21:57:11" }, { "id": "4367", "questionId": "1217", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:00:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:00:30" }, { "id": "4368", "questionId": "1217", "text": "more people use public transportation if they do not have to pay a fare.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:00:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:00:43" }, { "id": "4369", "questionId": "1217", "text": "if people do not have to pay a fare, more of those people use public transportation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:00:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:00:59" }, { "id": "4370", "questionId": "1217", "text": "using public transportation is done by more people when they do not have to pay a fare.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:01:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:01:10" }, { "id": "4371", "questionId": "1218", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:06:07", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:06:07" }, { "id": "4372", "questionId": "1218", "text": "declined:", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:06:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:06:18" }, { "id": "4373", "questionId": "1218", "text": "declined,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:06:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:06:30" }, { "id": "4374", "questionId": "1218", "text": "declined. As", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:06:46", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:06:46" }, { "id": "4375", "questionId": "1219", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:07:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:07:54" }, { "id": "4376", "questionId": "1219", "text": "that", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:08:08", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:08:08" }, { "id": "4377", "questionId": "1219", "text": "one", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:08:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:08:22" }, { "id": "4378", "questionId": "1219", "text": "the policy", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:08:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:08:39" }, { "id": "4379", "questionId": "1220", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:09:54", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:09:54" }, { "id": "4380", "questionId": "1220", "text": "also requires planners to make careful considerations about changes in service.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:10:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:10:16" }, { "id": "4381", "questionId": "1220", "text": "might also have a negative impact on the environment as more service is added.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:10:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:10:29" }, { "id": "4382", "questionId": "1220", "text": "also has the drawback of increasing crowding on public transportation.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:10:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:10:41" }, { "id": "4383", "questionId": "1221", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:13:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:13:00" }, { "id": "4384", "questionId": "1221", "text": "savings,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:13:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:13:13" }, { "id": "4385", "questionId": "1221", "text": "savings, but", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:13:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:13:31" }, { "id": "4386", "questionId": "1221", "text": "savings; and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:13:48", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:13:48" }, { "id": "4387", "questionId": "1222", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:14:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:14:44" }, { "id": "4388", "questionId": "1222", "text": "looking too much on the bright side.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:14:53", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:14:53" }, { "id": "4389", "questionId": "1222", "text": "pretty upbeat.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:15:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:15:01" }, { "id": "4390", "questionId": "1222", "text": "overly optimistic.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:15:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:15:21" }, { "id": "4391", "questionId": "1223", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:16:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:16:39" }, { "id": "4392", "questionId": "1223", "text": "and save an additional $112 million from lost fares,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:16:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:16:55" }, { "id": "4393", "questionId": "1223", "text": "but result in a total increase of $184 million per year in operating costs,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:17:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:17:11" }, { "id": "4394", "questionId": "1223", "text": "and save $72 million per year in costs related to adding service,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:17:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:17:22" }, { "id": "4395", "questionId": "1224", "text": "Yes, because it proves how little money Eugene would lose under a fare-free system compared with San Francisco.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:18:47", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:18:47" }, { "id": "4396", "questionId": "1224", "text": "Yes, because it reinforces the claim made by advocates of fare-free policies mentioned earlier in the paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:19:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:19:02" }, { "id": "4397", "questionId": "1224", "text": "No, because it does not support the argument that fare-free systems cause a substantial loss for governments.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:19:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:19:17" }, { "id": "4398", "questionId": "1224", "text": "No, because it contradicts a point about fare collection made earlier in the paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:19:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:19:26" }, { "id": "4399", "questionId": "1225", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:20:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:20:15" }, { "id": "4400", "questionId": "1225", "text": "do not have", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:20:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:20:36" }, { "id": "4401", "questionId": "1225", "text": "did not have", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:20:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:20:51" }, { "id": "4402", "questionId": "1225", "text": "will not have", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:21:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:21:02" }, { "id": "4403", "questionId": "1226", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:24:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:24:37" }, { "id": "4404", "questionId": "1226", "text": "subways will prove to be more important than buses.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:24:49", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:24:49" }, { "id": "4405", "questionId": "1226", "text": "public transportation should be cheaper but not free.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:24:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:24:59" }, { "id": "4406", "questionId": "1226", "text": "fare-free public transportation is not the answer.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:25:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:25:19" }, { "id": "4407", "questionId": "1227", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:36:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:36:10" }, { "id": "4408", "questionId": "1227", "text": "it", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:36:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:36:50" }, { "id": "4409", "questionId": "1227", "text": "one", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:36:55", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:36:55" }, { "id": "4410", "questionId": "1227", "text": "he or she", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:37:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:37:06" }, { "id": "4411", "questionId": "1228", "text": "after sentence 1.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:38:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:38:02" }, { "id": "4412", "questionId": "1228", "text": "after sentence 2.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:38:13", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:38:13" }, { "id": "4413", "questionId": "1228", "text": "after sentence 4.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:38:23", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:38:23" }, { "id": "4414", "questionId": "1228", "text": "after sentence 5.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:38:35", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:38:35" }, { "id": "4415", "questionId": "1229", "text": "Yes, because it serves as an effective transition by reiterating the main idea of the previous paragraph.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:40:24", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:40:24" }, { "id": "4416", "questionId": "1229", "text": "Yes, because it sets up the paragraph\u0092s outline of the process of wet plate photography.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:40:37", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:40:37" }, { "id": "4417", "questionId": "1229", "text": "No, because it blurs the paragraph\u0092s focus on the dangers involved in wet plate photography.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:40:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:40:59" }, { "id": "4418", "questionId": "1229", "text": "No, because it provides an opinion in a paragraph that is focused on facts.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:41:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:41:17" }, { "id": "4419", "questionId": "1230", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:41:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:41:59" }, { "id": "4420", "questionId": "1230", "text": "its", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:42:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:42:11" }, { "id": "4421", "questionId": "1230", "text": "there", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:42:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:42:25" }, { "id": "4422", "questionId": "1230", "text": "their", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:42:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:42:54" }, { "id": "4423", "questionId": "1231", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:43:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:43:31" }, { "id": "4424", "questionId": "1231", "text": "but", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:43:41", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:43:41" }, { "id": "4425", "questionId": "1231", "text": "and", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:43:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:43:52" }, { "id": "4426", "questionId": "1231", "text": "for", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:44:02", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:44:02" }, { "id": "4427", "questionId": "1232", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:44:59", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:44:59" }, { "id": "4428", "questionId": "1232", "text": "a few", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:45:15", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:45:15" }, { "id": "4429", "questionId": "1232", "text": "a matter of", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:45:25", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:45:25" }, { "id": "4430", "questionId": "1232", "text": "mere", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:45:39", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:45:39" }, { "id": "4431", "questionId": "1233", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:46:17", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:46:17" }, { "id": "4432", "questionId": "1233", "text": "Finally,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:46:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:46:30" }, { "id": "4433", "questionId": "1233", "text": "Thus,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:46:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:46:40" }, { "id": "4434", "questionId": "1233", "text": "Nevertheless,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:46:51", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:46:51" }, { "id": "4435", "questionId": "1234", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:47:33", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:47:33" }, { "id": "4436", "questionId": "1234", "text": "oil\u0097to give it a protective finish.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:47:43", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:47:43" }, { "id": "4437", "questionId": "1234", "text": "oil, to give it, a protective finish.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:47:58", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:47:58" }, { "id": "4438", "questionId": "1234", "text": "oil to give it a protective finish.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:48:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:48:21" }, { "id": "4439", "questionId": "1235", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:49:01", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:49:01" }, { "id": "4440", "questionId": "1235", "text": "will have swirled", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:49:11", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:49:11" }, { "id": "4441", "questionId": "1235", "text": "have swirled", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:49:21", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:49:21" }, { "id": "4442", "questionId": "1235", "text": "swirled", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:49:30", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:49:30" }, { "id": "4443", "questionId": "1236", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:50:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:50:10" }, { "id": "4444", "questionId": "1236", "text": "An arm or a leg, shifting during the long exposure time required by wet plate photography, might even disappear.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:50:22", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:50:22" }, { "id": "4445", "questionId": "1236", "text": "A wet plate photographer\u0092s subject\u0092s arm or leg might even disappear during this long exposure time.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:50:31", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:50:31" }, { "id": "4446", "questionId": "1236", "text": "A shifting arm or leg might even disappear.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:50:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:50:45" }, { "id": "4447", "questionId": "1237", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:51:36", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:51:49" }, { "id": "4448", "questionId": "1237", "text": "The subjects of her photos could be ordinary people,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:51:45", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:51:45" }, { "id": "4449", "questionId": "1237", "text": "It would be hard to tell her subjects are surfers,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:52:04", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:52:04" }, { "id": "4450", "questionId": "1237", "text": "They would appear to come from all walks of life,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:52:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:52:14" }, { "id": "4451", "questionId": "1238", "text": "Yes, because it helps set up the rest of the passage by explaining what urban archaeologists do.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 22:59:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 22:59:06" }, { "id": "4452", "questionId": "1238", "text": "Yes, because it identifies the characteristics that make particular cities worthy of 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"2023-01-08 23:03:11" }, { "id": "4463", "questionId": "1241", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:03:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:03:44" }, { "id": "4464", "questionId": "1241", "text": "though,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:03:56", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:03:56" }, { "id": "4465", "questionId": "1241", "text": "meanwhile,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:04:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:04:06" }, { "id": "4466", "questionId": "1241", "text": "similarly,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:04:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:04:14" }, { "id": "4467", "questionId": "1242", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:04:50", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:04:50" }, { "id": "4468", "questionId": "1242", "text": "halted;", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:05:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:05:00" }, { "id": "4469", "questionId": "1242", "text": "halted,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:05:10", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:05:10" }, { "id": "4470", "questionId": "1242", "text": "halted", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:05:20", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:05:20" }, { "id": "4471", "questionId": "1243", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:05:57", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:05:57" }, { "id": "4472", "questionId": "1243", "text": "the noise of pedestrians", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:06:06", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:06:06" }, { "id": "4473", "questionId": "1243", "text": "pedestrians", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:06:16", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:06:16" }, { "id": "4474", "questionId": "1243", "text": "that of pedestrians", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", 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"0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:11:14", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:11:14" }, { "id": "4486", "questionId": "1246", "text": "feats of strength and fortitude", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:11:26", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:11:26" }, { "id": "4487", "questionId": "1247", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:12:00", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:12:00" }, { "id": "4488", "questionId": "1247", "text": "we", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:12:09", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:12:09" }, { "id": "4489", "questionId": "1247", "text": "colonial-era New Yorkers", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:12:18", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:12:18" }, { "id": "4490", "questionId": "1247", "text": "urban archaeologists", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:12:27", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:12:32" }, { "id": "4491", "questionId": "1248", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:13:19", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:13:19" }, { "id": "4492", "questionId": "1248", "text": "\u0093New York City construction has a lot of stops and starts,\u0094", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:13:29", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:13:29" }, { "id": "4493", "questionId": "1248", "text": "\u0093Finding the bits and pieces that were actually used by the people in the past makes New York City\u0092s history real,\u0094", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:13:40", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:13:40" }, { "id": "4494", "questionId": "1248", "text": "\u0093We call our archaeological technique \u0091monitoring,\u0092 and we work hand-in-hand with the contractors and are a part of their team,\u0094", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-01-08 23:13:52", "lastUpdated": "2023-01-08 23:13:52" }, { "id": "4495", "questionId": "1249", "text": 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"questionId": "1258", "text": "3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-07-19 19:44:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-07-19 20:01:39" }, { "id": "4506", "questionId": "1258", "text": "1\/3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2023-07-19 19:44:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-07-19 20:01:41" }, { "id": "4507", "questionId": "1258", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2023-07-19 19:44:44", "lastUpdated": "2023-07-19 20:01:43" }, { "id": "4509", "questionId": "1261", "text": "oneself", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-03-28 13:14:26", "lastUpdated": "2024-03-28 13:14:26" }, { "id": "4510", "questionId": "1261", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-03-28 13:14:26", "lastUpdated": "2024-03-28 13:14:26" }, { "id": "4511", "questionId": "1261", "text": "their selves", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-03-28 13:14:26", "lastUpdated": "2024-03-28 13:14:26" }, { "id": "4512", 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21:11:35" }, { "id": "4518", "questionId": "1273", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-04 21:11:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-04 21:11:35" }, { "id": "4519", "questionId": "1273", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-04 21:11:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-04 21:11:35" }, { "id": "4520", "questionId": "1273", "text": "9", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-04 21:11:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-04 21:11:35" }, { "id": "4521", "questionId": "1274", "text": "10", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-09 10:00:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-09 10:00:14" }, { "id": "4522", "questionId": "1274", "text": "4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-09 10:00:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-09 10:00:14" }, { "id": "4523", "questionId": "1274", "text": "2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-09 10:00:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-09 10:00:14" }, { "id": "4524", "questionId": "1274", "text": "9", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-09 10:00:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-09 10:00:14" }, { "id": "4525", "questionId": "1275", "text": "NO CHANGE", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-10 17:46:54", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-10 17:46:54" }, { "id": "4526", "questionId": "1275", "text": "has polluted waterway\u0092s,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-10 17:46:54", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-10 17:46:54" }, { "id": "4527", "questionId": "1275", "text": "could have polluted waterways,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-10 17:46:54", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-10 17:46:54" }, { "id": "4528", "questionId": "1275", "text": "can pollute waterway\u0092s,", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-10 17:46:54", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-10 17:46:54" }, { "id": "4529", "questionId": "1276", "text": "9mp", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-10 17:47:58", 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"text": "Denis repairs laptops at a rate of 3 per day.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:08:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:10:21" }, { "id": "4811", "questionId": "1346", "text": "Denis repairs laptops at a rate of 3 per hour.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:08:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:10:20" }, { "id": "4812", "questionId": "1346", "text": "Denis will complete the repairs within 3 days.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:08:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:10:18" }, { "id": "4813", "questionId": "1347", "text": "Denis repairs laptops at a rate of 50 per hour.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:10:36", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:17:31" }, { "id": "4814", "questionId": "1347", "text": "Denis starts each week with 50 laptops to fix.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:10:36", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:17:28" }, { "id": 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17:18:00", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:19:44" }, { "id": "4820", "questionId": "1348", "text": "Dianne starts each week with 50 cars for maintenance.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:18:00", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:19:42" }, { "id": "4821", "questionId": "1349", "text": "Dianne performs maintenance on cars at a rate of 5 per hour.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:20:04", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:22:00" }, { "id": "4822", "questionId": "1349", "text": "Dianne performs maintenance at a rate of 5 cars per day.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:20:04", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:21:59" }, { "id": "4823", "questionId": "1349", "text": "Dianne will complete the maintenance within 5 days.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:20:04", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:21:57" }, { "id": "4824", "questionId": "1349", "text": "Dianne starts each week with 5 cars for 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"questionId": "1352", "text": "Kent starts each month with 75 refrigerators to fix.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:32:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:33:57" }, { "id": "4835", "questionId": "1352", "text": "Kent will complete the repairs within 75 days.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:32:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:33:55" }, { "id": "4836", "questionId": "1352", "text": "Kent repairs refrigerators at a rate of 75 per month.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:32:08", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:33:53" }, { "id": "4837", "questionId": "1353", "text": "Kent repairs refrigerators at a rate of 10 per week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:34:29", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:39:00" }, { "id": "4838", "questionId": "1353", "text": "Kent will complete the repairs within 10 days.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:34:29", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:38:58" }, { "id": "4839", "questionId": "1353", "text": "Kent starts each month with 10 refrigerators to fix.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:34:29", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:38:56" }, { "id": "4840", "questionId": "1353", "text": "Kent repairs refrigerators at a rate of 10 per month.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:34:29", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:38:54" }, { "id": "4841", "questionId": "1354", "text": "Jona will complete the production within 8,000 days.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:39:21", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:50:53" }, { "id": "4842", "questionId": "1354", "text": "Jona produces noodles at a rate of 8,000 per week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:39:21", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:50:52" }, { "id": "4843", "questionId": "1354", "text": "Jona has a target of 8,000 noodles each month.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:39:21", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:50:49" }, { "id": "4844", "questionId": "1354", "text": "Jona has a target of 8,000 noodles each week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:39:21", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:50:49" }, { "id": "4845", "questionId": "1355", "text": "Jona will complete the production within 2,000 days.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:51:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:52:47" }, { "id": "4846", "questionId": "1355", "text": "Jona has a target of 2,000 noodles each month.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:51:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:52:45" }, { "id": "4847", "questionId": "1355", "text": "Jona produces noodles at a rate of 2,000 per month.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:51:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:52:43" }, { "id": "4848", "questionId": "1355", "text": "Jona produces noodles at a rate of 2,000 per week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:51:14", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 17:52:41" }, { "id": "4849", "questionId": "1356", "text": "Kath will complete the production within 2,000 days.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:53:17", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:05:41" }, { "id": "4850", "questionId": "1356", "text": "Kath has a target of 2,000 soaps each month.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:53:17", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:05:38" }, { "id": "4851", "questionId": "1356", "text": "Kath produces soaps at a rate of 2,000 per month.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:53:17", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:05:36" }, { "id": "4852", "questionId": "1356", "text": "Kath has a target of 2,000 soaps each week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 17:53:17", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:05:34" }, { "id": "4853", "questionId": "1357", "text": "Kath produces soaps at a rate of 500 per week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:06:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:08:17" }, { "id": "4854", "questionId": "1357", "text": "Kath has a target of 500 soaps each month.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:06:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:08:14" }, { "id": "4855", "questionId": "1357", "text": "Kath will complete the production within 500 days.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:06:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:08:12" }, { "id": "4856", "questionId": "1357", "text": "Kath produces soaps at a rate of 500 per month.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:06:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:08:11" }, { "id": "4857", "questionId": "1358", "text": "Rose will complete the production within 700 days.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:08:42", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:10:41" }, { "id": "4858", "questionId": "1358", "text": "Rose has a target of 700 chocolates each week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:08:42", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:10:18" }, { "id": "4859", "questionId": "1358", "text": "Rose produces chocolates at a rate of 700 per day.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:08:42", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:10:16" }, { "id": "4860", "questionId": "1358", "text": "Rose has a target of 700 chocolate each day.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:08:42", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:10:14" }, { "id": "4861", "questionId": "1359", "text": "Rose has a target of 100 chocolates each week.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:11:22", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:40:12" }, { "id": "4862", "questionId": "1359", "text": "Rose produces chocolates at a rate of 100 per day.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:11:22", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:40:10" }, { "id": "4863", "questionId": "1359", "text": "Rose has a target of 100 chocolate each day.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:11:22", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:40:08" }, { "id": "4864", "questionId": "1359", "text": "Rose will complete the production within 100 days.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:11:22", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:40:14" }, { "id": "4865", "questionId": "1360", "text": "Jomar repairs phones at a rate of 400 per day.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:40:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:42:13" }, { "id": "4866", "questionId": "1360", "text": "Jomar repairs phones at a rate of 400 per hour.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-04-21 18:40:35", "lastUpdated": "2024-04-21 18:42:11" }, { "id": "4867", "questionId": "1360", "text": "Jomar starts each week with 400 phones to fix.", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": 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"questionId": "1370", "text": "3a^3b^2 - 14b^4+14ab^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:14:49", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:17:47" }, { "id": "4906", "questionId": "1370", "text": "3a^3b^2 - 14b^2+14ab^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:14:49", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:17:45" }, { "id": "4907", "questionId": "1370", "text": "3a^3b^2+14b^4+14ab^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:14:49", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:17:43" }, { "id": "4908", "questionId": "1370", "text": "3a^3b^2 +14b^4 - 14ab", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:14:49", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:17:40" }, { "id": "4909", "questionId": "1371", "text": "3a^3b^2 - 4b^4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:18:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:19:43" }, { "id": "4910", "questionId": "1371", "text": "3a^3b^2+4b^4 - 8ab^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:18:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:20:09" }, { "id": "4911", "questionId": "1371", "text": "3a^3b^2 - 4b^4 - 8ab^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:18:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:19:29" }, { "id": "4912", "questionId": "1371", "text": "7a^3b^2 - 4b^4 - 8ab^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:18:07", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:19:27" }, { "id": "4913", "questionId": "1372", "text": "5m^3n^2 - 12m^4 - 24my^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:20:26", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:22:52" }, { "id": "4914", "questionId": "1372", "text": "-5m^3n^2 - 12m^4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:20:26", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:22:50" }, { "id": "4915", "questionId": "1372", "text": "-5m^3n^2 - 12my^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:20:26", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:22:17" }, { "id": "4916", "questionId": "1372", "text": "-5m^3n^2 - 12m^4", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:20:26", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:22:00" }, { "id": "4917", "questionId": "1373", "text": "-5m^3n^2 - 12m^4 - 24my^2+10n^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:23:15", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:25:00" }, { "id": "4918", "questionId": "1373", "text": "-5m^3n^2 - 12m^4+10n^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:23:15", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:24:58" }, { "id": "4919", "questionId": "1373", "text": "-5m^3n^2 - 12m^4 - 2my^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:23:15", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:24:56" }, { "id": "4920", "questionId": "1373", "text": "5m^3n^2 - 12m^4+10n^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:23:15", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:24:54" }, { "id": "4921", "questionId": "1374", "text": "-5x^5z^2 - 4my^3+10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:25:27", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:27:39" }, { "id": "4922", "questionId": "1374", "text": "-5x^5z^2 - 4my^3 - 10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:25:27", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:27:37" }, { "id": "4923", "questionId": "1374", "text": "-5x^5z^2 - 4my^3 - 10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:25:27", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:27:35" }, { "id": "4924", "questionId": "1374", "text": "15x^5z^2 +10my^3 - 10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:25:27", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:27:33" }, { "id": "4925", "questionId": "1375", "text": "15x^5z^3 +10my^3 - 10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:28:43", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:30:53" }, { "id": "4926", "questionId": "1375", "text": "15x^5z^3 - 10my - 10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:28:43", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:30:51" }, { "id": "4927", "questionId": "1375", "text": "15x^5z^3 - 10my^3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:28:43", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:30:19" }, { "id": "4928", "questionId": "1375", "text": "15x^5z^3 - 10my^3 - 10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:28:43", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:30:05" }, { "id": "4929", "questionId": "1376", "text": "-5x^5z^2+20m^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:31:19", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:32:57" }, { "id": "4930", "questionId": "1376", "text": "5x^5z^2+10m^5-10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:31:19", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:32:54" }, { "id": "4931", "questionId": "1376", "text": "-5x^5z^2+10m^5+10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:31:19", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:32:25" }, { "id": "4932", "questionId": "1376", "text": "-5x^5z^2+10m^5-10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:31:19", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:32:23" }, { "id": "4933", "questionId": "1377", "text": "15x^5z^2 - 14my^3+10m^5 - 10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:33:13", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:35:29" }, { "id": "4934", "questionId": "1377", "text": "15x^5z^2 - 14my^3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:33:13", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:35:27" }, { "id": "4935", "questionId": "1377", "text": "15x^5z^2 +14my^3+10m^5 - 10n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:33:13", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:35:24" }, { "id": "4936", "questionId": "1377", "text": "15x^5z^2 - 14my^3+20m^5n^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:33:13", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:35:22" }, { "id": "4937", "questionId": "1378", "text": "15m^3z^6 - 3my^3+10x^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:36:01", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:37:52" }, { "id": "4938", "questionId": "1378", "text": "15m^3z6+3my^3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:36:01", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:37:49" }, { "id": "4939", "questionId": "1378", "text": "15m^3z^6 +3my^3+10x^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:36:01", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:37:24" }, { "id": "4940", "questionId": "1378", "text": "15m^3z^6 - 3my^3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:36:01", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:37:10" }, { "id": "4941", "questionId": "1379", "text": "-6x^3z^6 - 7xy^3+20a^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:38:40", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:41:44" }, { "id": "4942", "questionId": "1379", "text": "-22x^3z^6 - 7xy^3+20a^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:38:40", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:41:41" }, { "id": "4943", "questionId": "1379", "text": "-6x^3z^6 +xy^3+20a^5", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:38:40", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:41:39" }, { "id": "4944", "questionId": "1379", "text": "-22x^3z^6 - 7xy^3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:38:40", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:41:37" }, { "id": "4945", "questionId": "1380", "text": "0", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:42:06", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:45:58" }, { "id": "4946", "questionId": "1380", "text": "-2x^3z^2 - 14xy^3+20x^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:42:06", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:45:55" }, { "id": "4947", "questionId": "1380", "text": "-2x^3z^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:42:06", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:45:46" }, { "id": "4948", "questionId": "1380", "text": "- 14xy^3+20x^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:42:06", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:45:42" }, { "id": "4949", "questionId": "1381", "text": "-2x^3z^2 - 14xy^3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:46:10", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:49:09" }, { "id": "4950", "questionId": "1381", "text": "- 14xy^3", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:46:10", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:48:54" }, { "id": "4951", "questionId": "1381", "text": "-2x^3z^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:46:10", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:48:43" }, { "id": "4952", "questionId": "1381", "text": "20x^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:46:10", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:48:32" }, { "id": "4953", "questionId": "1382", "text": "-21ab^3+4a^2b^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:49:23", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:51:14" }, { "id": "4954", "questionId": "1382", "text": "-21ab^3+5a^2 - b^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:49:23", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:51:13" }, { "id": "4955", "questionId": "1382", "text": "-21ab^3+4a^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:49:23", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:51:11" }, { "id": "4956", "questionId": "1382", "text": "- 2a^3b^2-21ab^3+5a^2 - b^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:49:23", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:51:09" }, { "id": "4957", "questionId": "1383", "text": "-2x^3z^2 - 7xz^3+5x^2+z^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:51:27", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:53:23" }, { "id": "4958", "questionId": "1383", "text": "-2x^3z^2 - 7xz^3+5x^2-z^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:51:27", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:53:21" }, { "id": "4959", "questionId": "1383", "text": "-21xz^3+5x^2+z^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:51:27", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:53:19" }, { "id": "4960", "questionId": "1383", "text": "-2x^3z^2 - 7xz^3+4x^2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-12 19:51:27", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-12 19:53:18" }, { "id": "4961", "questionId": "1384", "text": "2x\u00b2y + 8xy\u00b2 - 6y\u00b2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-13 19:40:43", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-13 19:40:43" }, { "id": "4962", "questionId": "1384", "text": "8xy\u00b2 - 6y\u00b2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-13 19:40:43", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-13 19:40:43" }, { "id": "4963", "questionId": "1384", "text": "2x\u00b2 + 2xy\u00b2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "1", "createdAt": "2024-05-13 19:40:43", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-13 19:40:43" }, { "id": "4964", "questionId": "1384", "text": "4x\u00b2y\u00b2", "picture": "", "isCorrect": "0", "createdAt": "2024-05-13 19:40:43", "lastUpdated": "2024-05-13 19:40:43" } ] }